Body-Mind Education Teacher

Job Details Job Location:
Lick-Wilmerding High School - San Francisco, CA Position Type:
Full Time Education Level: 4 Year Degree Salary Range:
Undisclosed Travel Percentage:
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Education Description

Job Title: Body-Mind Education Teacher

Reports to: Dean of Faculty

Status: Part
-time, Exempt (this position is .4 to .8 FTE)

Salary Range: Faculty are placed on a salary scale ranging from $82,000 to $168,000, determined by their years of teaching experience.

Salary will be prorated based on FTE.

About Lick-Wilmerding High School

A private school with a public purpose, LWHS develops the head, heart, and hands of highly motivated students from all walks of life, inspiring them to become lifelong learners who contribute to the world with confidence and compassion.

At Lick, our treasures are our students, faculty, staff, and families–our people. Collegiality and camaraderie are rich in our community, and we pride ourselves on providing opportunities for our community members to lead and be led by each other.

We are a community that values student-centeredness, inclusivity, and lifelong learning. We are actively committed to Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, which we acknowledge is iterative and imperative work. As a community, we are constantly learning and applying lessons learnt to improve the quality of the student experience and the well-being of all our community members.

Position Overview

Lick-Wilmerding High School seeks a dedicated movement, SEL, and health educator to join the Body-Mind Education Department’s ninth-grade team beginning August 2025. This is a one year 40 - 80% interim position. The BME department is a collaborative, supportive, student-centered team that nurtures students’ capacity to be active in their own social, emotional, and physical wellbeing, providing tools for developing self-awareness, building positive relationships with self and others, and learning to navigate the joys and challenges of their lives with perspective, wisdom, and skill.

As an institution committed to educating the whole child, LWHS both invites and expects teaching faculty to participate fully in the academic and co-curricular life of the school. This includes, but is not limited to, furthering the mission of the school through participating in our Public Purpose and DEI Programs; as well as routine attendance in all curricular team meetings, department meetings, faculty meetings, and office hours to support students when needed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Teach four sections of Body-Mind Education (movement, SEL, and Health & Wellness sessions) to ninth-graders in collaboration with the team.
• Attend BME Department and/or Team Meetings approximately once per week.
• Attend Faculty Meetings after school twice a month.
• Fulfill school-wide responsibilities, including: chaperoning student events, working with admissions, and participating in the life of the school.
• Engage in ongoing professional development under guidance of Department Chair and Dean of Faculty.

Ideal Candidate Will Bring

• Display a deep commitment to equity and culturally responsive, anti-racist education, working with a diverse student population in a dynamic high school setting.
• Ability to collaborate with a team to continue developing and administering our ninth-grade “Health and Wellness” and SEL curriculum and contribute to the holistic vision of the department.
• A willingness to engage across differences with empathy and understanding.
• Fierce advocacy for students and their needs.
• Social and emotional acuity.
• An understanding of your own identity and related positionalities.
• A profound openness to feedback and improvement, modeling lifelong learning of practice as well as subject area.

Job Specific Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in a health, science, or education related field.
• Expertise and teaching experience in a body-mind movement discipline that combines physicality with social-emotional learning. Our current team includes oneyoga instructors and one rock climbing instructor; ideally, we’re seeking a candidate who can facilitate classes in a different, yet harmonious, body-mind discipline,…