At a Glance
- Position Title: Upper School History Teacher
- Position Type: Full-time
Pay Range: $50,000 - $75,000 - Salary commensurate with experience
- Start date: August 1, 2025
Position Summary
The Bryn Mawr School inspires a passion for intellectual curiosity, emphasizes the delights and demands of learning, and nurtures the full potential of our young women in mind, body, and spirit. To prepare our students for lifelong learning and leadership, we are deeply committed to academic excellence, ethical decision-making, and the dignity of all people. A Bryn Mawr education is grounded in the expectation that young women will be resilient in the face of complexity, ambiguity, and change; will become responsible and confident participants in the world; and will lead considered and consequential lives.
The History curriculum at Bryn Mawr includes 9th grade global medieval history; 10th grade modern world history and AP World History; 11th grade US History; and 12th grade electives and AP courses. The ability to foster a comprehensive foundation in the political, economic, cultural, and intellectual development of the world is essential, as is the ability to emphasize the historian’s tools – research, primary source reading, as well as verbal and written analysis. Pedagogically, our history department is committed to promoting student engagement, critical thinking, inclusivity, and skill development using student-centered techniques, including facilitating student-led discussion, role-based simulations, writing/research development, and collaborative projects. The ideal candidate welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues from all departments to create personalized, meaningful learning experiences while sharing their own passion for research and critical inquiry.
Key Responsibilities
- Teach four sections of history (classes typically are between 15-18 students), including one section of African American History
- Lead an advisory of 10-12 students
- Serve on departmental and divisional faculty teams
- Provide a safe, predictable, and supportive environment for all students in all settings
- Implement methods and practices to ensure that lessons engage students and allow them to build critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
- Recognize the relationship between social-emotional learning and academic performance, and aspire toward developing and teaching the whole child.
- Provide assessments and feedback that help students build appropriate skills and content mastery
- Authentically engage in annual self-reflection and goal-setting; demonstrate progress toward goals; is open and responsive to feedback from students, parents, colleagues, and administrators to demonstrate a growth mindset
Qualifications/Skills/Requirements
- Bachelors or Masters degree in History, Education, or related field
- 3-5 years teaching experience
- Desire and ability to work with Upper School students with diverse backgrounds and levels of ability toward accomplishing their educational goals
- Ability to organize tasks and manage time to meet many and varied deadlines; manage small and large groups of students in a classroom environment; and communicate effectively with students, parents, school administrators and other staff, including the ability to discuss topics which may be sensitive.
- Willingness to support the life of the school community beyond classroom teaching/advising
- Commitment to using conversation norms and constructive engagement at all times with students, caregivers, colleagues; speak positively about school and community members in all contexts
We are particularly interested in reading applications from candidates with expertise in African American or Caribbean history, or Africana, Indigenous, or Latino/Chicano studies as there is opportunity to develop new honors electives, but we will consider all qualified applicants.
Opportunities to participate in extracurricular programs (e.g., athletics, arts, after-school programming) are available.
Benefits
Full-Time:
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Accounts (H.S.A.)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.)
- Employee Assistance Program (E.A.P.)
- Graduate School/Professional Development funding
- 403(b) Retirement Plan with an employer contribution of 3% and will match up to another 3% of the employee’s contribution after a year of service
- Legal Resources
- Aflac
- Pet Insurance
- Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability Insurance.
- Staff positions are eligible for paid vacation, sick, and personal leave. Faculty positions are eligible for sick and personal leave.
- Additional information on benefits can be provided upon request.
How to Apply
Qualified candidates should send a letter of interest, resume, and a list of at least three current professional references to Elaine Swyryn, Associate Head of School, at
resumes@brynmawrschool.org Please enter, “US History” as the title.
Successful candidates must be able to demonstrate the ways in which inclusive and equitable practices inform their approach to instruction and communication. Candidates of color and members of other underrepresented groups who might enrich and diversify the school community are strongly encouraged to apply and will be welcomed into a community that celebrates the uniqueness of each faculty member and student.
The Bryn Mawr School is an equal opportunity employer, adhering to all federal, state,
and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on race, color, national
origin, age, sex, gender identity, religion, disability, marital status, sexual orientation,
and veteran status.
