For Educators

You will not be

doing this alone.

If you have taught, you know what it feels like to be responsible for a room full of children with very different strengths, needs, and stories. Excellent teaching requires noticing all of them — and no educator should be expected to do that work without a team.

Mosaic is designed differently.

Educators share responsibility for scholars, plan together, and bring their strengths to the same group of children. You will work hard here, but you will not be expected to carry the work alone.

From the founder

Why I’m building this for educators, too.

I have spent more than two decades working as a teacher, school leader, coach, and statewide education leader. Across those roles, I have seen how deeply a child’s experience at school is connected to the experience of the adults teaching them. Great educators want to know their students well, teach them skillfully, and help them grow. But that work requires time, support, strong systems, and colleagues who share responsibility for children.

Children are more deeply known when educators have the time, support, and teammates to truly know them.

So Mosaic has two commitments, not one. Every child is known, challenged, and supported. And every educator is valued, supported and equipped to do exceptional work.

Christina Aldrich

Founder & Executive Director

Team Teaching

You will teach on a team.

At Mosaic, scholars learn in learning studios, where a team of educators shares responsibility for a group of children — their learning, their growth, and their well-being. Each studio has a lead teacher who helps guide instruction and coordinate the team’s work. What that gives you, in practice:

Responsibility is shared. No one is expected to meet every child’s needs alone. When a scholar needs more support, the team responds. When a scholar is ready to go further, someone has the room to take them there.

More than one adult knows each child. You are not the only person holding a child’s history. Families have a primary advisor, but their child is known and supported by the full studio team.

Your strengths will be used. Teams plan together and intentionally draw on each educator’s knowledge, experience, and strengths while maintaining shared responsibility for scholars.

Learning does not stop when life happens. Because scholars are known by a team rather than one educator, an absence does not mean their learning plan disappears with the person who is out. The team provides greater continuity for children and one another.

Team teaching does not make the work easy. It creates stronger conditions for doing work well.

Planning Time

Planning time is protected.

Protected planning time is not a perk at Mosaic. It is part of how the model works.

The model depends on educators having time to sit down together and talk about actual children. Studio teams will have dedicated time to plan instruction, look at scholar work and progress, and decide together what each child needs next. It will be on the calendar first, and it will not be the thing that gets borrowed when the week gets tight.

Clear calendars, defined roles, consistent meeting structures, and reliable follow-through are part of protecting educators’ time for the work that matters most.

If a system repeatedly pulls educators away from scholars, relationships, or purposeful work, we should examine and improve the system.

Teaching Here

What teaching here is designed to feel like.

Purposeful

You should understand what you are teaching, why it matters, and what scholars need to learn next. Strong curriculum gives you a foundation so your energy can go toward excellent instruction rather than creating everything from scratch.

Collaborative

Teaching at Mosaic means thinking with other educators. You will plan, problem-solve, look at scholar learning, and make decisions together — while bringing your own expertise and judgment to the team.

Relational

You will have time to know scholars and families deeply over time. Relationships are not separate from instruction here; knowing children well helps us teach them well.

Always growing

We expect educators to keep learning too. Feedback, reflection, practice, and professional learning are part of the work because great teaching develops over time.

Relationship-Centered

Teaching wraps around children.

Mosaic is relationship-centered. We use strong curriculum and instructional systems, but educators are expected to know the children in front of them and use that knowledge to make thoughtful instructional decisions.

Assessments help us understand what scholars know and what they need next. Curriculum gives educators a strong instructional foundation. Relationships help teachers understand the child doing the learning.

Support

How you’ll be supported.

I will ask a lot of educators at Mosaic. Children deserve excellent teaching, strong relationships, thoughtful planning, and adults who continue to grow. But high expectations have to come with real support. My responsibility as a leader is to make sure you have the clarity, preparation, time, tools, feedback, and people around you to do the work well.

A real start. You will not walk in, receive a roster, and be expected to figure Mosaic out as you go. Before scholars arrive, you will have time to learn the model, study curriculum, practice routines, understand your team, and prepare for the children you will serve.

Clear expectations and the tools to meet them. You should know what excellent work looks like and have strong curriculum, materials, technology, systems, and training to help you get there. When something is not working, we solve the problem rather than asking you to work around it indefinitely.

Coaching that helps you grow. Feedback should be frequent, specific, and useful — not something saved for an evaluation. You will have opportunities to practice, reflect, ask questions, try again, and continue building your expertise over time.

Support when the work gets hard. A complex student need, a challenging family conversation, an instructional problem, or a team issue should not become yours to solve alone. Bring it forward. We will problem-solve together and make sure you know what comes next.

Leadership that stays close to the work. I want to know what educators are experiencing, what is getting in the way, and what you need to be successful. Leadership should be present, accessible, honest, and willing to follow through.

Permission to focus on what matters most. We will be intentional about what we ask teachers to carry. We will identify the highest leverage work, protect time for it, implement it well, and intentionally build expertise over time.

Leadership

What to expect from the person leading this school.

It matters to me that you know what to expect from my leadership.

I believe leadership should be present, thoughtful, honest, and accountable. You should understand what is expected of you, why decisions are being made, and where you have room to shape the work. The people closest to children often see things leaders cannot, so your perspective should be heard and taken seriously.

I will make decisions when decisions need to be made. I will also listen, explain the why, own mistakes, and change course when the evidence tells us something is not working. Dignity and respect should not disappear when the work gets difficult.

And I believe accountability goes both ways. I will hold educators to a high standard because children deserve excellent teaching — and you should be able to hold me accountable for creating the conditions, clarity, and support that make excellent work possible.

You may not always agree with a decision. You should always understand it.

What We Hope To Be Known For

A place educators want to stay and grow.

Years from now, I hope Mosaic is known for two things: children who are excited to come to school and educators who are proud of the work they do here.

I want teachers to feel challenged to become exceptional at their craft — and supported with the time, tools, teammates, feedback, and leadership to get there. I want people to stay because they are growing, their work matters, and they know they are valued.

That is the kind of school I am building. If it sounds like a place where you could do some of the best work of your career, I’d like to know you.

Next step

Educator hiring is coming.

Mosaic opens in August 2027, and teaching opportunities will open as we move closer to our first school year. If this model speaks to you, you do not have to wait to introduce yourself. Join our educator interest list and we’ll keep you informed as instructional opportunities open.

Curious how the studio model works day to day? Read Our Model and the Learning Experience. You can also explore our FAQ for more about learning studios, team teaching, and how Mosaic is designed to support scholars and educators.