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 weekly faculty meetings, the annual CSS meeting, 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: 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