Episcopal High School is searching for a full-time social studies teacher beginning in the fall of 2024.  Candidates must be prepared to teach students at every level in this four-year, coeducational, 100% boarding school. Specific assignment will comprise four sections of social studies classes (exact levels to be determined by candidates’ experience and the needs of the department), OR three sections of social studies plus responsibilities in our McCain-Ravenel Center for Intellectual and Moral Courage. The Center is home to a number of signature programs and connects students and faculty to the vast resources of Washington DC to support the development of Portrait of a Graduate qualities in all students.  In addition, this role will entail residential, extra-curricular, and advising duties. We seek dynamic candidates who will participate eagerly in the broad life of the School, and those who will actively advance the School's mission, including its diversity, equity, and inclusion plan and its “portrait of a graduate” qualities.  References should speak to the candidate’s capacity and willingness to work creatively and effectively in a boarding school environment. The salary offered will be competitive and commensurate with experience. Housing benefits are included with this role. Please visit the EHS website to learn more about the School.

• Bachelor’s degree (higher degree in history or related area preferred)
• Cultural competencies: understanding the nuances of working in a diverse school community 
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Flexibility, growth mindset, and sense of humor when it comes to working with teenagers
• Understanding of and desire to commit to the sometimes unpredictable, but always exciting, nature of boarding school 
• Desire to be part of a collaborative team

About Episcopal High School

Founded as the first high school in the state of Virginia in 1839, Episcopal High School is an independent, co-ed, college preparatory boarding school that values academic excellence, honor, service, and transformational adult-student relationships. The School is a 100% boarding community with 450 students from 26 states and 19 countries. The School seeks to attract a talented and diverse student body, faculty, staff, and administration to enrich the learning experience and offers robust programming in academics, athletics, service learning, arts, and activities while emphasizing a strong spiritual ethos through its chapel program. With its campus just seven miles from the White House, Episcopal has developed its new McCain-Ravenel Center for Intellectual and Moral Courage to create innovative uses of the educational resources of Washington to foster the skills and personal qualities identified in its Portrait of a Graduate developed with its Strategic Plan in 2018.

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