Sacred Heart Academy Bryn Mawr

Employment Posting

Job Position: Chemistry Instructor

Job Description

Sacred Heart Academy seeks a thoughtful, creative, and collaborative Upper School Chemistry teacher for the 2022-2023 school year. The position currently includes three sections of 10th grade chemistry and a senior elective class. 

The ideal candidate is an enthusiastic educator who has experience teaching high school chemistry courses. The candidate seeks professional growth and learning every day and inspires others to do the same through optimism, selflessness, flexibility, and teamwork. The candidate possesses a willingness to collaborate with dedicated educators within the Sacred Heart faculty. The candidate will show empathy for and a passion to work with adolescent girls as well as a commitment to the development of the whole child. 

Sacred Heart Academy Bryn Mawr works to create a community and curriculum that reflect our values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice and the candidate should model these values.

Qualifications

• Passion for teaching, girls’ education, and the encouragement of women in science
• Ability to design and facilitate rigorous, empowering lesson plans that are student-centered and thought-provoking
• Intellectual curiosity and a desire to spark a love of learning in students
• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, Biochemistry, Science Education or other related field required, advanced degree preferred
• Prior teaching experience preferred
• Proficiency in the use of classroom technology
• Ability to work with colleagues to evaluate, design, and implement science curricula that aligns with the Next Generation Science Standards 
• Commitment to curriculum and instruction that demonstrates cultural competency
• Excellent communication skills, a genuine appreciation of adolescents, a sense of humor, and the ability to work well within a collaborative environment

Responsibilities

• Chemistry is one of three required science courses at SHA.  The position requires teaching three sophomore-level sections of chemistry and one senior-level science class per school year.  May need to teach organic chemistry, anatomy and physiology, or another course.
• Stay current with best practices in the teaching of science, including incorporating technology and differentiating instruction.
• Must be able to plan and supervise laboratory experiments relevant to the current lessons being taught in class
• Assign and evaluate all coursework, submit grades to the school's LMS and maintain a partnership with the school's counselor, administration and parents regarding student performance
• Attend parent-teacher conferences each fall semester 
• Fulfill additional non classroom duties on campus as needed

Please send a cover letter and resume; applications will be accepted until the position is filled.  Interested candidates should contact Dr. Cara Saraco, Director of Academics, at Cara.Saraco@SHABrynMawr.org. To learn more about Sacred Heart Academy visit us at www.shabrynmawr.org.

SHA Overview

Sacred Heart Academy (SHA) is a Catholic, independent college preparatory school for girls. Founded in 1865 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the school has been lay-owned and governed since 1969. Sacred Heart has a strong tradition of excellence in education as envisioned by St. Madeleine Sophie Barat.

Sacred Heart Academy is part of a national network of 25 independent schools located in North America which share a common heritage and vision. There are more than 120 Sacred Heart schools around the world providing an international campus for our students at Bryn Mawr through exchange programs, summer workshops, and service opportunities.

For more than 150 years in Philadelphia, the goals of Sacred Heart Academy’s educational program have remained the same: to produce self-confident women, to provide a challenging intellectual education, to develop a love of God, and to create a desire to help others. A holistic approach to learning seeks to respond to the academic, athletic, aesthetic, spiritual, social and emotional needs of each girl with a curriculum that is well grounded in basic and specialized courses. 

Sacred Heart Academy is a Catholic school with an all-inclusive tradition, welcoming the enrichment that students and faculty of all faiths offer. By its religious education program, the school seeks to foster open-mindedness and reverence for differences. In 1978, Sacred Heart moved from Overbrook to Bryn Mawr where it continues to root its academic program in the liberal arts and to empower young women to develop their potential as scholars and leaders.