The Brearley School, an independent girls’ school serving over 770 students K-12, welcomes candidates for a full-time position as a Teacher of Middle and Upper School Science beginning August 2025.

We invite interested candidates to apply for this position by completing an application and uploading a cover letter and resume at The Brearley School Career's page.

Responsibilities include:

• teaching four courses in the Science curriculum, including Biology, Chemistry, or Physics in the Upper School and at least one section of science in the Middle School
• implement an inclusive, anti-bias, anti-racist pedagogy
• participating in and/or leading grade-level team planning meetings with Science colleagues
• contributing to the life of the school and the students outside of the department

The ideal candidate will:

• have a bachelor’s degree in the subject area; an advanced degree is preferred
• have experience in teaching at the middle and/or high school levels; experience in teaching multiple science subjects at the high school level is preferred, for example, biology and chemistry or physics and chemistry
• have an understanding of teaching science both conceptually and quantitatively
• demonstrate strong skills in communication
• demonstrate the desire to work collaboratively and in consultation
• have a commitment to the education of girls
• understand the needs of students at various levels of intellectual and social development

About the School

Founded in 1884, the school is a center of intellectual exuberance, attracting students from across and beyond New York City. Our mission has long combined outstanding academics with an insistence on a larger purpose:  to cultivate a commitment to the greater good in our students. In pursuit of this goal, we actively strive to build, nurture, and sustain a diverse faculty and student body. We are committed to creating an inclusive, equitable,e and antiracist school community, and we expect our faculty, staff, students, parents, and trustees to pursue meaningful change through deliberate and measurable actions.

Salary

In 2024-25, the total full-time salary for this position ranges from $78,100 to $143,000, depending on experience.

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 school-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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