Part-Time History Teacher

Classification: Part-time, Exempt, Faculty
Reporting to: Assistant Head for Instruction
To begin: August 2024

Urban School of San Francisco seeks a History Teacher to teach 9th grade world history, 10th/11th grade American History and upper-level electives such as Globalization, South Asian History, and/or other courses based on knowledge and experience. Expertise in non-U.S. [or non-Western] history is preferred but not required. This is a part-time position, consisting of teaching 7 sections (approximately 78% of a FT role) across three terms. A full-time teaching load is 9 sections. Advising a group of students is also possible, and would receive an additional stipend.

The school is looking for a dynamic, creative teacher who has enthusiasm for working with high school students, a commitment to innovative pedagogy and collaboration with colleagues, comfort and familiarity with the use of relevant technology to enhance learning, and a commitment to equity pedagogy, antiracist teaching practices, and to their own continued professional growth. Ideal candidates should have curriculum development experience and at least two years’ experience teaching history or social studies at the secondary level.

At Urban, we want and expect our students to be active historians. Several courses are taught exclusively through documents from the era, and in all our classes, students develop their own analytical ideas through abundant writing and discussion. We are committed to depth of understanding by teaching topic-defined classes that allow intensive study of critical periods.

For a descriptive list of job duties and other responsibilities, please visit here.

Urban School strives to ignite a passion for learning and to inspire its students to become self-motivated, lifelong participants in their education and active citizens in their communities. For further information about Urban’s mission and programs, including the Curriculum Guide, please visit the Urban website.

Salary and Benefits

The anticipated salary range the School reasonably expects to pay candidates for the position of part-time faculty member teaching 7 classes in San Francisco is $70,389 to $118,144 annually.

This part-time position includes the opportunity to participate extensively in Urban’s teaching community, to collaborate with colleagues on curriculum development and pedagogy, and to benefit from Urban’s professional development program. Additionally, Urban provides all full-time and part-time employees teaching 4 or more classes or working more than 20 hours per week a generous benefits package including employer-paid medical and dental coverage. In addition, we offer retirement, life and disability insurance, Flex Spending for medical and dependent care, Commuter Transit benefits with an employer subsidy, EAP, Travel Assistance, Grief Counseling, and more, including:

• Professional development and training.
• Urban Café Dollars for purchasing breakfast, lunch and snacks.
• Parking garage provided on a first-come, first-served basis.

Please see our Benefits Overview for more details.

For a full description of this position and to apply, please visit our Career Center and select “History Teacher” to start your application and upload your cover letter and resume.