Employment
Join Our Vibrant, Supportive, and Inclusive Team
North Park Elementary School (NPES) is an independent non-sectarian day school serving students in Preschool-8th Grade located in the North Center-Ravenswood area of Chicago. We nurture curiosity, spark creativity, and cultivate a compassionate, vibrant, and equitable community that supports all members. NPES is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS).
NPES is dedicated to creating an inclusive community of students and adults who respect, value, and appreciate diversity in all aspects of human identity, and who work together to advance equity and social justice. NPES does not discriminate in its employment, admissions policies, and school-administered programs. We are looking for exceptional faculty and staff who are passionate about education, committed to our school’s mission, and culturally-responsive in their practice.
Current opportunities to join our team are listed below. We also accept applications for employment on a rolling basis year-round. Please submit your cover letter and resume to Office Manager Kerry Maman at maman@npeschool.org. Your application will be retained in active status for two years. Meanwhile, check this page periodically for new listings.
Afterschool Front Desk Associate
A Part-time Non-Benefits Eligible Staff Position beginning February 3, 2025
NPES is seeking a welcoming, reliable, collaborative, flexible, and detail-oriented Office Associate to staff NPES’ front desk when school is in session Mondays through Fridays from 3:00-6:00 p.m., for approximately 170 days per calendar year. The Office Associate reports directly to the Office Manager, and is the first point of contact for visitors to the school after school hours. The job description for the Afterschool Front Desk Associate at NPES can be found here.
Please submit a cover letter with resume to North Park Elementary School Office Manager Kerry Maman at maman@npeschool.org.
Grades Four and Five STEM Teacher
A Full-Time Benefits Eligible Position beginning late August 2025
NPES is seeking an engaging, collaborative, and culturally-responsive intermediate school STEM Teacher with a deep understanding of educating students ages nine to eleven-years old with subject-matter expertise in mathematics, science, and the purposeful integration of engineering, design thinking, coding, and robotics.
A successful candidate will be prepared to plan, implement, and maintain a challenging and relevant two-year STEM curriculum that teaches students to think critically and empathetically while applying the mathematical and the design-thinking processes to real-world problems. This is an exciting opportunity for a mathematics and science educator who understands and appreciates late childhood as a unique stage of human development. This understanding, combined with a passion for challenging, supporting, and including all learners, is essential to this role.
NPES’ Grades Four and Five STEM Teacher works in close collaboration with the Four and Five Humanities Teacher (adjoining classrooms) and the Four and Five Associate Teacher in a partially departmentalized program that bridges our self-contained classroom model through third grade with our fully-departmentalized Middle School (grades six, seven, and eight).
The job description can be found here.
Please submit a cover letter with resume to North Park Elementary School Office Manager Kerry Maman at maman@npeschool.org.
Choral Director - Part Time (Grades 3 through 8) A Part-Time Faculty Position (16% FTE), Early Mornings Four Days Per Week from Mid-September to Early June
NPES is seeking an accomplished, dynamic, and culturally-literate vocal instructor to serve as Choral Director for two student singing groups, a grades 3-5 chorus and a grades 6-8 chorus (each meets 2x weekly before school, 7:35-8:20 a.m., from mid-September through early June). In addition to directing these two groups (to which students opt-in), the Choral Director collaborates with the NPES Music Teacher/Band Director and other colleagues to prepare students to perform in various assemblies and shows during the academic year, including fall, winter, and spring concerts, graduation, and periodic assemblies. The Choral Director is a member of the school’s Co-Curricular Team, including educators in Music, Visual Art, Library/Media/Design-Thinking, Spanish Language & Cultures, and Physical Education.
This is a part-time non-benefits eligible faculty position in a vibrant and engaging independent school with a deep commitment to the arts, to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and to building and sustaining a strong sense of belonging and community. All told, the position includes 225 hours of work–including choral instruction, prep time, collaboration, performances, and faculty meetings–an average of 6.5 hours per week over the course of a school year.
The job description for Choral Director(part time) at NPES can be found here.
Substitute Teachers
Part-Time On-Call Non-Benefits Eligible Positions
We are seeking thoughtful, adaptable, reliable, engaging, and professional substitute teachers (who understand various stages of child development and who love working with children) for duties spanning preschool through eighth grade. Being a Substitute Teacher at NPES is a wonderful opportunity to gain experience with a variety of subject areas and age groups while contributing meaningfully to a positive, interesting, and vibrant independent school community. The compensation is $20.00 per hour, or $140 for a full school day (ending at either 3:00 or 3:30, depending on the age group). The job description for Substitute Teachers at NPES can be found here.
If you would like to be considered for substitute teaching, please complete this application and send us your resume. You may send these documents via email to Kerry Maman.