Career Center

The Brearley School, an independent girls’ school serving over 770 students K-12, welcomes candidates for a full-time position as the Head of the Science Department beginning August 2023.

We invite interested candidates to apply for this position by completing an application and uploading a cover letter and resume at https://www.brearley.org/page/about/employment-opportunities.

Responsibilities include:

• Teaching three courses in the Science curriculum, including Physics in the Upper School
• Overseeing and guiding the department’s development of its K-XII curriculum
• Providing support to the members of the department according to their needs
• Scheduling and chairing meetings of the department
• Acting as a liaison between the department, school leadership, and the larger community
• Assigning teaching duties and other responsibilities
• In collaboration with the Facilities Department, overseeing the department’s labs, classrooms, and storerooms; ensuring equipment is up-to-date and in working order; maintaining safety standards
• Facilitating hiring in accordance with the school’s hiring process
• Mentoring new teachers
• Evaluating new faculty in accordance with the school’s evaluation process
• Overseeing departmental business
• Supporting and advancing the school’s co-curricular programs in science, including the advanced research seminar, robotics, and environmental science organizations.

The ideal candidate will:

• have a bachelor’s degree in the subject area; an advanced degree is preferred
• have at least five years of experience in teaching at the middle and/or high school levels
• have an understanding of teaching both conceptual and quantitative physics
• demonstrate strong skills in leadership and communication
• demonstrate the desire to work collaboratively and in consultation
• have a commitment to inspiring girls in science
• understand the needs of students at various levels of intellectual and social development
• have experience implementing computational thinking and/or envisioning, expanding or implementing co-curricular or curricular science programs in robotics, or similar fields
• have competence in inclusive, anti-bias, anti-racist pedagogy

Salary

In 2022-23, the expected total salary ranges from $78,600 - $143,875: base salary $68,975 - $134,250, depending on experience; flexible spending plan $5000; stipend $4625.

Benefits

Benefits offered to eligible employees include a range of options for health insurance coverage with generous employer contributions across the plans; an HSA plan; pre-tax transit benefits; long-term disability insurance; a retirement plan that includes a school contribution starting at 10% of salary with no mandatory employee contribution; breakfast and lunch without charge; support for professional growth and development; and the opportunity to participate in a community based on collaboration, mutual care, and a commitment to the greater good.  Faculty may also apply for housing in a nearby Brearley-owned building at favorable rates.

The Brearley School is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to hiring exceptional, dedicated teachers of diverse backgrounds. We consider qualified individuals for employment with the School regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability or any other state or federally-protected classification.

About The Brearley School

The Brearley School, an independent school for girls, was founded in 1884 to provide its students with a college-preparatory education equal in rigor to that of boys, and, in the words of the mission statement today, to prepare them for “active responsible citizenship in a democratic society.” Within a highly articulated 13-year curriculum, and with a 6:1 student-faculty ratio, teaching methods are varied, flexible and pragmatic, taking into account individual patterns of development and ways of learning. The School’s program is designed to challenge eager, able students intellectually, and to give each one the opportunity to gain competence, self-reliance and self-knowledge through academic achievement as well as experience in the visual and performing arts, sports, community service and a wide variety of extracurricular activities. Brearley’s K-12 enrollment is divided into Lower School, Middle School and Upper School, and consists of about 747 students from throughout the New York metropolitan area who represent a diversity of backgrounds, experiences and points of view.

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