Job Description

The Webb School seeks a full-time Middle School History Teacher for the 2025-2026 school year. The Webb School’s teachers are living examples of the mission of the school and embrace its Enduring Understandings. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Teach 5 sections within the History department (United States History, Contemporary World, and Civics)
• Serve as an advisor to 10-12 students
• Serve in the school’s afternoon enrichment or athletic program
• Serve as a support to the residential program as a day faculty with occasional weekend duty
• Sponsor a co-curricular club during the school day for one semester

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Arts in History, or equivalent; a Master’s degree is preferred
• Experience working with middle school students 
• Experience in a boarding school is preferred but not required
• A commitment to culturally responsive teaching
• Desire to be actively engaged in all aspects of a boarding school

Characteristics of a successful candidate:

• Teamwork, dependability, flexibility, willingness to listen and learn, problem-solving skills, and congeniality 
• A love for teaching middle school students 
• Well developed interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with all constituents in a school environment: students, coworkers, and parents
• Willingness to provide continual assessment of student progress and communicate academic performance through the use of reports and online grade books
• Ongoing awareness of developments and research in the field and use of this knowledge to ensure relevant lessons and best practices
• The flexibility to adjust teaching methods to suit different groups of learners
• Experience analyzing the needs, strengths, and weaknesses of students and structuring lessons and assessments around them
• Ability to regularly work flexible hours to support before and after school or weekend events

Applicants should send a cover letter, resume, and teaching philosophy to:

Mrs. Nicole Taucare, Assistant Head for Academics and Arts

The Webb School

319 Webb Road East

Bell Buckle, TN  37020

[email protected]

About The Webb School

Located in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, The Webb School is in its 154th year and is home to over 400 boarding and day students. It is recognized as the longest continuously operating boarding school in the South. From its founding in 1870 by William R. “Sawney” Webb, the school has been known for its commitment to both academic excellence and personal integrity. Today’s Webb School is a modern, diverse community devoted to its original mission of graduating young men and women of the highest integrity, well prepared to become the leaders of tomorrow. Integrity remains at the heart of all that we do. Our sense of community and purpose are supported by a talented and dedicated faculty and leadership team, many of whom live on our 149-acre campus in the pastoral village of Bell Buckle – an hour’s drive from the booming metropolis of Nashville.

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