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Upper School English Teacher and Advisor
The Chapin School
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Details
Posted: 13-Feb-26
Location: New York, New York
Type: Full Time
Salary: 75,000-135,000
Categories:
English/Language Arts
Salary Details:
Commensurate with experience
Preferred Education:
4 Year Degree
The Chapin School, an independent K-12 day school for girls located in New York City, seeks a student-centered, collaborative, and innovative educator to serve as Upper School English Teacher and Upper School Advisor.
The Upper School English Teacher, as a member of the English Department, will teach four sections of English and serve as an Upper School advisor.
The Upper School English program emphasizes reading, writing, speaking, and thinking with clarity and depth. The curriculum encompasses global classics and contemporary works, promoting critical and creative thinking through various activities. Writing is taught as a process, focusing on brainstorming, drafting, and revising. By graduation, students will be proficient in multiple genres, including analytical, personal, and persuasive essays, and creative writing. They will acquire essential grammatical and rhetorical skills for diverse audiences.
Chapin’s next Upper School English Teacher and Advisor will be:
A teacher with a demonstrated commitment to innovation and interdisciplinary curriculum development who…
Structures engaging, creative curricular approaches to literary texts that foster independent critical thinking, authentic writing. and excitement about reading.
Is intellectually curious, passionate about literature, and committed to professional growth.
A student-centered educator who values each student’s voice, experience, and history, and who…
Employs culturally responsive teaching practices to reach all students and help them feel valued, known, and understood.
Encourages risk-taking and mistake-making as a part of the learning process.
An educator who actively cultivates a classroom and community of belonging by…
Centering texts that reflect diverse identities, cultures, experiences, and styles.
Considering the needs of a range of learners in developing assessments and lessons.
A partner to students, their parents, and colleagues in teaching and learning who…
Generates clear learning goals and provides focused and timely feedback.
Maintains ongoing communication with teachers, class deans, and families.
Collaborates productively with colleagues across the department and division.
Qualifications
Required:
Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctorate in English or other field of literary studies
Minimum 3 years experience teaching literature at the high school or college level
Experience teaching grades 8-12 English language, literacy, and writing
OUR MISSION
The Chapin School is dedicated to empowering a diverse, ambitious and resolute community of young women to thrive and lead in their world. Guided by our motto, Fortiter et Recte, Chapin considers bravery, compassion, service and respect for self and others to be fundamental values. We believe that equity, inclusion and collaboration are critical to personal growth. By advancing and deepening each student’s agency, confidence and resilience within an affirming and joyful learning environment, Chapin strives to ensure that each student is emboldened to pursue distinction as a leader and contributing citizen.
ABOUT US
The Chapin School, founded in 1901, is an independent, all-girls day school in New York City currently serving 802 students K–12.
Chapin’s signature Focus Forward strategic plan, which guided our work for more than a decade, intensified Chapin’s historic commitment to offering the most challenging academic curriculum while also teaching the social, emotional and other skills that will set the stage for its students’ success in this century. Chapin’s institutional priorities continue to be imbued with the spirit of Focus Forward. We have fine-tuned our... articulation of the School’s purpose as we approach the third decade of the 21st century. A forward-focused learning community whose symbol is a wheel will never cease to strive toward achieving its vision of cultivating in girls the skills and attributes that will allow them to be brave for themselves and for others.
UNDER ONE ROOF
Chapin’s single building provides a unified learning environment under one roof for all students, the 128 faculty members who teach them and the 85 staff members who support all other aspects of school life. An ambitious construction project to be completed in 2020 will feature an entire floor dedicated to the arts and a gymnasium with suspended running track—all with spectacular views of our urban location. The Hayot Center for Innovation, to open in 2020, will provide our entire learning community the opportunity to extend our commitment to interdisciplinary inquiry-based investigations and explorations, deepening students’ interests through experimentation, invention and the development of out-of-the-box solutions to complex issues.
Our vibrant, inspiring and welcoming new spaces will further our commitment to a forward- focused learning environment that enables all students to embrace the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century to the best of their abilities. With these exciting new spaces as a canvas, we renew our pledge to develop curriculum and pedagogy that reflect current research and best practices, always placing each student at the center of her own learning.
