Open Position:  Film Photography Teacher, 10:30am-12:15pm for 3 weeks (14 days total, Session B, July 20-August 6, 2026).  Class consists of 10 students, ages 12-13.  Additional responsibilities include attending orientation, weekly faculty meetings, the annual CSS meeting, packing up the school, and submitting a course write-up after the session.  Salary information available upon request.

Course Description: Students will learn the science behind photography and how to use a 35-mm SLR film camera. The class will learn to develop film and use enlargers in the darkroom to enlarge and print photographic images. They’ll learn about the chemical reactions that take place when film and photo paper are exposed to light, and about how darkroom chemicals work. Students will explore how to artistically capture nature through a lens.

To apply, please send a CV and cover letter to kate@childrensschoolofscience.org 

Open Position:  “Art, Science & Nature” Teacher, 12:30pm-2:15pm for 3 weeks (14 days total, Session A, June 29-July 17, 2026).  Class consists of 16 students, ages 10-11.  Additional responsibilities include attending orientation, unpacking the school, weekly faculty meetings, the annual CSS picnic, and submitting a course write-up after the session.  Salary information available upon request.

Course Description: This course blends science, nature, and the visual arts. Students will use various materials to create forms of art while learning about ecological relationships between organisms and local natural environments. Students will explore different habitats along the seashore, in the woods, in freshwater wetlands, and in the suburban backyards of Woods Hole. Through sketches, sculptures, and other projects, students will showcase the connections among animals, plants, and their environments, as well as our interactions with them.

To apply, please send a CV and cover letter to kate@childrensschoolofscience.org 

Open Position:  “Woods, Ponds & Fields” Teacher, 8:30am-10:15am for 3 weeks (14 days total, Session B, July 20-August 6, 2026).  Class consists of 16 students, ages 8-9.  Additional responsibilities include attending orientation, weekly faculty meetings, the annual CSS meeting, packing up the school, and submitting a course write-up after the session. Salary information available upon request.

Course Description: Students will learn about the natural history of animals and plants that live in terrestrial and freshwater environments. Through explorations in the field, creative projects, collections, and by setting up terraria and aquaria in the classroom, the students will be introduced to concepts of entomology, botany, ornithology, herpetology, limnology, and ecology.

To apply, please send a CV and cover letter to kate@childrensschoolofscience.org 

Open Position:  Animal Behavior Teacher, 12:30pm-2:15pm for 3 weeks (14 days total, Session B, July 20-August 6, 2026).  Class consists of 16 students, ages 8-9. Additional responsibilities include attending orientation, weekly faculty meetings, the annual CSS meeting, packing up the school, and submitting a course write-up after the session. Salary information available upon request.

Course Description: Animals are born with instincts. They already know how to do certain things, like build nests, find food, and avoid predators. Animals can also learn to do new things. Herring Gulls learn to drop clams to crack them open by watching other gulls do it. Mice can learn their way through a maze. In this class, we will observe animals to learn about what they do and why they do it, and we will set up some experiments to demonstrate animals’ behaviors.

To apply, please send a CV and cover letter to kate@childrensschoolofscience.org 

Open Position:  Oceanography Teacher, 2:30pm-4:15pm for 3 weeks (14 days total, Session B, July 20-August 6, 2026).  Class consists of 16 students, ages 11-12. Additional responsibilities include attending orientation, weekly faculty meetings, the annual CSS meeting, packing up the school, and submitting a course write-up after the session. Salary information available upon request.

Course Description: Students will learn about the physical and chemical properties of seawater and take measurements of salinity, temperature, and pH. We’ll learn about ocean zonation, beach profiles, wave formation, and how ocean currents are affected by the earth’s rotation. We’ll collect data on tidal currents and tides and learn how they are caused by the interaction of Earth, the sun, and the moon. Students will investigate how changes in ocean chemistry, whether due to natural processes (such as biological activity or geology) or caused by human activities (such as pollution), may impact both marine and terrestrial life.

To apply, please send a CV and cover letter to kate@childrensschoolofscience.org 

Open Position:  Invertebrate Zoology Teacher, 2:30pm-4:15pm for 3 weeks (14 days total, Session B, July 20-August 6, 2026).  Class consists of 16 students, ages 10-11. Additional responsibilities include attending orientation, weekly faculty meetings, the annual CSS meeting, packing up the school, and submitting a course write-up after the session. Salary information available upon request.

Course Description: Invertebrates are animals without backbones. They make up 94% of the world’s animal species. Field trips to beaches, ponds, fields, woods, and backyards will give the class the chance to collect animals to bring back to the classroom for close study and observations of anatomy, reproduction, feeding, and behavior.  Each week will focus on different groups of animals.

To apply, please send a CV and cover letter to kate@childrensschoolofscience.org 

Open Position: CSS Office Manager 

The Office Manager works at the front desk of the school. They are responsible for managing the front desk and being the first point of contact for visitors, students, and parents. 

Some of the tasks that the office manager will perform include:

• Recording attendance in our electronic tracking system and confirming absences with parents
• Greeting visitors and parents
• Answering the phone
• Scheduling meetings for administrators
• Providing information and directing parents and visitors
• Announcing visitors’ arrivals to administrators and staff
• Overseeing sign-in/sign-out sheets
• Providing general clerical support to the school office staff and administrators
• Checking voicemail messages daily
• Being knowledgeable and current on school activities, programs, and events related to the calendar 
• Managing lost and found
• Providing basic first aid and calling parents when needed
• Manage driving field trips, including calling drivers the day before and collecting driver forms

Priority will be given to those who have completed at least one year as a CSS assistant.  The position is full time from June 25th – August 7th. 

Please submit a letter of interest and a CV to: kate@childrensschoolofscience.org