McDonogh School seeks a dynamic educator to teach Upper School Biology, the third course in the school’s science sequence, with opportunities to teach additional courses in life sciences, scientific research, or other electives depending on the candidate’s expertise and interests. The ideal candidate will bring a genuine passion for the life sciences, embrace inquiry-based and project-based learning, and excel at fostering 21st-century skills. This role requires flexibility, collaboration, and a strong commitment to student-centered learning.
Essential Functions
Teaching and Curriculum Development
Inspire, engage, and encourage students in the study of life sciences through innovative and interactive teaching strategies
Value, promote, and develop the importance of effort and grit in students’ academic achievement; celebrating students’ effort and their incremental increases in achievement
Work in a student-centered learning environment where curiosity and collaboration are prioritized
Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Work closely with colleagues teaching the same courses to ensure the same content coverage and ensure similar student experiences
Collaborate with colleagues within the science department and engage in interdisciplinary partnerships
Become an active member of the McDonogh community by participating in school activities inside and outside of the science department
Professional Growth and Contributions
Mentor a small group of students as an advisor in an advisory program as well as students inside the science classroom
Overtly support and act in accordance with the school's mission
Exhibit professional standards of presentation, punctuality, professional courtesy, and discretion
Respond to the needs of the School, including but not limited to, service learning, advisory programs, coaching, assigned supervision, and other areas as determined by the Head of the Upper School
Use professional growth opportunities to continually grow as a science educator, including but not limited to, observing classes taught by colleagues both within and outside of the science department
Experience teaching in a neurodiverse environment (preferred, but not required)
Prior experience teaching biology is preferred
Additional Requirements
Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality and discretion
Ability to successfully work with and within a culturally diverse student body, staff, and community
Exhibits a strong work ethic
Must be able to comply with background check, including finger prints, as required by the agency and / or state regulations.
Must possess personal qualifications such as flexibility, patience, good personal hygiene, and physical and mental health that do not interfere with responsibilities
Working Conditions
Evening and weekend hours may be required from time to time. Lifting and carrying of equipment is not typical, but may be required on rare occasions. Lifting up to 25 pounds. Other working conditions include climbing stairs, walking around campus, sitting, standing, and significant computer use including extensive close use of a computer monitor.
McDonogh School is a community that finds joy in work, in play, and in the discovery and realization of personal potential. Strong, mutually respectful relationships among and between students and teachers inspire a passion for learning, a dedication to personal integrity, and a commitment to excellence. Embracing diversity of background, culture, and thought, the school builds upon its founder's original mission to provide a life-altering opportunity to develop in its students the will "to do the greatest possible amount of good."
Founded in 1873 and situated on an 820-acre campus, McDonogh is a day and boarding institution that employs 330 faculty and staff; serves 1,370 students in grades PK-12; has a substantial operating budget and endowment; and just completed a $75 million capital campaign, the largest of any independent school in Maryland. Long been recognized as one of the finest schools in the nation, McDonogh has a reputation for being highly innovative and "on the move."
McDonogh School strives to employ a faculty, administration, and staff exhibiting sound ethical standards and character traits such as moral courage and self-reliance, intellectual confidence ...and curiosity with a love of learning, and the ability to think critically, communicate effectively, and engage in a wide scope of educational, athletic, and artistic endeavors.
Members of the McDonogh community strive to have the highest of moral principles, and to exhibit cooperativeness, loyalty, open-mindedness, and sensitivity, as well as attention to physical, mental, and emotional health, growth, and well-being of self and others.