After School Wood Working Teacher

After School Woodworking Teacher

Start Date: Monday, September 21, 2026

Pay Rate: $50 – $70 per hour, commensurate with experience (including preparation and clean-up time)

Schedule:

• Full school year: September 2026 – June 2027, adhering to the Bank Street calendar
• Mondays: 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (teaching time 3:20 PM – 4:00 PM, plus set-up and clean-up)
• Wednesdays: 3:00 PM – 5:15 PM (teaching time 3:20 PM – 4:00 PM and 4:10 PM – 5:00 PM, plus set-up and clean-up)
• Part-time, hourly position, with opportunities for occasional substitute work

About Bank Street School for Children

A leader in progressive education for more than 100 years, the Bank Street School for Children provides students, from nursery through 8th grade, an education that engages their natural curiosity, nurtures critical thinking, and helps to develop a sense of community and social responsibility. Through a teaching approach that is fundamentally hands-on and child-centered, Bank Street students develop the courage and confidence to think independently, work collaboratively, understand themselves and others more deeply, and possess the compassion to make meaning of the world around them.

About the Position

The After School Woodworking Teacher leads an after school course that builds children’s knowledge of how to safely use a range of tools—including hammers, saws, sanding blocks, and hand-propelled drills—through the process of creating wood-based projects. Under the supervision of the After School Director and the Auxiliary Programs team, the Woodworking Teacher designs and implements age-appropriate curricula for two groups of 10–12 students each in Bank Street’s Wood Shop. This role is well suited to an educator who is excited by hands-on making, values process over product, and can teach tool safety and craft to young children in a progressive, child-centered setting.

Key Responsibilities

Curriculum and Instruction

• In collaboration with the After School Director, design and document age-appropriate woodworking curricula for students ages 5–7 and 7–9
• Teach the safe and effective use of woodworking tools, including hammers, saws, sanding blocks, and hand-propelled drills
• Guide students through the process of planning and creating wood-based projects
• Build relationships with students so they treat each other well and stay on task

Classroom Community and Management

• Participate as a member of a collaborative, cooperative After School program, sharing information and strategies to sustain a healthy classroom community
• Use classroom management skills to run and support an energetic classroom of children while maintaining and reinforcing health and safety rules

Shop Safety, Materials, and Dismissal

• Prepare materials and set up and clean up the Wood Shop before and after each session
• Maintain tools and equipment in safe working order and store them properly at the end of each session
• Support students in moving safely through the hallways and in and out of the building, following building-wide health and safety regulations
• Oversee the safe transfer of children to after school programming and dismissal to authorized adults

Qualifications

Required

• High school diploma
• Working knowledge of woodworking tools and safe shop practices
• Willingness to collaborate and work as part of a team, as well as develop skills in working with individual children, small groups, and the whole class
• Curiosity about and commitment to learning more about Bank Street’s approach to this type of learning

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree
• Experience teaching woodworking to the age groups indicated
• Experience managing a classroom and teaching children (experience working with young children a plus)
• Experience with progressive education
• Prior experience working as part of the Bank Street community

Bank Street is a leader in education, a pioneer in improving the quality of classroom practice, and a national advocate for children and their families.

Since its beginnings in 1916, Bank Street has been at the forefront of understanding how children learn and grow. From early childhood centers and schools to hospitals and museums, Bank Street has built a national reputation on the simple fact that our graduates know how to do the work that is right for children.

At Bank Street’s Graduate School of Education, students are trained in a model that combines the study of human development, learning theory, and sustained clinical placement to promote significant development as a teacher prior to graduation. Our children’s programs—Bank Street School for Children, Family Center, Bank Street Head Start, and Liberty LEADS—foster children’s development in the broadest sense by providing diverse opportunities for social, emotional, cognitive, and physical growth. The Bank Street Education Center disrupts inequity through system-level change to help design better educational experiences for both children and adults. The College further supports and influences positive outcomes for children every day through professional development programs, research projects, and other key efforts engaging educators, intermediary organizations, and government officials at the district, state, and federal levels.