Job Description

🌱 Teacher Founder – Build the Future of School with Flourish

📍 Location: Madison / Donelson / North Nashville, TN
📅 Start Date: ASAP (Summer/Fall 2025)
💼 Full-time | Lead Teaching + Founding Role | Equity Offered
📌 Recruitment by Equal Teaching on behalf of Flourish Schools

Are you ready to reimagine what school could be - and lead the way?

Flourish is building the classroom of the future: small, joyful K-8 schools powered by meaningful projects and supported by cutting-edge AI. They believe in freeing teachers from busywork so they can do what they do best - build powerful relationships with students and spark lifelong learning .

We’re looking for visionary educators to help bring this mission to life - first as a lead teacher in one of our thriving North Nashville micro-schools, and then as a Teacher Founder launching your very own Flourish school.

🚀 What This Role Offers

Year 1 – Learn and Lead

• Teach in a flagship Flourish micro-school, immersing in our model of project-based, AI-supported, student-centered learning
• Collaborate with passionate educators and build strong foundations in our tech-enabled approach

Year 2+ – Found Your Own School

• Open your own Flourish school with full support, training, and startup resources
• Gain equity ownership in your school and join a national network of pioneering Teacher Founders

You’ll benefit from:

• An AI-powered learning platform that reduces planning and grading, so you can focus on relationships and impact
• A team that provides mentorship, operational guidance, and marketing/enrollment support
• A school model that prioritizes joy, autonomy, and deep purpose for both students and educators

Requirements

✅ Who We’re Looking For

You might be a great fit if you’re:

• A mission-driven K–8 educator with 2+ years of teaching experience
• Passionate about project-based, student-centered learning
• Excited by the idea of using AI to enhance human connection and creativity
• Entrepreneurial in spirit and ready to build something from the ground up
• Skilled at building community and leading with empathy
• Licensed to teach in the US (required); Master’s degree preferred

Benefits

💼 Compensation & Benefits

Year 1 – Teaching Role: $50,000–75,000+
Year 2+ – Founding Role: $80,000–100,000+ + equity in your school

• Full benefits
• Robust leadership training and development
• National support network of peers and mentors

🌟 About Flourish

At Flourish, we’re creating a new kind of school - one where kids don’t just learn facts but build projects, solve real problems, and grow non-cognitive skills like resilience, communication, and agency. Supported by a just-in-time AI coach, students engage deeply, while teachers are freed to teach with more heart and less burnout.

We believe every child deserves a life-changing teacher - every year. And every great teacher deserves the chance to lead.

🤝 About Equal Teaching

Equal Teaching is a specialist recruitment and HR technology partner for alternative and innovative education providers. From Austin, Texas, we work globally to connect mission-driven educators with pioneering schools - including as the exclusive hiring partner of Flourish Schools.

Ready to build the future of learning - one joyful school at a time?

Apply now and take the first step to becoming a Teacher Founder with Flourish.

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