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Please email or mail your resume to Diane Scirrotto

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Job Description

Upper School History Teacher (grades five to eight)

St. Peter’s School

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

We are looking for a unique individual; someone who has a passion for History and the desire to transmit that passion to their middle school age students.  We seek a History scholar who has high, but appropriate, standards, cares as much about the correctness of the written and spoken expression of History as the History itself, and who wants to be part of a team yet is an independent thinker.  Experience in independent schools is a plus.

In addition, the successful candidate will be willing to coach and advise students, be flexible in using local resources (field trips) as an integral part of the curriculum, possess good personal computer skills and has curricular computer expectations for students, has a record of positive parent relations, shows evidence of commitment to one’s own learning and to the art of teaching.

Salary will be commensurate with experience.

Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to

History Search

St. Peter’s School

319 Lombard St

Philadelphia, PA 19147

Alternatively, the above information may be sent electronically to mailto:dscirrotto@st-peters-school.org.

St. Peter’s School is a multi-denominational school in the historic section of Philadelphia. It serves families from all parts of Philadelphia, Southern New Jersey and Delaware. The school is distinguished by its small size and its commitment to diversity, civility, kindness, and excellence. St. Peter’s (est. 1834) offers a traditional, yet innovative, curriculum including literature, mathematics, History, science, music, as well as art, French, technology, and PE/sports.

Art Teacher for Grades 2 - 8

The Arts are a central part of our curriculum and culture. We are looking for a teacher who is an active artist and who wants to draw out the talent in each student. This person will encourage each child to produce their best work and display it in the school. Our curriculum encompasses but is not limited to: • clay • sculpture • painting • weaving • puppets • 3-D projects • print making • descriptive, imaginative, and memory projects Other Information responsible for arts instruction for grades one through eight, approximately 28 periods per week. covers other duties including, but not limited to, lunch in homeroom, writing narrative reports, and recess reports to the Upper School Director works closely and collaboratively with all teachers Other Information responsible for arts instruction for grades one through eight, approximately 28 periods per week. covers other duties including, but not limited to, lunch in homeroom, writing narrative reports, and recess reports to the Upper School Director works closely and collaboratively with all teachers NOTES: Additional Salary Information: • salary commensurate with experience

Requirements Qualifications: minimum of three years classroom leadership experience bachelor’s degree good people and computer skills flexible able to individualized/differentiate instruction good writing skills sense of humor willing to learn about and appreciate the values and culture of the school provide all Pennsylvania required clearances work collaboratively with colleagues diplomatic