Career Center

The Kinkaid School is seeking a dynamic, innovative History Teacher to join its Upper School team starting August 2022. The ideal candidate will have a passion for collaboration with colleagues and proven success in connecting the content to students’ innate inquisitiveness and critical thinking skills. Reporting to the Head of Upper School and supervised by the Upper School History and Social Sciences Department Chair, the Upper School History Teacher will be called on to promote high levels of learning in an engaging and effective manner using a variety of instructional methodologies and curriculum resources.  

The Kinkaid School is a co-educational non-sectarian day school enrolling over 1,400 students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. Located on a sixty-five-acre campus in the heart of Houston, Texas, the School offers a thriving intellectual community in the midst of a vibrant, urban, diverse culture. With an enrollment of about 615, the Upper School fosters a learning environment centered on academic excellence, intellectual curiosity, and personal attention. The Upper School faculty enjoys small class sizes and a collegial, collaborative environment centered on intellectual curiosity and continuous professional development. 

EXPECTATIONS: 

• Ability to teach four academic classes in history and/or social science with a special need for an instructor of psychology and possibly economics and U.S. government
• Serve as an advisor to ten to fifteen upper school students
• Enjoyment in teaching students across the entire range of grades (9-12)
• Serve as a member of the History and Social Science Department, attending departmental meetings, developing and updating course curricula, and supporting the department 
• Support the School, its mission, and its leadership
• Engagement in the school community by attending athletic and art events
• Additional responsibilities such as coaching a sport or sponsoring a club and participating in Interim Term during the month of January
• Collegiality and high professional standards
• The natural ability to model Kinkaid’s four core values (honesty, responsibility, respect, and kindness) in interactions with all members of the community