Private Educator

Private Educator, Multi-Grade Faith-Based Instruction – New York, NY

Location: New York, NY
Schedule: Tuesday–Thursday, approximately 9:00 AM–3:00 PM, plus planning time
Start Date: Late August or early September
Compensation: $70,000–$85,000 annually, depending on experience
Position Type: W2

Role Overview

We’re looking for a thoughtful, experienced private educator to support five students in grades 1, 4, 5, 6, and 9 in a personalized, faith-based learning environment in New York City.

This role is ideal for an educator who loves the art of truly individualized teaching: adapting across grade levels, bringing curriculum to life, building strong relationships, and helping students grow in both skill and confidence. You’ll be working with a family that values warmth, structure, biblical worldview instruction, and meaningful learning that extends beyond worksheets and screens.

The right educator will bring strong elementary and middle grades experience, literacy expertise, and the ability to balance academic progress with creativity, movement, hands-on learning, and real-world exploration throughout the city.

Student Profile

You’ll be working with five siblings across a wide age range: 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 9th grade. The students are bright, relational, and varied in their learning styles, interests, and levels of independence. Some will need more direct instruction and structure, while others may be able to work more independently with guidance, accountability, and academic check-ins.

The younger student will benefit from hands-on early literacy and math instruction that feels developmentally appropriate, active, and engaging. The middle-grade students include conscientious learners who tend to do well with clear expectations, as well as one bright, strong-willed learner who benefits from structured literacy support, assistive tools, motivation, and a teacher who can redirect frustration without entering a power struggle.

The family is looking for someone who can see each child clearly, differentiate instruction thoughtfully, and create a learning environment that feels both purposeful and relational.

What You’ll Do

• Provide personalized instruction for five students in grades 1, 4, 5, 6, and 9 with the support of Thrive Education Partners through instructional tailoring, curriculum recommendations and coaching.
• Differentiate across multiple grade levels, balancing direct instruction, independent work, online coursework, and enrichment.
• Teach core academic subjects, with particular strength in literacy, writing support, math foundations, and executive functioning.
• Support a student with visual processing challenges, spelling difficulty, and possible dysgraphia by using structured literacy strategies, appropriate accommodations, and assistive tools as necessary.
• Adapt and supplement existing curriculum, including faith-based and biblical worldview materials, so instruction feels engaging, coherent, and developmentally appropriate.
• Create hands-on learning experiences that help concepts come alive through projects, discussion, city-based excursions, museums, science activities, history/geography connections, and other real-world learning opportunities.
• Establish clear routines and expectations that support focus, independence, confidence, and follow-through.
• Communicate regularly with the family and Thrive team about progress, planning, student needs, and recommended adjustments.

What Makes Someone Successful

• You are warm, steady, and relational, with the kind of presence that helps students feel known while still holding clear expectations.
• You have strong elementary and middle grades teaching experience and can move comfortably between early literacy, upper elementary foundations, middle-grade instruction, and high school accountability.
• You know how to support a strong-willed or frustrated learner without escalating into a power struggle. You can motivate through connection, challenge, humor, structure, and well-timed flexibility.
• You bring literacy training and understand how to support students who need explicit instruction, scaffolding, assistive tools, or alternative pathways into reading and writing.
• You are comfortable teaching faith-based and biblical worldview materials and can do so with sincerity, respect, and alignment.
• You are organized, professional, and confident managing a private-family learning environment with discretion, good judgment, and proactive communication.

Logistics & Compensation

• Location: New York, NY; instruction will take place primarily in the family’s home, with opportunities for learning experiences throughout the city.
• Schedule: 3 days/week-Tuesday–Thursday, approximately 9:00 AM–3:00 PM, plus planning time. The expected total commitment is approximately 22–24 hours per week.
• Start Date: Late August or early September.
• Compensation: $70,000–$85,000 annually, depending on experience.
• Employment Type: W2 role.
• Required Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in education, active teaching license, at least 5 years of teaching experience, literacy training, and demonstrated ability to differentiate across multiple grade levels.
• Preferred Qualifications: Master’s degree, structured literacy experience, and experience teaching both elementary and middle grades.
• Additional Expectations: Comfort navigating New York City with students for co-ops, excursions, enrichment activities, and field-based learning opportunities.

Why This Role

This is a meaningful opportunity for an educator who wants to move beyond the limits of a traditional classroom and do deeply personalized work with students over time. You’ll have the chance to shape a learning environment that is structured, creative, faith-aligned, and responsive to the real children in front of you.

For the right teacher, the schedule is also a significant draw: three focused instructional days each week, with planning time built in and room to design rich, thoughtful learning experiences. This role calls for someone who enjoys both the intellectual challenge of multi-grade instruction and the relational joy of helping students become more confident, capable, and curious learners.

About Thrive

Thrive Education Partners connects exceptional educators with families seeking highly personalized, values-driven education.

Our placements go beyond traditional tutoring or classroom teaching. We help create thoughtful learning environments where students can grow academically, build confidence, and experience the joy of meaningful, individualized education.

Pay: $70,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance

Application Question(s):

• Have you worked in a private home or family-based education setting before?
• Describe your comfort level with navigating and exploring relevant community and city excursions and venues such as parks, museums, exibits, historical areas, etc.
• Describe your experience teaching children of multiple ages and abilities.

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• teaching: 5 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• teaching license (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Manhattan, NY 10024 (Required)

Work Location: In person