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Position Description
Position Title: High School English Teacher
FLSA Classification: Exempt, academic-year (10-month) position
Reports To: Adolescent Director
Hours: 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Start Date: August 1, 2025
The Post Oak School is seeking a passionate and innovative High School teacher (grades 9–12) who is knowledgeable in all areas of English language arts and literature and who specifically possesses the demonstrated ability to teach writing, both creative and academic. In our mixed-age setting, teachers mentor and coach students in an environment fostering independence and self-direction. Post Oak teachers create curriculum as they work directly within the community and understand the interests and needs of their students.
We are looking for faculty members who are willing to share their experience with students, teach elective courses, travel, and lead extracurricular activities aligned with their personal interests.
We are deeply committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) and are particularly interested in applicants who:
- Come from diverse backgrounds
- Can participate within a diverse community of faculty and staff
- Can contribute to the development of a culturally responsive and culturally sustaining curriculum
- Can support a diverse body of students
Responsibilities:
The High School teacher is a full-time position responsible for curriculum development and teaching through seminar and project-based approaches in grades 9–12. This role requires one who can:
Advisor
- Serve as a learning coach and mentor for 7–10 students
- Model a positive regard for adolescents, their work, and their personal dignity
- Support students through goal setting, the creation and implementation of their own learning plans, and ongoing reflection
- Build and cultivate strong, positive relationships with students’ families
Content Expert and Curriculum Developer
- Design and create a classroom environment where all students feel seen, welcomed, and appreciated
- Collaborate with colleagues across the Adolescent Program (grades 7–12) to plan and implement a thematic, interdisciplinary curriculum that prioritizes active learning experiences where students develop key skills
- Teach content-specific lessons
- Co-plan and co-teach with colleagues as necessary
- Differentiate lessons and tasks to support and challenge a diverse range of skills and knowledge
- Take a constructivist approach to teaching and learning
Reflective Practitioner
- Actively engage in ongoing professional development
- Demonstrate a growth mindset concerning new strategies and the consideration of feedback from students, colleagues, and administration
- Regularly analyze and adjust curriculum based on community needs and student and colleague feedback
- Regularly reflect on the effect that our biases may be having on students and their experiences
Collaborator
- Work with adolescent Montessori students in small classes
- Embrace a student-directed classroom where adults and adolescents work side-by-side
- Work with colleagues closely and actively pursue opportunities for interdisciplinary integration of knowledge for students
Traveler
- Collaborate to plan our annual week-long Odyssey trip and travel with the High School community on the trip
- Travel overnight with the High School community on our End-of-Year Retreat
Required qualifications:
- Knowledge of or willingness to learn the principles and goals of Montessori education
- Willingness to enroll in a program to engage in deep training and earn a Montessori diploma
- Desire to collaborate, co-plan, and co-teach
- Ability to respond positively to coaching and feedback
- Openness toward innovation in instructional strategies, alternative assessment methods, and cooperative learning
- Demonstrated commitment to the capacities and potential of all teenagers to succeed as productive members of their communities
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required; master’s degree preferred
Experience and enthusiasm for the following is a plus.
- Collaborate with a colleague and group of 12–14 students to plan and execute interim terms, that are deep dives into a subject area of interest, which can include domestic and international travel
- Supervise and mentor students in leadership roles. For example, oversee the student editorial staff of the school newspaper, guide the Fun Committee in planning and organizing school events such as Prom and Quadfest.
Teachers will be motivated by The Post Oak School’s mission to honor and guide lifelong learners as they create their own bold pathways in leading purposeful lives.
Teachers must be able to work in a fast-paced, highly fluid, and innovative environment. The Post Oak School’s Middle and High School programs are situated in the Houston Museum District. Our academic program depends on extending the classroom work through connections and partnerships with local cultural institutions that the teaching faculty is expected to cultivate and maintain.
Physical Requirements and Work Environment
Regularly sit, talk, and listen
Regularly use close and distance vision
Travel, possibly internationally
The Post Oak School is an equal-opportunity employer.
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