<p>Lower School Teaching Assistant - Upper Elementary</p> <ul> <li> <p>Job Tracking ID: 512201-774780</p> </li><li> <p>Job Location: Hopkins, MN</p> </li><li> <p>Job Level: Any</p> </li><li> <p>Level of Education: BA/BS</p> </li><li> <p>Job Type: Full Time</p> </li><li> <p>Date Updated: 8/18/25</p> </li><li> <p>Years of Experience: 1-5 Years</p> </li><li> <p>Start Date: 9/8/25</p> </li><li> <p>Hours: 8:30am-4:30pm M-F (full time during school year)</p> </li></ul> <p>Job Description:</p> <p>The Blake School seeks to hire a Lower School Teaching Assistant for the 2025-26 school year beginning in August.</p> <p>Blake is particularly interested in candidates who will enrich the diversity of identity, lived experience and thinking that strengthens our community and empowers students to engage across differences.</p> <p>The hourly rate for this position begins at $20 and increases commensurate with experience. This is a full-time, benefits-eligible position for the 2025-26 school year. The search committee will begin reviewing applications immediately.</p> <p>Experience and Skills:</p> <p>Experience and Skills:</p> <p>Desired Skills:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Knowledge of children's social, emotional, cognitive and physical developmental stages</p> </li><li> <p>Ability to work with children, families and colleagues with diverse backgrounds and experiences</p> </li><li> <p>Effective written and oral communication skills to engage with colleagues, parents and community members</p> </li><li> <p>Active listener who honors children's thoughts, feelings and ideas</p> </li><li> <p>Interest in using the outdoors as a rich teaching environment</p> </li><li> <p>Familiarity with or knowledge of the Reggio Emilia Approach to teaching</p> </li></ul> <p>Responsibilities include but are not limited to:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Substitute during any lead teacher absence</p> </li><li> <p>Support full-class, small-group and specialist instruction</p> </li><li> <p>Assist in developing and implementing a progressive, often emergent, curriculum</p> </li><li> <p>Provide supervision and support during recess and before- and after-school programming</p> </li><li> <p>Perform day-to-day duties that support the ongoing classroom operations while maintaining proper adult-student ratios</p> </li><li> <p>Participate in professional development opportunities</p> </li><li> <p>Document student exploration and work</p> </li></ul> <p>Application Requirements:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Bachelor's degree</p> </li><li> <p>Minimum of one year experience in PK-5 classroom</p> </li></ul> <p>The Blake School is a pre-kindergarten through grade 12, co-educational, nonsectarian, independent day school enrolling 1,316 bright, talented students from nearly 56 Twin Cities-area communities. Founded in 1900, The Blake School has the advantage of facilities and campuses designed for specific developmental ages. Blake's mission is to engage students with a dynamic, academically challenging education in a diverse and supportive community committed to pluralism and a common set of values. Students pursue an integrated program of academic, artistic and athletic activities, preparing for college, lifelong learning and purposeful lives as community and global citizens. The school community is also guided by its</p>