2025-26 History Teacher - leave replacement

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: HISTORY TEACHER LEAVE REPLACEMENT

Leave replacements from August 27, 2025 to January 4, 2026

Full Time/Part Time

The History Department is looking to fill two maternity leave replacements for the fall semester. The course load will be anywhere from two to four units (four units is full time). At least two, and up to four, of the units will be in the middle school, teaching sixth grade history (ancient world) and/or seventh grade history (world religions/Classical era/medieval history). There may also be one unit of tenth grade American history.

ABOUT SAINT ANN’S SCHOOL

Since its founding in 1965, Saint Ann’s has embraced a commitment to education for its own sake, oriented to the capacities of each individual student and free of the encumbrances of formal grading, prizes, and rankings. At the same time, we are unabashedly committed to excellence in all that we do. With a faculty and staff numbering close to 400, and approximately 1100 students, Saint Ann’s is among the largest and most selective independent schools in New York City. The lives of our graduates speak powerfully to the potential of an education based on these principles to ignite a love of learning and sustain creative energy in every field of endeavor. We accomplish this by bringing together talented teachers with creative and motivated students. Saint Ann’s is committed to centering anti-racism in the life of the school. Seeking to create a community rooted in trust and equity, we invite each other to take risks, pursue knowledge, and celebrate growth.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Building on existing curricula, prepare and implement effective and inspiring courses to develop each student’s critical thinking skills.
• Assign and provide feedback on frequent writing projects, including analytical writing and research papers.
• Collaborate with other teachers in the department to design curriculum, share resources, and evaluate the effectiveness of approaches.
• Communicate regularly and effectively with Division Heads and Grade Deans about student progress.
• Communicate professionally and compassionately with students, colleagues, and administrators.
• Complete fall semester checklist reports for all students.
• Participate in fall semester parent conferences.
• Meet regularly with the Department Chair and participate in weekly department meetings.
• Participate in grade-level and school-wide meetings as necessary.
• Write comprehensive narrative reports for each student for the fall semester.

History classes at Saint Ann’s meet four times per week, and full-time teachers teach four classes, generally two high school classes and two middle school classes. Teachers have minimal duties outside of teaching: teachers do not act as advisors, coach sports (unless they elect to), noradvise publications (again, unless they elect to). Our expectation is that teachers will spend their non-teaching hours preparing for their classes and pursuing their academic and extra-curricular interests.

Saint Ann’s does not give grades. Instead, twice a year, teachers write full-page reports on each student’s progress. Reports are a holistic description of a student’s work over the course of the semester and include anecdotes, descriptions of a child’s progress with a particular skill, and the development of their understanding of the subject material. Report writing is intrinsic to how we understand our students, and teachers find it more rewarding and satisfying than giving grades.

Teachers at Saint Ann’s must be committed to working with students from a wide variety of backgrounds, meeting the individual needs of students, and investing in the School’s ongoing work around issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

History Curriculum

Each grade, from fourth through tenth, follows a general theme or timeframe. Fourth grade is an introduction to world history and geography and in fifth grade the focus is on New York City history. Sixth grade history begins the world history sequence of the next four years with an examination of prehistory and ancient civilizations around the world. By the end of ninth grade, this takes the students well into the 20th century. Tenth grade is U.S. history. Starting in eleventh grade, students can choose from a variety of electives. Recent offerings have included “The Last One Hundred Years: Topics in 20th and 21st Century World History,” “The Black Atlantic,” “Medieval Buddhism,” and “German and French Social Thought in the 19th and 20th Century.”

Teachers at Saint Ann’s enjoy a great deal of freedom in the classroom, and, at Saint Ann’s, teachers are encouraged to introduce their own scholarly interests to their students within the broad parameters of the curriculum. At the same time, we are a collegial department: faculty members are encouraged to collaborate and share their curricular ideas.

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree
• A strong desire to teach both middle and high school students, with a particular emphasis on the sixth and seventh grade.
• Experience working with children (this may be teaching, but we also take seriously any job in which a candidate was charged with caring for children).
• Superb planning and organizational skills.
• Familiarity with the sixth, seventh, or tenth grade curricula valued.
• Ability and desire to work with children and adults of diverse backgrounds.
• Interest in working with children with a range of learning styles.
• Desire to investigate and discuss how a history curriculum is (and should be) designed.
• Superb writing skills.
• Ability to work independently combined with a willingness to respond to feedback.
• Ability to listen carefully and respond thoughtfully to children of a variety of ages.

COMPENSATION

This is a full or part time faculty position with a competitive compensation package including benefits. Annualized salary range of $60,000-$100,000 commensurate with education and experience.

TO APPLY

Interested candidates should submit their cover letter and resume to this link. Candidates who identify as members of historically underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply. Anticipated start date of mid-August, 2025. Position is open until filled.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY

Saint Ann’s School hires employees of any race, color, religion, creed, gender, disability, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local law, to all the rights privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to employees at the School. The School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender (which includes a person’s actual or perceived sex, as well as gender identity and expression), age, marital status, disability, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, familial status, predisposing genetic characteristics, actual or perceived domestic violence victim status, unemployment status, caregiver status or any other category protected by applicable federal, state or local law, in carrying on its educational activities or in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, employment policies, financial aid programs, and athletic and other school administered programs.