WE’RE HIRING!!

We’re currently looking for an amazing human to join the Elements Family.

We’re not just looking for the right-on-paper person—we’re looking for the right in real life person.

As a microschool, we have the flexibility to shape roles around the strengths and availability of the people who join us.

Whether you:

  • are looking for 20 hours or 40;

  • love working with little kids or big kids;

  • are a pro at calming tantrums (or at least staying calm during them)

What matters most is that you care deeply about children and want to feel good about your work.

If you're craving a job where your efforts are seen and valued, where small ratios let you do what you actually set out to do, and where your heart for kids has room to shine — we’d love to talk.

About Elements Academy

Elements Academy is a small, independent private school in Braintree, MA, serving about 20 kids ages 3–18.

We’re not a traditional school—and we like it that way. We’re cozy, creative, and rooted in real connection. This isn’t the kind of job where you follow a script, manage a crowd, or teach to the test. It’s the kind where you know each child deeply, follow their lead, and feel like what you do actually matters.

Our mission is to help kids love learning — and love being themselves while they do it. We support each child in becoming their most curious, creative, and confident self, through learning guided by identity, joy, and meaningful relationships. Because we believe who you are matters more than what you know.

We value curiosity over coercion, creativity over conformity, and connection over control.

If you're an educator who’s tired of doing things the old way, you might finally feel at home here.

And if you’re not a traditional teacher but love kids, think deeply, and bring your whole self to what you do — we might love you even more.

We warmly welcome unique and diverse individuals to apply.

You could quickly be one step closer to your dream job - fill out this quick application.

 Does this sound like you?!

 

We’re building a team of heart-centered, growth-minded humans.

Here are some of the skills and traits we value most:

  • Flexible, adaptable mindset—you see opportunity where others see obstacles

  • A passion for designing games, projects, and experiences that spark learning

  • Outside-the-box thinker who loves to get creative

  • Lifelong learner—curious, committed, and ready to work hard

  • Mindful responses to children’s emotional and developmental needs

  • Self-starter who can take initiative and follow through

  • Calm under pressure and able to navigate stress with care

  • Not afraid to get messy (mud, paint, snow, food, and bodily fluids are part of the job!)

 

We’re not a traditional school, and this is not a traditional job.

You might want to think twice if:

  • You struggle with confidence, self-awareness, or leadership

  • You prefer rigid structure over flexibility and flow

  • You get uncomfortable with change or uncertainty

  • You find outdoor time (especially in rain or snow) annoying

  • You resist personal growth or feedback

  • You’re not comfortable with direct communication

  • You’re uneasy with progressive, child-led curriculum and pedagogy

  • You’re not heart-centered and open-minded in your approach to working with kids

 Still reading? We’d love to hear from you.

If you're excited, curious, and thinking, "This sounds like my dream job," go ahead and fill out this quick form to tell us a bit about yourself.

We can’t wait to meet the next amazing human to join our Elements family.

We’re reviewing applications as they come in and will keep the form open until we find our match made in heaven. If that’s you—we can’t wait to meet you.