Join Our Team

Brooklyn Urban Garden Charter School (BUGS), is a small, independent, progressive Middle School in South Slope/Windsor Terrace serving approximately 300 students of all abilities and backgrounds from across Brooklyn. We are looking for experienced educators interested in our innovative sustainability-education model to join us for the upcoming school year.

BUGS is at the forefront of sustainability education, diverse-by-design, and community-based school movements. We feature a hands-on interdisciplinary education with a focus on real-world problem-solving and exploration of environmental, social, and economic sustainability. Our Middle School students (grades 6 to 8) are prepared for success in high school and to become critical thinkers, lifelong learners, and thoughtful designers of a more socially just and sustainable world.

We are excited to welcome talented educators who are inspired by our mission, passionate about serving middle school-aged adolescents, and eager to join a dynamic professional learning community.

At BUGS, we value and respect teachers as educators, professionals, and individuals. As a growing faculty and community, we offer many opportunities for innovation, professional growth, and teacher leadership.  We feature a strong, supportive community of learners, an active parent-teacher organization, and a positive student and staff culture. Educators are supported in using a project-based methodology and designing ongoing fieldwork to enrich the units of study.

See below for available instructional and non-instructional positions.

Don't see a job listing that fits your interest and skill set? Feel free to reach out to our People Operations Manager, Leah Miles at careers@bugsbrooklyn.org to express your interest in bringing your talents to the BUGS community!

Our Social Sustainability Vision Statement

BUGS focuses on all aspects of Sustainability: Environmental, Economic and Social. At BUGS, we actively strive to repair the detrimental effects of racism, discrimination and systems of oppression that affect our students, families, staff, community and larger society. We do this work personally and collectively through in-house professional development with our Inclusion and Culture Departments and in partnership with outside organizations.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are committed to engaging our diverse student body and learning community in a way that is non-discriminatory, focuses on critical thinking, and analyzes and strives for social sustainability. Examining systems in our society, and our part in them, is critical to the successful pursuit of our school vision and mission to educate for sustainability, work with diverse colleagues, and serve our diverse student body.