Humanities Teacher

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EMPLOYEE STATUS: 100% FTE, Exempt, Academic-Year

REPORTS TO:

Department Chair and Dean of Faculty

WORK SCHEDULE:

Bay teachers are expected to attend their classes, tutorial periods, staffulty and collaborative course team meetings, applicable orientations, and professional development days. See the job description for more details.

AGREEMENT TERM DATES:
July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027

START DATE:

July 1, 2026; on-campus work begins August 6, 2026

Job Description

Bay's Humanities department is an interdisciplinary department whose courses incorporate the teaching of writing, literature, social studies, art history, religion, and philosophy. Each semester-long class meets three times a week in a rotating block schedule. Bay's block schedule allows students to delve deeply into problem- and inquiry-based learning across all courses. Bay teachers have a strong commitment to innovative curricular design, collaboration, progressive pedagogy, and social justice--all in service of student learning and growth.

Teachers of our core courses have a common prep block and use it to work collaboratively in weekly required course team meetings to ensure alignment of curriculum and assessment among sections/teachers.

Key Responsibilities

Teaching

In addition to class preparation and classroom teaching, all teachers are responsible for:

* Collaboratively designing curriculum and aligning curriculum with course teams, the department goals, and the school's mission;

* Designing skills-based formative and summative assessments;

* Grading student work and providing feedback in a timely manner;

* Communicating regularly with students, parents, guardians, and advisors regarding student progress;

* Having one-on-one student meetings as needed;

* Scheduling and attending course team meetings;

* Attending weekly staffulty or department meetings on Tuesday afternoons when applicable.

Advising

All full-time teaching staffulty serve as advisors to a group of 8-10 students. (Advisors work with the same group of students for four years).

* Meeting as a group with the advisory once per week for 25 minutes;

* Attending and chaperoning additional grade-level events and special events;

* Participating in grade-level orientation before the first day of class;

* Serving as the primary point person with the school for parents/guardians.

Community Support

All teaching staffulty are expected to support the well-being of our community and the growth of individual students. This includes:

* Attending Morning Meeting three days a week;

* Monitoring a "Flex" block (study hall) one block per week each semester;

* Holding Tutorial at the end of the school day four days a week;

* Modeling community engagement by being present throughout the school day, serving as a club leader, serving on committees and participating in admissions events (as examples);

* Attending Back to School Night in September

* Supporting the admissions program by attending a limited number of admissions events.

The Ideal Candidate

* Finds resonance with The Bay School mission, philosophy, and precepts;

* Dedicates themselves to anti-bias and equity work and understands the social justice dimensions of education;

* Commits to ongoing professional growth;

* Welcomes and learns from feedback;

* Values and incorporates mindfulness as a practice;

* Enjoys being in a high school community;

* Is comfortable teaching skills-based courses, whether core interdisciplinary courses for grades 9-11 or humanities electives for grades 11-12;

* Has substantial experience teaching Social Studies, particularly Civics or U.S. Government, as well as internationally focused upper-level elective courses, such as Comparative Government & Politics, International Relations, or U.S. Foreign Policy;

* Values individual learning profiles by teaching in multiple modalities and offering differentiated instruction;

* Employs and is excited by student-centered teaching strategies (project-based, place-based, problem-based, and experiential learning);

* Has experience teaching secondary education and brings a diversity of teaching and life experiences to their work;

* Values collaboration, teamwork, and feedback as a part of professional growth;

* Commits to innovation, professional development, and reinvention;

* Is curious and resourceful;

* Enjoys working with and inspiring high-school learners in all areas of school life.

Requirements

* EDUCATION:

BA required, MA preferred

* EXPERIENCE:

1-3 years of teaching in the Humanities/Social Sciences preferred, substantial experience teaching Social Studies, particularly Civics or U.S. Government, or U.S. Foreign Policy, or Comparative Government, and/or Regional Studies.

* COMPUTER

SKILLS:

Proficient in Google Suite and familiarity with PC and Mac platforms and LMS and SMS systems

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