Connelly School of the Holy Child is seeking passionate teachers to join our outstanding faculty for the 2021-2022 School year. We welcome candidates that demonstrate a strong commitment to high-quality teaching, innovation, academic excellence and a joy of learning.
Building an inclusive and diverse school community is a priority and we are committed to hiring faculty and staff with diverse experiences and backgrounds to empower our students to connect, belong, and grow.
See below for current job employment opportunities.
Dance Teacher
Description:
Connelly School of the Holy Child is looking to hire a Dance Teacher to join our vibrant performing arts program. The instructor will be responsible for teaching and training a dynamic group of students (Grades 6-12) in a range of techniques and dance styles, ensuring that all students are engaged, motivated, and inspired to achieve their goals in their chosen area of dance. Proven experience as a dance instructor in the specific discipline/s of the dance studio is strongly desired.
Responsibilities:
- Ability to teach using various dance styles and methodologies from beginner to advanced level
- Develop dance curriculums and prepare lesson plans.
- Ability to communicate with a diverse group of teachers, administrators, and students.
- Engage, encourage, and motivate students to reach their goals.
- Evaluate student performance and make recommendations for improvement.
- Choreograph routines and select music for recitals and showcases.
- Conduct after-school group lessons as required.
- Join the dance festivals presented by AIMS and the Independent Dance Network
- Respond to the needs of Holy Child, including service learning, advisory program, assigned supervision and other duties as assigned.
- An active commitment to enhancing our school community through involvement on committees and in student life activities.
- Effective and consistent communication with students, parents, staff, and community.
- Develop, select, and differentiate instruction to meet the needs of a diverse population.
- Provide an atmosphere and environment conducive to the intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development of young women.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Dance or qualification from an accredited college
- Previous teaching experience required
- Build culturally responsive classroom that fosters a sense of belonging and ensures that all students feel respected and challenged
- Excellent communication skills
- Energetic, driven, creative, and dependable
- Demonstrate patience and leadership skills
How to Apply/Contact: Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to: humanresources@holychild.org
Technical Theater Teacher
Description:
Connelly School of the Holy Child is looking to hire a Technical Theater Teacher to join our performing arts program. Holy Child’s performing arts program focuses on student centered and student led participation in the design and execution of all technical aspects of school productions. Holy Child seeks an innovative arts educator with expertise in technical theater to develop, oversee, and teach in its Middle and Upper School Theater Design Program and provide support to school productions and event programming, as needed. This technical theater position is curricular and extracurricular and includes teaching all aspects of theater design and production to students in classes and productions in grades 6-12.
Responsibilities:
- Design technical theater curriculum and teach theater design classes to Middle and Upper School students
- Train, direct, and supervise stage crews and technical theater-based extracurricular groups
- Provide an atmosphere and environment conducive to the intellectual, physical, social, and the emotional development of young women
- Integrate technology effectively into the classroom and productions
- Participate in the school community with other duties as assigned
- Work collaboratively with colleagues within department as well as colleagues from additional departments to align teaching practices
- Pursue professional growth opportunities to continually grow as a teacher in order to enhance student learning
- Respond to the needs of Holy Child, including service learning, advisory program, assigned supervision and other duties as assigned
- An active commitment to enhancing our school community through involvement on committees and in student life activities
- Effective and consistent communication with students, parents, staff, and community
- Develop, select, and differentiate instruction to meet the needs of a diverse population
- Provide an atmosphere and environment conducive to the intellectual, physical, social, and the emotional development of young women
The ideal candidate will possess:
- Bachelor's Degree in Theater (master's degree preferred) or qualification in a related field from an accredited college
- Ability to create a culturally responsive classroom that fosters a sense of belonging and ensures that all students feel respected and challenged
- Previous teaching experience required
- Excellent communication skills
- Energetic, driven, creative, and dependable
- Demonstrate patience and leadership skills
- Theatrical design experience, as is demonstration of successful artistry
- Professional or undergraduate/graduate-level training in all aspects of technical theater
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills: should be a proactive team player with excellent interpersonal skills: ability to interact with a wide variety of school-based constituencies
- Extensive knowledge of technical theater, theater equipment, and best practices
- Set construction experience
How to Apply/Contact: Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to: humanresources@holychild.org
Learning Specialist
Description:
Connelly School of the Holy Child’s Coakley Center for Innovative Learning is seeking a full-time Learning Specialist to support students with a variety of learning differences such as; ADHD, SLD, Executive Function, Anxiety, Gifted/LD and other language based learning differences. Learning Specialists work with students 1:1 or small group to develop skills and strategies to excel in the courses. They are integral part of the academic team and provide insight on the uniqueness of our students.
Responsibilities include:
- Teach classes and provide academic coaching for students in grades 6-12
- Create, plan, and teach study skills while meeting the needs of a diverse student population
- Assist students with executive functioning and organization
- Remain in close contact with parents and teachers
- Ensure students are receiving the appropriate classroom accommodations
- Review grades and progress reports
- Develop intervention plans with students, parents, and teachers when necessary
- Support the Learning Lab at least one afternoon a week
- Identify and address student academic concerns through positive problem-solving strategies
- Support faculty and staff concerning academic concerns of their students
- Provide an atmosphere and environment conducive to the intellectual, physical, social, and the emotional development of young women
- Integrate technology effectively into reading, writing, and classroom practices
- Participate in the school community with other duties as assigned
- Work collaboratively with colleagues within department as well as colleagues from additional departments to align teaching practices
- Pursue professional growth opportunities to continually grow as a teacher in order to enhance student learning
- Respond to the needs of Holy Child, including service learning, advisory program, assigned supervision and other duties as assigned
- Commit to enhancing our school community through involvement on committees and in student life activities
- Effective and consistent communication with students, parents, staff, and community
- Develop, select, and differentiate instruction to meet the needs of a diverse population
The ideal candidate will possess:
- Bachelor’s Degree in special education or related field, Masters Preferred
- Ability to create a culturally responsive classroom that fosters a sense of belonging and ensures that all students feel respected and challenged
- Be proficient in integrating technology to support learning
- Commitment to embrace the school’s mission and values
- Genuine enthusiasm, personal warmth and passion for developing young women of action
- Commitment to working collaboratively with administration, faculty, and parents
- Experience using a variety of pedagogical strategies
How to Apply/Contact:
Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to: humanresources@holychild.org
Interim Learning Specialist
Description:
Connelly School of the Holy Child’s Coakley Center for Innovative Learning is seeking a full-time Learning Specialist to support students with a variety of learning differences such as; ADHD, SLD, Executive Function, Anxiety, Gifted/LD and other language based learning differences. Learning Specialists work with students 1:1 or small group to develop skills and strategies to excel in the courses. They are integral part of the academic team and provide insight on the uniqueness of our students.
Responsibilities include:
- Teach study skills classes and provide academic coaching for students in grades 6-12
- Create, plan, and teach study skills while meeting the needs of a diverse student population.
- Assist students with executive functioning and organization
- Remain in close contact with parents and teachers
- Ensure students are receiving the appropriate classroom accommodations
- Review grades and progress reports
- Develop intervention plans with students, parents, and teachers when necessary
- Support the Learning Lab at least one afternoon a week
- Identify and address student academic concerns through positive problem-solving strategies
- Support faculty and staff concerning academic concerns of their students
- Provide an atmosphere and environment conducive to the intellectual, physical, social, and the emotional development of young women.
- Integrate technology effectively into reading, writing, and classroom practices
- Participate in the school community with other duties as assigned.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues within department as well as colleagues from additional departments to align teaching practices
- Pursue professional growth opportunities to continually grow as a teacher in order to enhance student learning.
- Respond to the needs of Holy Child, including service learning, advisory program, assigned supervision and other duties as assigned.
- An active commitment to enhancing our school community through involvement on committees and in student life activities.
- Effective and consistent communication with students, parents, staff, and community
- Develop, select, and differentiate instruction to meet the needs of a diverse population
- Provide an atmosphere and environment conducive to the intellectual, physical, social, and the emotional development of young women.
The ideal candidate will possess:
- Bachelor’s Degree in special education or related field
- Ability to create a culturally responsive classroom that fosters a sense of belonging and ensures that all students feel respected and challenged
- Commitment to embrace the school’s mission and values
- Genuine enthusiasm, personal warmth and passion for developing young women of action
- Commitment to working collaboratively with administration, faculty, and parents
- Experience using a variety of pedagogical strategies
- Enjoys working collaboratively to develop and plan curricula
How to Apply/Contact:
Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to: humanresources@holychild.org
Major Gifts Officer
Position summary:
Holy Child is seeking a Major Gift Officer to foster lasting relationships between the school and its benefactors, promoting positive attitudes toward giving among current and prospective donors. Working in concert with other members of the advancement staff, the Major Gifts Officer will manage a major gifts fundraising plan to identify, qualify, steward and solicit high capacity prospects. The Major Gifts Officer is responsible for managing a portfolio of prospects to match donor's interests with school priorities and secure needed funds. The successful candidate will be a high energy, self-starter who enjoys building relationships between the school and constituents and in working with others to inspire significant giving to the school’s highest priorities. We are looking for someone who is a strong fundraising strategist with outstanding communications skills. They must be results oriented and have a track record in cultivating and soliciting major gifts.
This person is a member of the advancement team that includes: Chief Advancement Officer, Director of Development & Alumnae Relations, Annual Fund Manager, Parent Relations Manager and Development Associate and is supported by the Advancement Systems Manager.
Responsibilities include:
- Effectively represent Holy Child to external audiences using strong verbal and written communication skills, especially in ways that enhance a person’s commitment to the organization.
- Enhance operational efficiency for Holy Child’s major giving program and help ensure that all systems and processes—from gift documentation to systems reporting—are timely, accurate and tailored to align with the needs of the Advancement Office. This includes authoring and editing prospect research manuals, reports, and other documents as needed
- Serve as the primary relationship manager for a portfolio of approximately (150+) prospects, developing and implementing clear written donor strategy and timeline with entries to the relationship record (using Veracross) to track all interactions, including both major gift and annual fund gift solicitation as needed/appropriate with prospects.
- Prepares customized proposals, including gathering information to personalize.
- Plan and execute a total of 125 face to face cultivation, solicitation and stewardship meetings per year. (modified with zoom due to COVID) and a minimum of 15 major gift solicitations. Deliver timely and effective follow-up to prospects and donors.
- Uncover new donors through prospect research methods such as data screening and analysis of external wealth information sources
- Edits/writes grant proposals to foundations and corporations, including personally contacting program officers for guidance and arranging site visits as appropriate.
- Build cultivation and solicitation strategies in collaboration with the staff, the campaign committee and volunteer leadership for individual potential donors in support of the annual fund, planned giving, and growth campaigns; ensure strategies are compatible and maximize opportunities with other existing campaigns and appeals.
- Organize and manage campaign pipelines in Veracross and generate reports for campaign tracking and analysis for Board of Trustees
- Works with administrators, Campaign Committee members and others when appropriate to cultivate and solicit major gift and planned giving prospects, including developing and communicating prospect research, management, and lead information.
- Support campaign volunteer committees (assist in volunteer recruitment, organize meetings, and conduct follow-up)
- Assist in strategizing and implementing campaign cultivation and recognition events
- Maintain a strong relationship with faculty and staff to fully understand Holy Child today and its’ priorities for the future
- Attend and represent the school at alumnae, parent and other community events
- Other duties as assigned by the Chief Advancement Officer
The ideal candidate will possess:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required
- 3-5 years experience managing high level donor relationships with demonstrated success in closing gifts $25,000 and above
- Experience with prospect management in databases (willingness and ability to learn Veracross)
- High level of proficiency in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and a working knowledge of search functions for donor research
- Exceptional people skills with an attention to customer service
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential matters with appropriate discretion
- Ability to work independently and/or with multiple teams, including volunteer committees
- Willingness to travel
How to Apply / Contact:
This is a full time, exempt position reporting to the Chief Advancement Officer. Salary commensurate with experience.
Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to: Dani DeWitt, Chief Advancement Officer at ddewitt@holychild.org.
Substitute Teacher
Responsibilities include:
- Provide classroom instruction to students as outlined in lesson plans.
- Create a classroom that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of students.
- Maintain a safe and orderly environment, by adhering to and enforcing all health and safety protocols.
- Maintain established routine of the school and classroom procedures in which assigned.
- Maintain a professional appearance as an example to students.
- Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
- Maintain reasonable rules of conduct which encourage self-discipline and responsibility.
- Communicate effectively with parents when needed.
- Meet and instructs assigned classes in the locations and times designated.
- Complete other duties as assigned.
The ideal candidate will possess:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Education or similar field
- Commitment to embrace the school’s mission and values
- Genuine enthusiasm, personal warmth and inspire a love of learning
- Ability to integrate digital tools in the classroom
- Willingness to work collaboratively with administration, faculty, and parents
- Experience using a variety of pedagogical strategies
How to Apply / Contact:
Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, resume and letters of reference to: humanresources@holychild.org
Bus Driver (Part-time)
Connelly School of the Holy Child, a girls’ independent school in the Washington D.C. metro area, is accepting applications for a bus driver for morning and afternoon routes. The maximum amount of time required will be three hours a day, Monday through Friday.
Applicants must have a valid driver’s license, possession of a satisfactory driving record, able to pass a background check and random drug testing. Ability to manage students while driving. Ability to understand directions regarding bus routes and special arrangements. Additional opportunities include daytime transportation for field trips and events.
Interested applicants should send a resume and cover letter to humanresources@holychild.org.
How to Apply / Contact
Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, and letters of reference to: humanresources@holychild.org
Equal Employment Opportunity
It has been and will continue to be the policy of Connelly School of the Holy Child to be fair and impartial in all of its relations with its employees and applicants for employment and to make all employment related decisions without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, or any other categories protected by federal, state, or local law. This policy applies to recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, and all other personnel actions and conditions of employment such as compensation, benefits, layoffs, reinstatements, training, professional development funding and disciplinary measures. Decisions regarding employment and promotion will be based solely upon job-related factors.