Wilmington Friends, a Quaker school with high standards for academic achievement, challenges students to seek truth, to value justice and peace, and to act as creative, independent thinkers with a conscious responsibility to the good of all
Wilmington Friends School is a Preschool to 12 Quaker, college preparatory, day school located in Wilmington, Delaware enrolling 700 students.
Job Description: This position involves teaching 4 sections of Upper School Chinese (various levels) as a short-term leave replacement for the month of September, 2025. The position may also include some advisory duties. A highly qualified candidate is one who...
Understands the developmental needs of the early adolescent and adolescent child;
Will bring imagination, a positive attitude, and energy to work with students;
Is aware of and can use effectively a wide-range of techniques and methods in the classroom which stimulate students and which respond to different learning styles;
Is enthusiastic about working in a department that oversees the scope and sequence and the developmental appropriateness of technology instruction and experiences from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade;
Is committed to planning and teaching interdisciplinary units in cooperation with other faculty;
Has experience teaching or can learn to teach a variety of levels of Chinese
Has an excellent command of the Macintosh computer environment;
Will contribute in other significant ways to the Wilmington Friends School community;
Is aware of and can use effectively a wide-range of techniques and methods in the classroom which stimulate students and which respond to different learning styles;
Seeks to serve on a faculty that in division-level groups and through committee work contributes significantly to school governance;
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 your resume to J.R. Neiswender, Head of Upper School School (jneiswender@wilmingtonfriends.org). We will invite for interviews those candidates whose interests and experiences best fit our needs.
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.