History & English Teacher

**WESTOVER SCHOOL**

**Title: History & English Teacher**

**Department: Academics**

**School Information**:
Westover School is a gender-inclusive girls boarding and day school, grades 9-12 where smart, motivated students become confident, connected adults. We are committed to providing a college preparatory education in a small community atmosphere emphasizing student-adult interaction. Westover, through program and faculty, endeavors to develop in each student the confidence and strength to shape their own life.

We are empowering students to be themselves, make their own choices, and appreciate belonging and mattering, resulting in young adults who find lives of purpose and meaning, who understand they can make a difference, and who understand the power of relationships.

Do you find joy and passion in working with adolescents?

Do you put students at the center of their personal development and planning for the future?

Does your leadership demonstrate engagement in and a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion?

Westover School is seeking a full-time History & English Teacher for the 2024-2025 academic year. This is a faculty position to begin employment in August 2024.

Champion the school’s mission and core values.

Have a background in and passion for both History and English, writing instruction, and regular collaboration with other teachers.

Be able to teach lower-level English and History courses that center skill-building through content.

Demonstrate an ability to teach from a multicultural perspective and work collaboratively.

Invest in the school community and create an environment of belonging through intentional relationship building.

Understand or have interest in a boarding school environment and intentionally small school community.

**Responsibilities**:
Teach a full course load or equivalent thereof, including Historical Inquiry, English I, and English II courses.

Advise a small group of students.

Bring academic disciplines beyond the classroom — for instance, support the school’s restorative justice-focused Integrity and Justice Council, collaborate with Westover’s Rasin Center for Global Justice, work interdepartmentally, and support special programming and/or co-curricular and extracurricular activities.

Communicate effectively with students, families, and colleagues.

Maintain a role on a residential life duty team to include occasional weekend and evening duties throughout the academic year.

Participate in regular department and faculty meetings and enthusiastically engage in regular professional development.

Attend assemblies, community gatherings, and meal times.

Ability to coach is desirable, but not required.

**Application Notes**:
Westover School is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity of all kinds and are committed to creating an inclusive culture built on a foundation of respect for all individuals. We seek to hire, develop, and retain talented people from all backgrounds. Individuals from non-traditional backgrounds, historically marginalized or underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. Westover is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.