Careers at TQS
Meaningful work, thoughtful support, and a shared commitment to students.
Why Work at The Quaker School
The Quaker School at Horsham uses research-based programs, delivered by compassionate professionals, to help each student with complex challenges achieve meaningful personal, social, and academic success. Our faculty and staff build trusting relationships with each other, with students, and with families every day.
Our Values in Practice
Every role at TQS is expected to model compassionate and ethical conduct across all settings, whether that’s in the classroom, with a student in crisis, or in frequent communication with families. Our approach is grounded in the Quaker principles of respecting the dignity of each person, accepting differences, and celebrating diversity.
Who Thrives at TQS
Staff who do well at TQS are deeply committed to our mission, stay flexible in a small, close-knit community, and genuinely believe in supporting students beyond just academics. It’s a place for people who want to know their work, and the people around them, well.
Open Positions
1:1 Classroom Support Staff, Sassafras Division
The Quaker School at Horsham (TQS) uses research-based programs provided by compassionate professionals to enable each student with complex challenges to blossom and achieve meaningful personal, social and academic success. Our compassionate community builds trusting relationships among students, parents, therapists, faculty and staff.
The Sassafras Program is an autism support program that is based on the premise that students need to build positive relationships, feel positive emotions and develop a sense of control and purpose in order to learn. It offers students a predictable structure and a supportive environment, with academic engagement tailored to meet each child’s specific needs.
The physical, mental and emotional well-being of faculty and staff is of top importance. We provide opportunities for fellowship, goodwill and experiences to create overall positive morale. We share the many positive achievements of our school community, acknowledge and celebrate the personal and professional milestones within our faculty and staff community.
Annual Salary: $32,555
Status: Full-time, 10 months
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support the academic and behavioral needs of one student with complex challenges within a small, autistic support classroom.
- Deliver appropriate learning experiences for students with disabilities, providing direct and indirect support in a positive environment and employing special educational strategies and techniques to improve the development of behavioral and academic skills.
- Teach socially acceptable behavior and reinforce student’s social skills
- Maintain and collect daily student data. Prepare reports as requested.
- Implement behavior plans as appropriate
- Provide crisis intervention, as needed, for students including use of Safety-CARE techniques for physical restraint as a last resort.
- Model compassionate and ethical conduct across all settings.
Requirements: High-school diploma
K-12 1:1 Support Staff
The Quaker School at Horsham (TQS) uses research-based programs provided by compassionate professionals to enable each student with complex challenges to blossom and achieve meaningful personal, social and academic success. Our compassionate community builds trusting relationships among students, parents, therapists, faculty and staff.
The students at TQS in grades K-12 have struggled in traditional schools and come with a pressing need for a safe learning environment where they can confidently face the challenges of learning. These students have a mix of disabilities: ADHD, learning disabilities, autism, expressive and receptive language disorders, and anxiety disorders. At TQS, we use the latest findings from educational research to guide our curriculum and nurture our students’ inherent curiosity and desire to learn.
The physical, mental and emotional well-being of faculty and staff is of top importance. We provide opportunities for fellowship, goodwill and experiences to create overall positive morale. We share the many positive achievements of our school community, acknowledge and celebrate the personal and professional milestones within our faculty and staff community.
Status: Full-time, 10 months
Annual Salary: $30,285
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Support the academic and behavioral needs of one student within a classroom setting of 8-10 students with complex challenges
- Deliver appropriate learning experiences for students with disabilities, providing direct and indirect support in a positive environment and employing special educational strategies and techniques to improve the development of behavioral and academic skills.
- Teach socially acceptable behavior and reinforce student’s social skills
- Maintain and collect daily student data. Prepare reports as requested.
- Daily or weekly family communications
- Implement behavior plans as appropriate
- Provide crisis intervention, as needed, for students including use of Safety-CARE techniques for physical restraint as a last resort.
Requirements: High-school diploma or Associate’s degree
Substitute Teacher, Per Diem
The students at TQS in grades K-12 have struggled in traditional schools and come with a pressing need for a safe learning environment where they can confidently face the challenges of learning. These students have a mix of disabilities: ADHD, learning disabilities, autism, expressive and receptive language disorders, and anxiety disorders. At TQS, we use the latest findings from educational research to guide our curriculum and nurture our students’ inherent curiosity and desire to learn.
Requirements: Bachelor’s degree preferred
Status: Per diem
Rate: $35/hour
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
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Deliver prepared lessons within a classroom setting of 8-10 students with complex challenges: managing student behavior, following class activities, routines and procedures to provide for the optimal learning of all students.
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Provide 1:1 support to an assigned student.
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