English Teacher

Job Description

The Benedictine Schools of Richmond are Catholic college preparatory high schools-Saint Gertrude High School and Benedictine College Preparatory-co-located on the 73-acre Benedictine Abbey campus in Richmond, Virginia. For more than 100 years, the schools have offered single-sex education founded on the mutual complementarity of women and men and the equal dignity of all human people. We provide a common Catholic culture, steeped in Benedictine values, that promotes the education of the whole person-body, mind and spirit.

The Benedictine Schools of Richmond seek an innovative, collaborative, high school English teacher primarily for Benedictine College Preparatory. Experience preferred. This is a ten-month teaching position and faculty report to work in mid-August 2026.

Responsibilities
Teach college preparatory, honors, and possibly AP level courses in English.
Create and deliver lessons that expose students to rigorous literature, while encouraging writing development with an eye toward research.
Support the mission of the school, model its Benedictine values, and journey with students as they become confident, competent, and compassionate men and women.
Utilize the school's student information system to post assignments, units of study, and related course materials to support student self-initiative and self-advocacy.
Assume standard non-curricular responsibilities assigned to all faculty which may include, but not limited to, a daily advisory period for select students.

Qualifications
Bachelor's degree required; master's degree preferred.
Virginia state teaching license preferred (but not required)
Degree in Literature, Language and Composition, or similar field.
Strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
Experience with Google Apps for Education and teaching in a 1:1 environment preferred

To apply please submit the following to the Human Resources Manager, Jaime Harmeyer at jharmeyer@benedictineschools.org:
A cover letter expressing your interest in this specific position
Your resume
A completed application found here.
A writing sample of less than 500 words in response to one of the following two prompts:
What about our educational philosophy excites you about teaching at the Benedictine Schools of Richmond?
Our leadership program focuses on 9 traits: Justice, Empathy, Dependability, Integrity, Courage, Humility, Obedience, Magnanimity, Prudence, and Perseverance. We challenge our faculty to help foster each of these traits in every one of our students. Which of these traits do you exemplify most and why? Which trait do you still need to develop and why?

About the Employer

SAINT GERTRUDE HIGH SCHOOL
Saint Gertrude High School, an independent
Catholic, college-preparatory school,
prepares and inspires young women to meet
the challenges of their changing world.
BENEDICTINE COLLEGE PREPARATORY
We will form Christian men of conscience,
discipline, and achievement.