Middle and High School Teaching Faculty

Austin, TX - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 9 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Headwaters School a Pre-K through grade 12 independent day school serving over 500 students across its three campuses in Austin TX will be hiring Middle School and High School Teaching Faculty for the 2026-2027 school year which begins on August 1st 2026.

At Headwaters our faculty and staff nurture a school culture that promotes a growth mindset a collaborative spirit a joyful environment and the achievement of high expectations. Our faculty and staff ensure all members of our school community understand their role in advancing issues of inclusion and belonging. Headwaters School supports the professional growth of our school employees in order to contribute to their feelings of fulfillment to provide a model of lifelong learning for our students and to advance the strategic goals of the school.

Our faculty and staff are responsible for bringing our Purpose statement to life: to cultivate identity formation foster empathy and embrace diversity to bring more peace to the addition they guide our students to live authentically think expansively and create bravely. We invite our students guides staff parents and trustees to be Peacemakers Advocates Creators and Thinkers.

Teaching Faculty are responsible for:

Teaching 4 sections of their designated subject;
Contributing to two other areas of school life including athletic or extracurricular programs;
Serve as a student advisor supervise students during lunchtime study halls recess periods (if applicable) afternoon activities library chaperone at student events participate in student retreats community service days and attend team meetings as assigned.

Qualified candidates will have a degree in their teaching subject or a closely related field and prior teaching experience in grades 6-8 or grades 9-12.

Interested applicants should email a resume cover letter and statement of educational philosophy to Leslie Hirsch Director of Human Resources at to apply or visit our school website at School welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. As a 501(c)3 non-profit school Headwaters provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race color national origin religion gender age disability veteran status sexual orientation genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local anti-discrimination law. The Schools equal employment opportunity practices extend to recruitment hiring selection compensation benefits transfer promotion training discipline and all other terms conditions and privileges of employment. All Employees are responsible for complying with the Schools equal employment opportunity policy.