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The St. Paul’s Schools is pleased to announce an opening for a full-time middle school science teacher at St. Paul’s School for Boys for the 2023-2024 school year. 

School Overview  

Voted one of Baltimore’s top workplaces, the St. Paul’s Schools is?a family of independent?schools located in?Brooklandville, Maryland. With more than 1,400?students?from?ages 6 weeks to?grade 12, St. Paul’s Pre and Lower School (coed), St.?Paul’s School?for?Boys, and St. Paul’s?School?for Girls share?a 120-acre campus,?an?Episcopal affiliation,?and a focus on developing confident, well-balanced students who will use their education and ethics to improve the world.?In July 2018, the schools unified under the umbrella of The St. Paul's Schools, with a single board of trustees and one president, but each school retains its individual traditions and its gender-specific programs. A coordinated?structure?allows The St.?Paul’s?Schools?to preserve the?small-school?feel within each school while sharing resources and certain programs to maximize opportunities for students. With St. Paul’s unique model, boys and girls are taught?together and separately at just the right times in their development.?? 

St. Paul’s School for Boys, founded in 1849, is a college-preparatory day school serving boys in grades 5 through 12. The school’s mission, “Seek truth, knowledge, and excellence; live by faith, compassion, and integrity,” is the daily standard for all members of our community. St. Paul’s School for Boys’ students are thoughtful young men who thrive in an educational community that emphasizes strong relationships, personal growth, and the collective pursuit of integrity.

Position Description

The successful candidate will be a creative, passionate, and experienced middle school science teacher with a strong educational background. This person should engage and inspire students.  The primary responsibilities of this teacher will be to teach middle school science classes and to craft creative and rigorous project-based curriculum and assessments that inspire a love for learning, critical thinking, and scientific inquiry. While this position will likely cover a range of grade levels, the primary courses taught will be fifth grade life science.

To succeed in this role, the candidate must also inspire confidence in students, parents and colleagues and possess the ability to lead collaboratively and articulate to all constituencies a vision to embrace research.  Candidates with master’s degree will be preferred and while independent school experience is preferred, it is not required. 

In addition to teaching, full-time faculty members serve as student advisors, club mentors, and contribute in other significant ways to the work of the community.? We are especially interested in candidates with coaching experience and/or those who can demonstrate initiative and serve as coaches in a variety of significant ways outside of the classroom.? Other supervisory responsibilities and duties are shared among faculty members.?  

The St. Paul’s Schools are committed to creating a supportive learning environment where all individuals are valued for their unique contributions and are able to achieve their highest potential. We strongly believe that a diverse and inclusive environment is the best learning environment for our students and prepares them to live, work, and thrive in an increasingly global and multicultural community. We reject all prejudice, particularly those based on race, national and ethnic origin, religion, socioeconomic status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and physical characteristics. 

As you know, COVID-19 has been declared a worldwide pandemic by the World Health Organization. While COVID-19 is highly contagious, the School is taking precautions and implementing safety measures to prevent the spread. All members of the School community have a shared responsibility to support and comply with policies and protocols to protect the health and safety of our community. As an additional mitigation measure and to further aid in preventing the spread of COVID-19, the School is requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. All employees who intend to be employed at The St. Paul’s Schools for the 2022-2023 school year will be required to provide documentation demonstrating that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.  Any employees who begin work with the School from July 1, 2022 onward will be required to provide documentation demonstrating that they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 within 60 days of their start date, unless they have been granted an exemption to this policy as an accommodation.

Full-time employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits program which includes, but is not limited to, medical, dental, vision, disability and 403(b).  Other supplemental benefits include free lunch, fitness center and tuition remission.  Salary is commensurate with experience.

Interested candidates can send their cover letter, resume and list of references to Shannon Duckett, Executive Director of Human Resources, at sduckett@stpaulsmd.org. The St. Paul’s Schools is an equal opportunity employer.

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About The St. Paul's Schools

St. Paul’s is an independent, Episcopal, college preparatory day school, coeducational for grades K-4 and all boys for grades 5-12, located 20 minutes north of downtown Baltimore. An International Baccalaureate World School that enrolls 758 students from across the Baltimore metropolitan area, St. Paul's emphasizes critical thinking, interdisciplinary study, independent research, and engagement with cultures around the world. Service learning is a cornerstone of the School's mission. St. Paul's strives to find balance between academics, athletics, and arts fostered by a strong sense of community on campus.

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