Kohelet Yeshiva High School seeks a warm, dynamic, and inspirational Limudei Kodesh teacher for the 2024-2025 school year. Our new Limudei Kodesh staff member will be part of a growth-oriented team of mechanchim and mechanchot committed to instilling both the skills for successful Torah learning and a desire for Torah living in each and every one of their students.

Beit Midrash Coordinator Responsibilities

The main role of this position is to infuse additional excitement, inspiration and vibrancy around high-level Torah learning into our school. Our new Beit Midrash Coordinator will have the ability to bring our school’s Torah learning to the next level by teaching the Beit Midrash Gemara track, working with students to write our annual Torah journal, and run Torah programs such as Mishmar and Hands-on-Halacha. This person should be excited to explore other initiatives in conjunction with the administration and implement them in school.

Teaching Responsibilities

Candidates should be excited about the possibility of inspiring students while exploring the richness of Torah. Our educators teach students a variety of skill levels, in moderately sized (average around 15), single gender Limudei Kodesh classes (Gemara, Tanach, or Halacha). 

Additional Responsibilities

Additionally, our Limudei Kodesh staff members serve as a religious guidance counselor for a small number of students each year.  Teachers are encouraged to participate in school-wide special events, shabbatonim, and programs outside of the regular school day.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will have a graduate degree in Judaic Studies and/or Semicha and a demonstrated track record teaching Limudei Kodesh in a high school setting. The candidate should be able to understand and reach Modern Orthodox adolescents and should conduct themselves in a manner that models a sophisticated, integrated, and inspired Torah life. In addition, the candidate should possess a collaborative growth mindset and the aspiration to continuously improve in all aspects of their role.

For this full time position we offer a comprehensive compensation package commensurate with experience that includes salary, benefits, professional development, mentorship, growth opportunities and more. To learn more about the school visit: www.koheletyeshiva.org. To apply, send a CV and cover letter to Associate Principal Aaron Horn at [email protected].

Mission

Kohelet Yeshiva is a warm and embracing Modern Orthodox K-12 yeshiva day school committed to cultivating Bnei and Bnot Torah who think critically and creatively while exuding confidence and compassion. The High School division, known as Kohelet Yeshiva High School, builds on these foundations by nurturing the talents and potential of every student while equipping them with the skills and knowledge they will need to succeed and to lead in the best yeshivot and seminaries, the finest colleges and universities, and well beyond.

Kohelet Yeshiva Lab and Middle School, an educationally progressive, K-8 Modern Orthodox Jewish Day School located in Merion Station, Pennsylvania, seeks a responsible and flexible educator for the position of Substitute Teacher for the 2024-2025 school year. The Substitute Teacher position is envisioned as a full-day position, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, filling in for absent faculty and acting as an extra teacher for a K-8 learning environment.

The successful candidate will have an undergraduate degree in a related field and experience working with children in a formal or informal educational setting. The candidate will feel comfortable supervising K-8 students and implementing lesson plans left by absent teachers. He or she will have a record of exemplary work ethic and job performance in prior positions and will model the values that are central to the school’s mission. 

He or she will be excited by the opportunity to:

• Work in a highly collaborative, team environment to ensure that the diverse learning, social and emotional needs of all students are met.  
• Connect with students of different ages and facilitate positive learning experiences.
• Pitch in to help with other school needs when teachers are all present.
• Reflect on their successes and challenges in an open, growth-oriented manner.
• Grow in your classroom teaching experience.

If you want to be part of a team of passionate and talented educators please email your resume to Kohelet Yeshiva Lab School: [email protected].

Visit us online for more information about our educational philosophy, and to learn more about our school: 

Website: www.koheletyeshiva.org

Facebook: www.facebook.com/koheletyeshivalabandmiddleschools/

• Work in a highly collaborative team environment.
• Co-teach with colleagues in Judaic Studies to create meaningful integration within the Judaic curricula.
• Recognize their own areas of weakness, and actively pursue their own professional growth.

• Work in a highly collaborative team environment.
• Co-teach with colleagues in Judaic Studies to create meaningful integration between the Judaic and Ivrit curricula.
• Recognize their own areas of weakness, and actively pursue their own professional growth.