The Brearley School Hiring for Teacher of Learning Skills MS/US 2022 at New York, NY Full Time

The Brearley School, an independent girls’ school serving over 700 students K-12, welcomes candidates for a full-time position starting August 2022 as Teacher of Learning Skills in the Middle and Upper Schools. Responsibilities include teaching classes in reading and writing in Middle School and providing one-to-one support for Middle and Upper School students. The candidate should be trained to teach reading and writing and possess experience in this area. Additionally, the candidate should have knowledge of and experience working with students in the area of executive functioning.

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: we seek to prepare our students for principled engagement in the world. In pursuit of this goal, we actively strive to build, nurture and sustain a diverse faculty and student body. We are committed to developing antiracist citizens for growth in an antiracist community, and we expect our faculty, staff, students, parents, and trustees to pursue meaningful change through deliberate and measurable actions.

Brearley teachers love to teach students who love to learn. Our faculty has the wisdom and skill to spark students’ pioneering spirit as well as the ability to think critically and creatively. We count on our faculty to create and maintain an atmosphere of honesty, generosity and respect for the thoughts, efforts, and feelings of others.

We educate our students within a network of teachers who know them for years and recognize that children grow and flourish in their own time with the support of a curriculum that responds to their intellectual needs. As the Brearley curriculum has evolved through thoughtful, deliberate collaboration, we encourage all faculty to bring fresh ideas and new insights that might enhance a strong, beloved foundation.

The ideal candidate will:
possess competence in anti-racist pedagogy

commit to helping students think independently and develop confidence in their own abilities

have genuine passion for and command of their subject matter

possess excellent communication skills

collaborate eagerly, and

bring to their work a collegial spirit and a sense of humor.

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.

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.