Status: Full-time, Exempt

Supervisor: Dean of the Faculty and Department Chair

Start Date: August 2025

The Ethel Walker School has an opening for a full-time Math Teacher beginning in August 2025. The successful candidate will have the ability to center students in teaching the breadth of the Middle and Upper School Math curriculum. Candidates should demonstrate a commitment to fostering a growth mindset, and guiding students in becoming creative, patient, and collaborative problem solvers. Candidates must be comfortable or willing to learn how to integrate new technology and culturally sustaining and responsive pedagogy into the classroom. Candidates should lead in their classroom fostering inclusion and a culture of belonging. The ideal candidate will participate joyfully in all aspects of community life at a boarding school.

The successful candidate:

Responsibilities:

• Teaches a full-time load of four classes.
• Serves as advisor to 6-8 students.
• Participates in residential life.
• Coaches or assists with two seasons of a co-curricular activity.
• Carries out other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Holds a Bachelor's degree in mathematics or a related field (an advanced degree is preferred).
• Has secondary school teaching experience and/or experience mentoring, coaching, or teaching adolescents.

Desired Qualities:

• Is committed to fostering a learning environment engineered for girls.
• Demonstrates strong interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills (both written and oral).
• Possesses a strong work ethic and sense of humor.
• Has familiarity with the needs, objectives, and mission of an independent college preparatory school.
• Is committed to professional and personal growth.

How to Apply:

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. The Ethel Walker School is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution/Equal Opportunity Employer that provides equal opportunity for all and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status.

To apply, please submit a resume, cover letter, and contact list of three (3) professional references in one (1) document to careers@my.ethelwalker.org.

The Ethel Walker School is an independent, college preparatory, day and boarding school for girls in grades six-12 plus a PG year. Far more than a traditional all-girls school, it is a place where mentor-educators galvanize students to harness their creative energies and embark on lives of impact. Unconstrained by gender-biased thinking, Walker’s students are encouraged to test boundaries in the classroom, on the fields, and in pursuit of knowledge. While at Walker’s, girls are inspired to lead with confidence and conviction. This strength will imbue each graduate throughout her life. Walker’s alumnae carry themselves with grace and a certainty that empowers them to influence and inspire. We’re all for girls and have been since 1911.

For information on The Ethel Walker School please visit our website at www.ethelwalker.org

About The Ethel Walker School

For more than 100 years, The Ethel Walker School has been preparing young women to make a difference in the world. At Walker’s, we seek to foster and cherish the joyful development of girls into young women so that they may reach their full potential as astute thinkers and doers in the world. Our grounding values of integrity, respect, confidence, courage, conviction, and love of learning provide a solid framework for personal, ethical, and social growth. Our grades 6–12 plus postgraduate education serves not only as preparation for college, but for life itself in this century of constant change. Walker’s graduates, whatever field they pursue, are societal engineers, reworking and rewiring the very mechanisms of our world. Our ethos of warm receptivity to new ideas and people, as well as enduring and deep friendships over time, emerges out of Ethel Walker’s philosophy of education and her desire to provide girls with a foundation for lifelong learning and intellectual curiosity. At Walker’s, girls can be themselves, discover their true passions and purpose, and achieve their best performance in every aspect of life. The Walker's campus is located on 175 expansive acres in ...Simsbury, Connecticut. Recent large-scale projects include a state-of-the-art residence hall designed with a focus on sustainability, featuring solar panels that will provide 50% of the energy for the building. Walker’s boasts a nationally recognized equestrian program operating with over 50 horses on site, a 100+ acre on-campus facility with a nationally renowned head of riding, and superb equestrian trainers. Walker’s facilities include excellent classrooms and science laboratories, as well as outdoor turf and grass fields and tennis courts, and the 70,000 square-foot Centennial Center, a multi-use facility housing impressive athletic facilities including a pool, squash, basketball, and volleyball courts, dance studios, student center, athletic training room, and medical services.

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