Employment

Who works at DGS?

At DGS, we look for passionate, energetic, and joyful teachers who think outside the box to join our community of learners. Our teachers must be willing to continually grow, adapt, and change as Davidson Green School does the same. We want community members who are amazingly creative and naturally innovative and who enjoy contributing peace and love to a community. We also look for builders and creators who can create a vision and follow through with the implementation. All employees must have a passion for nature, be able to integrate the nature-based "green" philosophy of Davidson Green School throughout the curriculum, and enthusiastically embrace being and teaching outdoors.

​​

About Davidson Green School

We are a child-centered Montessori based school that starts at 3 years old and goes through 6th grade. We have a particular emphasis in sustainability, nature connection, engineering, and creativity. Davidson, located in the Lake Norman area of Charlotte, is home to Davidson College, a year-round farmer’s market, and a charming downtown.

​

​

Current Openings for 2026 - 2027 School Year:

​​​

Regardless of openings, we still encourage teachers to apply and reach out in case any openings do open in the future. We are always excited to connect with other like-minded and passionate teachers. 

​​

* Lower Elementary Classroom Assistant (Full Time)

​

We are looking for a passionate, energetic, and joyful person who thinks outside-the-box to join our community of learners. Our teachers and assistants must be willing to continually grow, adapt, and change as Davidson Green School does the same. We want community members who are amazingly creative and naturally innovative, and who enjoy contributing peace and love to a community. We also look for people who are builders and creators, and who can create a vision and follow through with the implementation. All employees must have a passion for nature, be able to integrate the nature-based, "green" philosophy of Davidson Green School throughout their curriculum, and enthusiastically embrace being and teaching outdoors. Experience in a Montessori classroom is helpful.

​

This position is for an Assistant in a Montessori classroom, including but not limited to assisting students in language arts, social studies, math, science, makers space, and integrated/cross-curricular hands-on experiential learning, supervision during lunch, recess, extended time, and drop-off and pick-up time, and helping with the organization and cleaning of the physical space. The Classroom Assistant would be working with a Lead Montessori Teacher in Lower Elementary, a multi-grade classroom including 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade students. The hours would be from 8:00 am to 4:45 pm Monday through Friday. 

​​

​

* Spanish Teacher (Part Time)

​

We are looking for a passionate, energetic, and joyful person who thinks outside-the-box to join our community of learners. Our teachers must be willing to continually grow, adapt, and change as Davidson Green School does the same. We want community members who are amazingly creative and naturally innovative, and who enjoy contributing peace and love to a community. We also look for people who are builders and creators, and who can create a vision and follow through with the implementation. All employees must have a passion for nature, be able to integrate the nature-based, "green" philosophy of Davidson Green School throughout their curriculum, and enthusiastically embrace being and teaching outdoors.

 

This position is for a Part-time Spanish Teacher. Hours would be in the afternoon from approximately 12:30 to 3:00, plus paid planning time, on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. The main goal is to help students develop a love of Spanish, and to enjoy learning a foreign language. To that end, the teacher is responsible for creating engaging, hands-on and interactive lessons including field trips to use Spanish in everyday situations. Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to providing instruction in speaking, reading, writing, and understanding the Spanish language. Topics vary between grade levels, focusing on grammar, pronunciation, composition, spelling, vocabulary, and dialogue. Classes will be multiage groups from Kindergarten through 6th grade.