Upper School Humanities Teacher

St. Anne's-Belfield School • Charlottesville, VA

22h

About The Position

St. Anne’s-Belfield School seeks a dynamic, full-time Humanities teacher and advisor to join a highly collaborative department. The ideal candidate is a scholar-practitioner capable of bridging the gap between History and English, with a specific focus on our interdisciplinary American Studies curriculum. This is a 10-month position (paid over 12 months) for the 2026-2027 school year, beginning August 1, 2026 and ending July 31, 2027.

Our Humanities program is designed to evolve with the student:

Grade 9: English and History are taught in separate classes, and the teaching team coordinates how our writing curriculum spirals through the courses.
Grades 10 & 11: Humanities 10 and American Studies classes are taught in a dual-credit class that provides an English credit and a History credit. Team teaching is frequently employed.
Grade 12: English is taught separately from History.

While this is a Humanities role, we are specifically seeking candidates with deep subject-matter expertise in American Literature and American History. The strongest candidates will demonstrate:

Integrated Expertise: Experience teaching American Literature and American History, with the ability to weave together historical and literary analysis.
Discussion-Based Pedagogy: A strong mastery of student-centered, discussion-based teaching methods (e.g., Harkness method, Socratic seminar). The teacher must be comfortable facilitating complex conversations where students engage directly with texts and one another.
The Teaching of Literature: A sophisticated approach to literary instruction
Collaborative Spirit: A willingness to embrace a team-teaching model and coordinate daily with colleagues to align the content of skills of the course.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Full-time classroom teaching experience with high school-aged students is required.
• Strong organizational and classroom management skills, and the ability to joyfully teach adolescents.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in English, History, American Studies, or a related field is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan and teach classes in the Upper School Humanities department, specifically within the American Studies sequence.
• Utilize a Standards-Based Learning (SBL) framework to provide clear, actionable feedback on student writing and critical thinking skills.
• Serve as an advisor to a small group of students, monitoring their academic progress and well-being.
• Integrate technology in meaningful ways to enhance the study of the humanities.
• As an independent school, we value community and expect that the selected candidate will serve as a coach for a sports team for one season and/or lead extracurricular programming equivalent to a coaching position beyond the classroom.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time