Employment at The Legacy School
Employment at The Legacy School
The hallmark of The Legacy School is our nurturing environment and individualized instruction from a large, specialized staff of 50+ faculty members. Our unique program provides a teacher-student ratio of 1:3 and daily, personalized 1:1 tutoring for all students who read below grade level. Our tutors utilize the Orton-Gillingham methodology, teaching each student to effectively decode and encode the English Language. Tutors take their time to understand the strengths and weaknesses of each Legacy student, and also serve as advisor and advocate.
The Legacy School admits students of any race, color, sexual orientation, and national or ethnic origin to all the rights and privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to the students at this school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, and national origin in the administration of its educational policies and other school administrative programs, including staffing.
Positions Available
Full Time Social Studies/History Teacher (2025-2026)
The Legacy School, a school for dyslexic and learning challenged children in grades 1-8, is seeking a full-time History teacher to join our experienced and collaborative faculty. This teacher will teach in our Middle School, and foster a love of History for our bright and curious learners.
Our history curriculum is fun, experiential, engaging, and plays a significant part of our school culture!
This position becomes open for the 2025-2026 school year, and will include some training(s) with a mentor teacher.
Candidates must have experience teaching Elementary Education, Special Education, or assisting in an Elementary or Special Education classroom.
The ideal candidate will possess a solid work ethic, professionalism, and an understanding of learning differences, patience, flexibility, and a team player. Instruction is remedial and geared towards students who benefit from a systematic, multi-sensory approach to learning.
How to Apply/Contact
Interested candidates should send via email (jcaplan@legacyschoolmd.org) a resume and cover letter to Jamie Caplan, Head of School. The cover letter must outline why this position is of interest and provide a summary of any experience teaching students with learning differences.
Speech Language Pathologist (2025-2026 or 2026-2027)
The Speech Language Pathologist supports our students’ ability to derive full benefit from the Legacy’s educational program. We are seeking a full-time speech language pathologist. We offer competitive salary and benefits. This position is available immediately or for the 2025-2026 academic year or for 2026-2027 academic year.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The below statements are intended to describe the general nature and scope of work being performed by this position. This is not a complete listing of all responsibilities, duties, and/or skills required. Other duties may be assigned.
● Plan, lead and conduct push-in speech services for small groups
● Provide direct and indirect speech services to students who have been diagnosed with an academically-based communication disorder in areas of articulation, expressive and receptive language, and social pragmatics.
● Perform diagnostic assessments of speech, and language impairments; and determines the presence/absence of communication deficits which adversely impacts academic progress.
● Determine goals and objectives for the students on your caseload
● Serves as a resource to school staff members by being a contributing member of a comprehensive academic team.
● Collaborate with the therapeutic team, teaching teams, administrative staff, and outside professionals in order to provide individualized support to reach individual goals.
● Provides speech therapy to meet individual students’ needs and help remediate speech and language deficits.
● Report on student progress
● Coordinate goals and objectives with the classroom teacher and administrative team
● Participates in “kid talk” meetings and school committees.
● Maintain documentation required to describe goals and objectives including copies of session notes.
Desired Qualities
● Focus on Data-Driven Results: The ideal candidate will be driven by a desire to produce quantifiable student achievement gains.
● Innovative Problem-Solving: Approaches work with a sense of possibility and sees challenges as opportunities for creative problem solving; takes initiative to explore issues and find potential innovative solutions.
● Adaptability: Excels in constantly changing environments and adapts flexibly in shifting projects or priorities to meet the needs of a dynamic school environment. Flexibility is key.
● Teamwork: The Speech-Language Pathologist is a key position and part of each child’s collaborative team.
● Dependability: Consistently delivers high quality speech and language therapy.
● Communication and Customer Service Skills: Communicates clearly and compellingly with diverse stakeholders in both oral and written forms; anticipates and responds to customer needs in a high-quality and courteous manner.
Qualifications
● Master’s degree (MA/MS) in Communication Sciences and Disorders or Speech-Language Pathology.
● Certification as a Speech Language Pathologist.
How to Apply/Contact
Interested candidates should send via email (jcaplan@legacyschoolmd.org) a resume and cover letter to Jamie Caplan, Head of School. The cover letter must outline why this position is of interest and provide a summary of any experience working with students who have learning differences.
Lower School Teacher (2026-2027)
The Legacy School, a school for dyslexic and learning challenged children in grades 1-8, is seeking a full-time Lower School teacher to join our experienced and collaborative faculty.
Legacy is committed to creating an environment where students are encouraged to strive, reach, and endeavor towards becoming their best selves. This is done through our teacher-mentor model of instruction, our caring and dedicated faculty, and a robust curriculum.
Legacy seeks a creative and innovative Lower School Teacher for this 2026-2027 school year. The ideal candidate would have completed undergraduate work in elementary education, special education, early childhood education, or related field.
Candidates must have experience teaching Elementary Education, Special Education, or assisting in an Elementary or Special Education classroom. The ideal candidate will possess a solid work ethic, professionalism, and an understanding of learning differences, patience, flexibility, and a team player. Instruction is remedial and geared towards students who benefit from a systematic, multi-sensory approach to written language.
How to Apply/Contact
Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter to Jamie Caplan, Head of School at jcaplan@legacyschoolmd.org. The cover letter must outline why this position is of interest and provide a summary of any experience teaching students with learning differences.
The Legacy Difference
“Where should I start?! From the very beginning, Legacy has always been able to see Phoebe’s potential. Their whole approach is different, it is almost as if Legacy had the key to unlocking something in her brain that taught her in a way she understood. They are patient beyond words can describe! Legacy School will NEVER give up on your child, they realize everyone learns differently and they take the time to figure it out. Plus, one on one tutoring is something you don’t receive in most schools.”
Casey R.
“Teachers know how to instruct and work with children who learn differently. Much more one-on-one instruction. Staff and students are all incredibly supportive and kind to one another. My daughter no longer feels “different” or “slower” than her peers.”
Susan E.
“In her previous school, initially my daughter struggled academically, but soon, as she fell further and further behind her peers, the academic challenges she faced began to manifest as social/emotional issues as well. Despite their best efforts, her teachers were not able to adequately address Nava’s academic needs, and it only got worse. At Legacy, on the other hand, from day one, not only were my daughter’s unique academic needs accounted for head on, but she was not made to feel like an awkward outcast; she didn’t carry a burden of shame or inadequacy tied to her unique learning needs. The result is that, almost overnight, my daughter’s demeanor and, importantly, her ability to be available for classroom learning shifted. It is no question that credit for this change goes to her teachers, tutors and support staff at Legacy.”
Jordan C.
“They meet each kid where they are at. They adapt their teaching to meet the individual child’s learning style. I think that the small class size helps with that. Public school couldn’t really give him the accommodations that he needed. I also think they engage the kids interests, and a lot the papers he brings home are about things he is interested in. Really they connect it to what the kids like and enjoy. The teachers really do provide individualized instruction. They utilize a lot of hands on and tangible things that really engage students with language disabilities. They really meet each kid where they are.”
Stephanie R.
Creating Confident Readers
“When Joe came into Legacy, he was very discouraged about school and hated having “sucklexia”. Now he embraces that he learns differently and has gained so much confidence in school and is so much happier.”
Cat M.
“Burke has turned into a voracious reader. Its not just about learning the material its been about building the confidence and excitement about learning.”
Matt H.
“The transformation has been amazing. From his self esteem, confidence, and academic improvements. Legacy has provided an invaluable experience for our son.”
Amber M.
“There’s data to show it. He started a grade level below and now hes reading a grade level above. Its mainly for dyslexic kids, but dyslexia isn’t his biggest struggle. Disgraphia and writing are much harder, and organizing his thoughts, and they have done so much to help with that. They give him graphic organizers and help him color code. They break it down into manageable chunks. They also help by breaking it down into small groups and working one on one in math. Getting that one an one attention is really great. We also love how they do homework. It has made such a difference, homework can be such a stress on the household and the kid. I love that its one sheet and its review. He has his reading and his one math worksheet and he can get it done and it’s not a stressor. It has boosted his self esteem academically and socially. It has opened his eyes to see that others struggle with the things he struggles with. Public school made him feel stupid because he was the only one struggling.”
Stephanie R.
“Reading has been a struggle for Phoebe like most students at Legacy, but she has come so far. She is proud of herself and is excited to read her homework at night to me now! She has always had a passion for books which used to be more of a frustration, is now becoming more enjoyable! We still have a lot more work, but we are confident with the help from the Legacy School, she is unstoppable.”
Casey R.
