Middle School Humanities Teacher

Department: Middle School

Reports to: Head of Middle School

FLSA Classification: Exempt (Salary),

Job Type: Full Time (10-Month)

Hours: Monday-Friday, 8AM to 4PM, occasional evening and/or weekends

Start Date: August 2026

About McGehee School:
Founded in 1912, Louise S. McGehee School is an independent all-girls Pre-K-12 school in New Orleans. For more than a century, McGehee has educated girls to lead with purpose and confidence - and today, we are shaping our next chapter.

Our Vision is a world shaped by purposeful women who lead with clarity, courage, and conviction. From Pre-K through 12th grade, each McGehee student is empowered to develop her unique strengths and aspirations in an environment designed specifically for girls.

Our Mission challenges each girl to discover her strengths and reach her full potential as an independent learner, a critical thinker, and a confident leader. Academic depth, intellectual ambition, creativity, and self-direction define the McGehee experience from the earliest years through graduation.

Our work is guided by the values that shape our community and decisions:

• Commitment to excellence grounded in high expectations and continuous improvement
• Empowering leadership that elevates others and builds strong teams
• Honorable action rooted in integrity and alignment between values and choices
• Independent thought balanced by curiosity and courage
• Joyful engagement that recognizes girls thrive when they feel valued, challenged, and connected

We hold high expectations for our faculty and our students, and we align our work with our values.

McGehee advances a distinctive, individualized approach to girls' education built on close relationships between students and faculty and grounded in research-informed practice. Located on a historic Garden District campus, we embrace New Orleans as an extended classroom, connecting learning to service, internships, and real-world leadership. With more than 2,200 alumnae worldwide, McGehee is both a rigorous academic institution and a lifelong community committed to excellence and impact.

About this Position
The Louise S. McGehee School is now accepting applications for a dynamic, innovative full-time Middle School Humanities teacher who enthusiastically invests him or herself in all aspects of the education process and the school-wide community. The ideal candidate will have the capacity to teach research-based courses including Human Geography and/or English. This candidate will be excited to collaborate with colleagues both within the humanities departments and across disciplines and to engage in constant conversation about further strengthening and evolving the History and English programs. This full-time faculty position includes a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits program. The expected start date for the position is the 2026-2027 school year (beginning August 1, 2026) .

Requirements

Primary Responsibilities:

Essential Curriculum and Instruction Duties and Responsibilities

• Show a strong passion for teaching and learning, with deep knowledge of adolescent development, age-appropriate strategies and technology, and effective classroom management.
• Design dynamic, sequential lesson plans aligned with the department's student-centered, workshop-based curriculum and philosophy, emphasizing reading and writing as processes, inquiry, and creative thinking.
• Meet the individual needs of the students through differentiated instruction and advance their learning in reading comprehension and analysis, vocabulary, discussion, and grammar skills.
• Use rubrics and assessments in line with departmental expectations to assess students on a regular basis and communicate with students and parents about their progress.
• Model a mindset of lifelong learning and the willingness to take risks that serve as growth opportunities.
• Foster an open, inclusive learning environment that supports all students and their families through word, action, curriculum, and teaching strategies.
• Maintain a comprehensive online class syllabus and curriculum guide.
• Set clear expectations for students.

Essential Community and Family Responsibilities

• Communicate regularly and appropriately with the student, parent, advisor, and division head about student academic and social progress.
• Act as a flexible and collaborative member of the community whose work expands beyond the classroom to enhance the student experience at the school.
• Advise a small group of students, serving as the primary contact for families, leading conferences, fostering community, and teaching advisory topics that build girls' agency, self-awareness, self-discipline, and citizenship.
• Fulfill assigned duties to monitor students in various capacities, as designated by division protocols.
• Clearly and effectively communicate with administration, faculty, students, and parents.
• Actively participate as a member of the faculty and the greater school community.

Who Should Apply for this Role?

We are most likely to hire a candidate with the following knowledge, skills, mindsets, and qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in relevant subject area; Master's degree or higher preferred.
• Successful teaching experience teaching in the 7th-12th grade range.
• Demonstrated love of middle and high school students.

Salary and Benefits

• Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and internal equity at McGehee
• McGehee offers a benefits package that includes comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance; employer-paid life and AD&D insurance; voluntary life and AD&D; long-term disability; critical illness and accident insurance; identity protection services; and access to an Employee Assistance Program
• Additional benefits include participation in a 403(b) retirement plan with employer contributions after one year of service
• All employees have access to a full-service, free lunch daily in our cafeteria
• The McGehee team places a high value on the day-to-day experiences of our students and staff, and as a member of this team, you will join a warm, caring, collaborative, joyful team

Interview Process and How to Apply for This Role

If your resume and responses are in strong alignment with our hiring criteria, we will reach out to you to begin the interview process, which will include several rounds of interviews, culminating in an on-campus interview at McGehee. During the process, applicants may be asked to submit additional materials, including references. The final candidate will be required to complete a background check prior to starting work with McGehee.

McGehee is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is open to all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, creed, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, veteran status, or other applicable protected classification.

All job requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.