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EMPLOYEE STATUS: Full-Time, Exempt, Academic Year
REPORTS TO: Mathematics Department Chair and Dean of Faculty
WORK SCHEDULE: Bay teachers are expected to attend their classes, tutorial periods, staffulty and collaborative course team meetings, applicable orientations, and professional development days. See the job description for more details.
START DATE: July 1, 2025 (Actual on-campus start date August 6, 2025) 

Job Description

The Bay School math program employs a pedagogical approach that incorporates inquiry-based practices and real-world applications. Block periods allow students to delve deeply into rich problem- and inquiry-based learning across all courses. Our math teachers have a strong commitment to innovative curricular design, progressive pedagogy, and social justice--all in service of student learning and growth. Teachers of our core courses have a common prep block and use it to work collaboratively to ensure alignment of curriculum between sections/teachers.

Instructors are responsible for teaching nine courses per year. This load can be dispersed as four courses each semester, coupled with one three-week Immersive course in the winter or the spring OR three (or four) courses in one semester, two three-week Immersives, and four (or three) courses in another semester. Each semester-long class meets three times a week in a rotating block schedule. Faculty are expected to be present on campus for their first obligation of the day, which will generally occur at 8:25 a.m. each school or faculty-work day, and remain on campus until the school day and their work obligations are finished, which will be anytime from 2:30-4:30 p.m., depending on the class and meeting schedules. Each Immersive course meets daily for three weeks from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., with the potential for field trips and experiential learning that extend beyond the traditional school day. 

Key Responsibilities

Teaching
In addition to class preparation and classroom teaching, all teachers are responsible for:

• Collaboratively designing curriculum and aligning curriculum with course teams, the department goals, and the school's mission;
• Designing skills-based formative and summative assessments;
• Grading student work and providing feedback in a timely manner;
• Communicating regularly with students, parents, guardians, and advisors regarding student progress;
• Having one-on-one student meetings as needed;
• Scheduling and attending course team meetings;
• Attending weekly staffulty or department meetings on Tuesday afternoons when applicable.

Advising
All full-time teaching staffulty serve as advisors to a group of 8-10 students. This includes:

• Meeting as a group with the advisory once per week for 25 minutes;
• Attending and chaperoning additional grade-level events and special events;
• Participating in grade-level orientation before the first day of class;
• Serving as the primary point person with the school for parents/guardians.

Community Support
All teaching staffulty are expected to support the well-being of our community and the growth of individual students. This includes:

• Attending Morning Meeting three days a week;
• Monitoring a "Flex" block (study hall) one block per week each semester;
• Holding Tutorial at the end of the school day four days a week;
• Modeling community engagement by being present throughout the school day, serving as a club leader, serving on committees and participating in admissions events (as examples);
• Attending Back to School Night in September
• Supporting the admissions program by attending a limited number of admissions events.

The Ideal Candidate

• Finds resonance with The Bay School mission, philosophy, and precepts;
• Dedicates themselves to anti-bias and equity work and understands the social justice dimensions of education;
• Commits to ongoing professional growth;
• Welcomes and learns from feedback;
• Values and incorporates mindfulness as a practice;
• Enjoys being in a high school community; 
• Is comfortable teaching various levels of high school math, particularly advanced courses;
• Values individual learning profiles by teaching in multiple modalities and offering differentiated instruction;
• Employs and is excited by student-centered teaching strategies (project-based, place-based, problem-based, and experiential learning);
• Has experience teaching secondary education and brings a diversity of teaching and life experiences to their work;
• Values collaboration, teamwork, and feedback as a part of professional growth;
• Commits to innovation, professional development, and reinvention;
• Is curious and resourceful;
• Enjoys working with and inspiring high-school learners in all areas of school life.

Requirements

• EDUCATION: BA required, MA preferred
• EXPERIENCE: The candidate should have experience teaching all levels of high school mathematics, including calculus, preferably beyond; experience with or interest in advising student math clubs and coordinating math competitions, preferred
• COMPUTER SKILLS: Proficient in Google Suite and familiarity with PC and Mac platforms and LMS and SMS systems

Job offers are contingent upon clear LiveScan fingerprinting and TB risk assessment. Other requirements include completing first aid/CPR training, mandated reporter training, anti-harassment training, and bloodborne pathogen training. Access to these mandatory trainings are provided and paid for by the school.

Compensation

Salary is based on years of secondary school work or relevant experience. The full-time faculty salary range for the 2024-25 school year is $87,140 to $147,212, and will be updated for the 2025-26 school year. Bay also offers a strong benefits package for long term employees working at least 60% of full time.

Please review our full-time teaching job description here for more details. If interested in the position, please review our website (www.bayschoolsf.org) to familiarize yourself with our school, the mathematics curriculum, and our community. If interested in the position, please send all items below to: [email protected], subject line: Math25-26.

1. Cover letter describing your interest in the position as well as how you anticipate contributing to The Bay School.
2. Resume/C.V. 
3. A list of references--a minimum of 3, including a current supervisor, departmental colleague, and colleague outside your department.

Please note that Bay will be accepting resumes on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

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The Bay School is seeking a Director of Development. This search is being conducted by Resource Group 175. Details of the application process are contained within the position description.

Deadline for submission of all application materials is Friday, February 21.

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The Bay School is seeking a Director of Admissions and Strategy. Details of the application process are contained within the position description.

Priority deadline for submission of all application materials is Sunday, March 2.

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EMPLOYEE STATUS: 60-75% FTE, Exempt, Academic Year
REPORTS TO: Associate Dean of Academics and Innovation
WORK SCHEDULE: Monday-Friday. Start time is 8 a.m. Exact end time is TBD based on final FTE determination. 
START DATE: August 4, 2025
SALARY RANGE: $85,000 to $115,000 annually for 100% full time employment, prorated according to actual FTE. Bay also offers a strong benefits package for long term employees working at least 60% of full-time.

Job Description

The Librarian has primary responsibility for stewardship and curation of the school’s academic information resources, its archives, and the library space as an academic and community hub of the school. As a key partner for teachers in supporting research projects in the classroom, the librarian supports information literacy as an essential skill for all Bay students. The librarian is on the cutting edge of information resources, managing Bay’s access to print, digital, and other resources, with an emphasis on academic database management.

Major Responsibilities

• Executes all elements of the curation process for the library’s evolving 21st century collections, including research leading to thoughtful acquisition of print and digital resources; cataloging, shelving, organization; ongoing evaluation, refreshing, and weeding of current print and digital collections;
• Maintains active knowledge/awareness of curriculum, co-curriculum, mission, values, precepts, current community issues and topics of current student interest in order to make connections between community members and resources; 
• Creates and maintains content (library catalog, research guides, visual displays) to allow community members to easily take advantage of the library’s resources;
• Actively partners with teachers in supporting research projects in all disciplines, including through classroom presentations to support student research skills on specific subjects;
• Serves as the primary point of contact and thought partner for students and teachers navigating academic research databases; 
• Ensures that teachers have an up-to-date awareness of library resources through proactively reaching out to teachers and students with resources that might be helpful to them;
• Empowers students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information;
• Serves as a physical and symbolic presence in the library, holding the space for its intended purpose and being available to connect community members to resources;
• Ensures that the library’s physical space is inviting to students and conducive to their evolving needs as students and people;
• Builds and maintains strong ongoing relationships with members of the community so that they see the librarian as a helpful resource;
• In coordination with teachers, leads workshops within the curriculum and co-curriculum to teach information literacy and research skills;
• Serves as consultant and resource to teachers around topics of information literacy and research;
• Manages the library budget so as to make maximal use of the school’s resources;
• Encourages and facilitates a culture of reading-for-pleasure with the school;
• Coordinates the selection and distribution of the end-of-the-year Senior Gift Books and the Staffulty Life Reading List;
• Collects and reuses/disposes of unwanted books in the school;
• Serves as a leader in some area of extracurricular school life, based on the interest of the librarian and the needs of the school;
• Ensures that the library program supports the mission of the school.

The Ideal Candidate

• Finds resonance with The Bay School mission, philosophy, and precepts;
• Shows evidence of continued commitment to anti-bias and equity work, and understands the social justice dimension of education;
• Commits to ongoing professional growth;
• Welcomes and learns from feedback;
• Enjoys being in a high school community;
• Values and incorporates mindfulness as a practice.

Requirements

• EDUCATION: A masters in library science from an ALA-accredited institution required
• EXPERIENCE: Minimum 2 years experience as a Librarian, preferably at a high school library 
• COMPUTER SKILLS: Experience in Google apps is necessary. Some familiarity with MARC records and library cataloging software is preferred.
• CERTIFICATES & LICENSES: Job offers are contingent upon clear LiveScan fingerprinting and TB risk assessment. Other requirements include completing first aid/CPR training, mandated reporter training, anti-harassment training, and bloodborne pathogen training. Access to these mandatory trainings are provided and paid for by the school.

If interested in the position, please review our website (www.bayschoolsf.org), then email all of the items below to [email protected] with the subject line: Librarian 25-26. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

1. Cover letter describing your interest in the position as well as how you anticipate contributing to The Bay School.
2. Resume/C.V. 
3. Contact list of 3 references, at least one of whom must be a recent supervisor.

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DURATION: February 5, 2025-May 8, 2025
REPORTS TO: Director of Athletics for Operations
COMPENSATION: $3,500 estimated stipend depending on experience

Bay Athletics 

The Bay School's commitment to athletics is based upon our goal to educate the "whole" person and our belief that physical and athletic accomplishments have important lifelong benefits. The school seeks to be known for its athletic achievements, sportsmanship, and competitive spirit as well as to be respected for the integrity and discipline of its players, coaches, and spectators. We are members of the North Coast Section (NCS) and CIF, the Bay Area Conference (BAC), and Bay Counties League (BCL).

Job Requirements 

• Assists the Head Coach with 1 ½ to 2-hour afternoon practices Mon-Fri, beginning no earlier than 3:00 p.m.;
• Attends all games which may require being available earlier than 3:00 p.m;
• Attends occasional athletic department meetings and school events as needed;
• Have or obtain NFHS coach certification;
• Job offers are contingent upon clear LiveScan fingerprinting and TB risk assessment. Other requirements include completing first aid/CPR training, mandated reporter training, anti-harassment training, and bloodborne pathogen prevention training. Access to these mandatory trainings is provided and paid for by the school.

The Ideal Candidate 

•  Has strong athletic knowledge and experience in the sport of girls lacrosse and a desire to build/maintain a successful program;
• Previous coaching at the high school and/or college level preferred;
• Experience playing at the college level or above preferred;
• Possesses a professional and positive demeanor when working with colleagues, students, and parents;
• Enjoys working with and developing teenagers as student-athletes and good citizens;
• Strives to build teamwork, skill, and sportsmanship as the cornerstones of our girls lacrosse program;
• Finds resonance with the school’s mission and philosophy, especially with regard to diversity, equity, and inclusion;
• Has the energy to work in a small independent school environment;
• Possesses excellent organization, time management, and strong communication skills;
• Demonstrates the ability to provide and incorporate constructive feedback as a means to improve the student experience as well their own coaching;
• Seeks to serve as a role model for young student-athletes, understanding both culturally responsive coaching and the social justice dimensions of education;
• Dedicates themselves to anti-bias and equity work;
• Commits to innovation, professional growth, and reinvention;
• Possess a valid CA driver’s license and be willing to drive a school van to/from practices and games.

If interested in the position, please email all of the items below to: [email protected], with the subject line: Girls Lacrosse Coach. Incomplete applications will not be considered. 

1. Cover letter explaining how you will contribute to Bay’s athletic program
2. Resume/C.V.