About St. Mark’s
Founded in 1906, St. Mark's School of Texas is a non-sectarian, college-preparatory, independent day school for boys in grades one through twelve. The School’s charter states that it is “designed to afford its students well-rounded physical, intellectual, moral, and religious training and instruction.” The School is intended to be a diverse community of teachers and students who share a love of learning and who strive for high achievement in whatever they undertake.
St. Mark’s aims to prepare young men to assume leadership and responsibility in a competitive and changing world. To this end, the School professes and upholds certain values. These values include the discipline of postponing immediate gratification in the interests of earning eventual, hard-won satisfaction; the responsibility of defending one’s own ideas, of respecting the views of others, and of accepting the consequences for one’s own actions; and an appreciation for the lively connection between knowledge and responsibility and the obligation to serve.
Position Description
The St. Mark’s School of Texas seeks a dynamic educator to join our upper school history department beginning in the 2025-2026 school year. A strong candidate will be an experienced teacher with the background to teach Advanced Placement Economics, and three or more sections of History courses across a variety of levels. At St. Mark’s, we emphasize writing development across the disciplines and include annual research-based writing assignments in the department; therefore, ideal candidates will be committed to helping boys learn formal research skills and master stylistic conventions expected of ethical scholarship. St. Mark’s is a vibrant learning community, and successful candidates will be generative in their thinking about teaching and learning, will find joy working with adolescents, and will seek to collaborate with department members, share teaching resources and contribute to the wider school community in a myriad of ways. In addition to teaching, faculty are involved in a variety of program areas, including coaching a sport, camping with the Wilderness Program, or overseeing a student club. At St. Mark’s, we are deeply committed to character and leadership education for all boys and have developed a program that spans grades one through twelve. Successful candidates will value this aspect of our program and will place equal priority on both the character and intellectual development of students.
Responsibilities
- Teaching four sections of course offerings in the History and Social Sciences Department. Courses include a range of levels as well as AP economics
- Serving as an Advisor to a small group of boys
- Contributing to the broader community by coaching a sport, participating in the Wilderness Program, or club program, depending on experiences
- Participating in the character and leadership education program
