At Town School, our vibrant community of faculty and staff embraces the joy of teaching and learning, thrives in collaboration, and takes pride in shaping boys’ education towards a complex future.
Our diverse faculty and staff can be characterized by their warmth, collegiality, and dedication to our mission and values. At Town, learning is prized, love of school is essential, and boyhood is celebrated.
For more information about Town School, please visit our Town Facts page.
Our Hiring Process
- Faculty hiring at Town School typically takes place from January through April. Staff positions are filled on an ongoing basis as openings arise.
- Every application is thoughtfully reviewed and evaluated. Once submitted through our hiring platform, applications are reviewed by the appropriate hiring committee.
- Qualified candidates are contacted for an initial phone or video interview. Select candidates are then invited to campus to meet with members of the hiring committee and other Town employees relevant to the position. Depending on the role, this may include the Head of School, Division Head(s), Director of Community Building and Inclusion, and/or Director of Teacher Development and Strategic Initiatives.
- On-campus interviews for student-facing roles also include a demonstration lesson, classroom observations, and discussion of a series of scenarios with the hiring committee.
- For staff positions, the process typically includes an initial phone interview for qualified candidates, followed by a campus visit and in-person interviews for finalists.
Current Job Openings
Teacher/Administrator Openings
Staff Openings
Our Benefits
Financial Benefits
- Competitive faculty salaries benchmarked against state and local schools.
- Regular full-time and part-time employees (excluding Resident Teachers) are eligible for a 403(B) retirement plan immediately upon hire with 10% employer contribution.
- Pre-tax commuter benefits available.
Health Benefits
- Regular full-time employees receive 100% coverage of individual premium for medical, dental, basic life and AD&D, and long-term disability.
- Pre-tax Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for medical and dependent care.
- Digital Wellness Card, which provides $0 unlimited online mental health visits, support for caregivers and access to wellness discounts.
PTO
- Paid holidays according to the school calendar and handbook.
- 10 annual sick days.
Community and Growth
- Robust professional development funding and graduate school assistance.
- Employee happy hours and social events.
- Free ticket to annual dinner/dance community event.
- Daily delicious and healthy lunch and Friday continental breakfasts provided during the school year.
- Generous faculty/staff appreciation treats sponsored by our Parents’ Association.
- Employee wellness programming.
Financial Benefits
- Competitive salaries benchmarked against state and local schools.
- Regular full-time and part-time employees are eligible for a 403(B) retirement plan immediately upon hire with 10% employer contribution.
- Pre-tax commuter benefits available.
Health Benefits
- Regular full-time employees receive 100% coverage of individual premium for medical, dental, basic life and AD&D, and long-term disability.
- Pre-tax Flexible Spending Account (FSA) for medical and dependent care.
- Digital Wellness Card, which provides $0 unlimited online mental health visits, support for caregivers and access to wellness discounts.
Schedule and PTO
- Paid holidays according to the school calendar and handbook.
- Generous vacation package, with additional school closures.
- 10 annual sick days.
- Remote days allocated for eligible employees.
- Option for reduced summer hours depending on department needs.
Community and Growth
- Professional development funds (budget permitting).
- Employee happy hours and social events.
- Free ticket to annual dinner/dance community event.
- Daily delicious and healthy lunch and Friday continental breakfasts provided during the school year.
- Generous faculty/staff appreciation treats sponsored by our Parents’ Association.
- Employee wellness programming.
Our Culture
Teachers coach many of our athletic teams, support student government, chaperone outdoor education trips, facilitate service projects, run student-interest clubs, and serve on a variety of committees to advance key school initiatives. Upper School teachers also serve as advisors to small cohorts of boys.
Town provides numerous formal channels through which the faculty support each other, including the Learning and Leadership Team, the Employee Wellness Committee, and a mentoring program for new faculty. Faculty and staff actively support, guide, and learn from each other in countless informal ways each day.
Our New Teacher Institute, a program at the heart of the school’s mission in which fourteen Resident Teachers join the faculty for two years and co-teach alongside Head Teachers across the school, fosters Town’s distinctive professional culture of curiosity, collaboration, and generosity of spirit. Among the current faculty and staff, more than a dozen teachers and administrators are alumni of the New Teacher Institute.
Our faculty gather on Wednesday afternoons to discuss topics ranging from curricular design, learning profiles, and executive functioning.
Topics at recent onsite professional development workshops have included character development, AI in the Classroom, reading and writing curriculum, and building belonging.
We annually send cohorts to leading education association conferences and support many members of the faculty who choose to spend part of their summers completing research projects, taking educational trips, and participating in outside programs.
Faculty and staff also have the unique opportunity to teach and learn from each other through our use of our own version of personal learning communities—dedicated time for faculty cohorts to discuss and share practices and reflections driven by individual interest.
In addition, our professional development budget is robust in supporting training around school identified initiatives. And lastly, we have a strong new faculty/staff mentor program that begins with a multi-day stand-alone orientation and continues with regular points of connection to help those new to Town understand both practices and culture we hold dear.
The Parents’ Association hosts an annual holiday luncheon, coordinates monthly faculty and staff treats, provides occasional morning coffee carts, and honors teachers daily during Teacher Appreciation Week each spring.
Each member of the faculty and staff traditionally receives a generous monetary gift raised by the Parents’ Association in December.
At the conclusion of each school year, the Head of School awards several faculty members who embody the values we seek to instill in our boys and who go above and beyond in their teaching. Professional and personal milestones are recognized with gifts from the administration at a faculty and staff celebration at the end of the year.
Teachers receive classroom budgets, all supplies, and support from the administration and parents for field trips.
We encourage qualified candidates with a wide range of experiences and backgrounds to apply. Salary and benefits are commensurate with or exceed those of our peer schools in the San Francisco Bay Area and with like NAIS schools.
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