After School Program Counselor

As a national leader in child-centered, project-based learning, Duke School offers a number of professional advantages.

The Duke School community is diverse in racial and ethnic identities, religion, sexual orientation, gender, and socioeconomic status. Our students and teachers come from all parts of the world, the country, and North Carolina. We recognize the importance of and have worked to increase diversity in all levels of decision-making throughout our school community. We strive to create an equitable and inclusive community respectful of individual differences.

We highly encourage people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and individuals with other underrepresented backgrounds to apply.

Duke School seeks a part-time Marketing and Communications Coordinator to support its strategic communications, marketing, and community engagement efforts. Working closely with the Director of Strategic Marketing and Enrollment Management and the Assistant Director of Marketing and Digital Communications, this individual will play a key role in producing content and executing communications that reflect the school’s mission, values, and joyful learning environment.

This is a 10-month, hourly position averaging 20 hours per week, renewed annually, with flexibility in scheduling, and the potential for some remote work.

Duke School is searching for a facilities maintenance technician who is able to perform a variety of routine and semi-skilled tasks in support of the overall maintenance of buildings, equipment, and grounds of the campus. The ideal candidate will have about 2 years of experience in general building and/or multi-building maintenance and will be familiar with basic methods, tools, and equipment used in routine maintenance.

The candidate should have analytical, clerical, and technical skills to assess situations and document them. We would love to have someone on board who enjoys working independently and in a team.

The role of the After School Program Counselor will facilitate various activities that promote physical activity, healthy eating and nutrition, positive personal development and wellness; and to engage and support school-aged children and families in Duke School community.

Duke School offers an exceptional project-based learning environment in which students develop high-level analytical and critical thinking skills. This engaging and rigorous approach to educating students is implemented by a collaborative team of four to eight teachers at each grade level. Duke School has an Early Childhood division (PS-K), a Lower School (grades 1-4), and a Middle School (grades 5-8). The majority of students live in either Durham or Chapel Hill.

The ideal candidate should enjoy working with children of all ages and have at least a year of teaching experience. Please send your resume to teach.

Duke School is accepting resumes for the upcoming  academic year.

If you are interested in applying for any potential openings, please send a cover letter and resume to teach.

Before submitting credentials, all are encouraged to review the following information about Duke School:

Our teachers remain actively engaged in education and related fields. As proponents of lifelong learning, they serve as role models for students by continually building their interests and expanding their skills. Each year, teachers participate in a variety of professional development opportunities, including study groups, in-service training sessions, university classes, and education workshops; they also attend and present at state and national conferences.

These experiences guide their classroom instruction, enable them to grow as professionals, and encourage contributions to the greater education world.

Our students collaborate from the start, and the same holds true for faculty. Teachers work—and often teach—in teams, leaving ample opportunity to make connections across disciplines and to share ideas and resources. Mentoring programs, study groups, and regular meetings with administrators provide additional support for faculty and make teachers an integral…