Position Type: Full-Time, Tenure-Track    School Level: Elementary (K–5)

Start Date: September 2026    Salary: Per MTA Contract    Reports To: Building Principal

About Mechanicville City School District

Mechanicville City School District is a small, close-knit public school district located along the Hudson River in Saratoga County, New York. Serving students in Pre-K through Grade 12, MCSD is committed to academic excellence, community engagement, and preparing every student for a successful future. Our dedicated staff work collaboratively to foster a safe, inclusive, and nurturing learning environment where all students can thrive.

Position Summary

Mechanicville City School District invites applications from motivated, student-centered educators for an Elementary School Teacher position. The successful candidate will plan and deliver engaging, standards-aligned instruction across core subject areas, support the social-emotional development of students, and collaborate actively with colleagues, families, and support staff. This position offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact in a supportive, community-oriented school environment.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Plan, prepare, and deliver differentiated instruction aligned with the New York State Next Generation Learning Standards across all required subject areas.

• Create a positive, inclusive, and culturally responsive classroom environment that promotes student engagement, curiosity, and a love of learning.

• Use formal and informal assessments to monitor student progress, analyze data, and adjust instruction to meet the diverse needs of all learners.

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of student attendance, grades, and academic progress in accordance with district policies.

• Communicate regularly and effectively with parents and guardians regarding student progress, behaviors, and academic development.

• Collaborate with grade-level teams, special education staff, and support personnel to design and implement effective instructional strategies.

• Participate in Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings and implement accommodations and modifications as required.

• Support the social-emotional well-being of students.

Fulfill professional responsibilities including staff meetings, parent-teacher conferences, professional development, and extracurricular duties as assigned.

• Adhere to all district policies, New York State Education Law, and regulations governing student safety, privacy, and conduct.

Position Type: Full-Time, Tenure-Track  Grade Level: Kindergarten

Start Date: September 2026 Salary: Per MTA Contract  Reports To: Building Principal

About Mechanicville City School District

Mechanicville City School District is a small, close-knit public school district located along the Hudson River in Saratoga County, New York. Serving students in Pre-K through Grade 12, MCSD is committed to academic excellence, community engagement, and preparing every student for a successful future. Our dedicated staff work collaboratively to foster a safe, inclusive, and nurturing learning environment where all students can thrive.

Position Summary

Mechanicville City School District seeks an enthusiastic, nurturing, and highly skilled educator to join our elementary team as a Kindergarten Teacher. The successful candidate will lay the academic and social-emotional foundation for students' lifelong learning by delivering engaging, play-based, and developmentally appropriate instruction aligned with the New York State Next Generation Learning Standards. This is a unique opportunity to shape the earliest school experiences of young learners in a warm, supportive community school environment.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Plan, prepare, and deliver developmentally appropriate, play-based, and standards-aligned instruction in literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, and the arts, in accordance with the NYS Next Generation Learning Standards.

• Establish and maintain a structured, warm, and inclusive classroom environment that promotes curiosity, independence, and a love of learning in five- and six-year-old students.

• Use a variety of instructional strategies including whole-group, small-group, and individualized instruction to meet the diverse developmental, academic, and social-emotional needs of all kindergartners.

• Implement ongoing formative and summative assessments to monitor student development across all domains — cognitive, language, physical, and social-emotional — and use data to drive instruction.

• Support the development of foundational literacy skills including phonemic awareness, phonics, print concepts, vocabulary, and early reading and writing.

Foster early numeracy skills including number sense, counting, basic operations, and mathematical reasoning through hands-on and inquiry-based learning experiences.

• Collaborate with Pre-K teachers and first-grade colleagues to ensure smooth transitions and vertical alignment of curriculum and expectations.

• Partner closely with parents and guardians to share students' developmental progress, celebrate milestones, and provide strategies for supporting learning at home.

• Work collaboratively with special education staff, school counselors, psychologists, speech-language pathologists, and other support personnel to meet the needs of students with IEPs, 504 plans, and other learning requirements.

• Implement social-emotional learning practices to help students develop self-regulation, empathy, and healthy peer relationships.

• Maintain accurate data to support student learning.

• Participate in kindergarten orientation events, parent-teacher conferences, staff meetings, professional development, and school-wide activities as assigned.