Position: Elementary Teaching Assistant / Teaching Apprentice (Starting Fall 2025)
Location: Metro Dallas/Fort Worth area Academies – Irving, Arlington, Fort Worth https://texas.greatheartsamerica.org/academies/#northtexas
We are looking for life-long learners passionate about shaping students’ hearts and minds. Join Great Hearts Academies, a growing network of 47 public, open-enrollment, tuition-free schools in Phoenix (AZ), Baton Rouge (LA), Dallas/Ft. Worth (TX), San Antonio (TX), and Florida (fall of 2026).
Great Hearts currently provides over 28,000 K-12 students with access to a high quality, classical liberal arts education. We believe the highest goal of education is to become good, intellectually, and morally.
Distinctive benefits for Great Hearts faculty
• Exceptional Benefits (medical, dental, vision etc.) with minimal employee cost
• Texas Teacher Retirement System
• Uniquely valuable professional development offerings, from great books seminars with academy colleagues, to leadership and special education coursework/pathways, to reduced tuition graduate degree support with select partner universities
Salary: Starting at $16 per hour
Please apply directly at: :https://phg.tbe.taleo.net/phg04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=GREATHEARTS&cws=46&rid=2234
Teaching Assistant and Apprentice Teacher roles at Great Hearts:
• As a K-5 Teaching Assistant, you support the lead teacher in the implementation of a rich Core Knowledge curriculum. A bachelor’s degree is not required for this role.
• As an Apprentice Teacher, you function as a second teacher in the classroom, without shouldering the burden of all planning, grading/evaluation, parent communications
• Through mentorship with a Master Teacher, you learn the craft of teaching in a classical, liberal arts primary-school environment.
• Many of our ATs become lead teachers at either lower or upper schools (assuming a bachelor’s degree)
Requirements:
• High school diploma or GED is required. College degree preferred
• Certification is not required
• Work Authorization – US work authorization is required
Great Hearts Academies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $16.00 – $18.00 per hour
Benefits:
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance
Schedule:
• 8 hour shift
Education:
• Associate (Required)
Experience:
• Teaching Assistant: 1 year (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
• Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (Required)
Work Location: In person