Lower School Physical Education Maternity Leave Position - September 2025 to January 2026

Wilmington Friends School, a preschool to 12th grade Quaker, college preparatory, day school located in Wilmington, Delaware, enrolling approximately 700 students, seeks a long-term substitute physical education teacher for K-6th classes from mid-September, 2025 until mid-January, 2026. We are seeking an educator who is passionate about physical activity and healthy living, has experience working with young children, encourages creativity, and fosters academic, social-emotional, and spiritual growth. 

The mission of the Physical Education Department at WFS is to promote lifelong learning through physical activity, exercise, and sport while supporting students in making health-conscious decisions, meeting challenges, and participating in mentally positive behaviors. The lower school physical education curriculum offers children the opportunity to develop their physical and social-emotional skills. The program is spiraling and sequential, offering age-appropriate games, activities, and fitness opportunities. Effort, empathy, cooperation, communication, and healthy risk-taking are emphasized and are considered essential components of a student’s growth as an athlete and community member. 

A highly qualified candidate:

We will invite, for interviews and demonstration teaching on campus, those candidates whose interests and experiences best fit our needs. We are particularly interested in hearing from qualified candidates who want to work in a school that emphasizes community-building, the value of diversity, the full development of each individual, and service to others.

If interested, please send a cover letter, resume, and list of three references addressed to Chris Loeffler, Interim Head of Lower School, to Linda Beard (lbeard@wilmingtonfriends.org) as soon as possible. We will be conducting initial interviews as materials are received.

It is Wilmington Friends School’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, first responder status, or other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.  It is the intent and resolve of Wilmington Friends School to comply with the letter and the spirit of the law in the implementation of all facets of equal opportunity.  This equal opportunity policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, training, promotion, compensation, termination, and retirement.