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BB&N offers competitive salaries and benefits and employs equitable and consistent compensation practices. Our compensation strategy prioritizes equity of pay for faculty with similar years of teaching experience. Starting full-time salaries for the 2025-2026 school year typically range from a starting salary of $69,000 to the median 20-year teaching experience salary of $101,701.00  Both of these salaries are exclusive of additional compensation granted to faculty with relevant advanced degrees.  The starting salary for any hired candidate is based on experience within salary bands.

Compensation for full-time employees includes a 403(b) plan with up to a 10% match of salary and other competitive benefits offerings. Benefits offered to eligible employees include health & dental insurance; commuter benefits; long-term disability insurance, and more. 

Start Date: August 2025

Reports to: Upper School Director

Job Summary: 

BB&N is seeking a full-time Upper School Woodworking/3D Design Teacher. Primary responsibilities include: continued cultivation of BB&N’s established woodworking program with an emphasis on sculpture, furniture, and student-designed projects; develop and expand the program to include a broader range of traditional and non-traditional methods, materials, tools and technology including digital fabrication at the intersection of 3D design, art, and craft; incorporation and knowledge of contemporary and historically relevant sculpture and design styles to support curriculum development; ability to maintain studio equipment and tools to create a safe and inclusive working environment; ability manage materials, purchasing, and budget.

The Woodworking/3D Design Teacher collaborates closely with colleagues in the Fine Arts Department and attends regular department and faculty meetings. Additional responsibilities will vary according to current program needs, likely involved with upper school visual art gallery management or maintaining a social media presence for the art department.

All full-time faculty are required to shadow a faculty student advisor their first year and serve as a student advisor for subsequent years.

Skills and Competencies:

The ideal candidate will have teaching experience and an educational background in woodworking, digital fabrication, and 3D design. An undergraduate degree is required and a Master’s degree is preferred. Preference will be given to teachers with 3-5 years of experience teaching at the high school level.

In addition, the candidate will demonstrate the following:

• Experience fabricating furniture and sculpture with wood and a familiarity with a wide variety of woodworking tools and equipment;

• Ability to lead students through project design and fabrication;

• Ability to incorporate a broad range of traditional and non-traditional methods, materials, tools, and technology including digital fabrication tools such as laser cutters and 3D printers.

• Knowledge of contemporary and historically relevant sculpture and design styles to support curriculum development, student engagement, and student self-expression;

• Knowledge of and ability to maintain studio equipment and tools to create a safe and inclusive working environment;

• Ability to manage materials, purchasing, and budget.

• Commitment to working in and fostering an inclusive community;

• Enthusiasm for working with adolescents;

• Exceptional interpersonal skills to work effectively with a diverse group of people, including students, parents, faculty, and staff;

• Strong communication skills through writing, speaking, and listening;

• Ability to work in a highly collaborative team environment;

• Understand and exhibit high standards of professional conduct.

Preferred additional skills:

• Managerial skills and experience with gallery spaces or experience with social media

• Familiarity with CAD software such as SketchUp, Rhino, Adobe Illustrator, TinkerCAD.

To Apply: 

Please visit the Careers at BB&N page to complete your online application. Please upload your Cover Letter, Resume, and a PDF or web link to examples of work from previous students as well as examples of your professional work.

Buckingham Browne & Nichols School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, age, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any non-job related physical or mental disability. We welcome candidates who will increase our diversity; we encourage candidates of color and all diverse candidates to apply.

Buckingham Browne & Nichols Schools takes the health and safety of its community members very seriously. Because we serve students, we strongly encourage all employees to receive at least one of the Pfizer, or Moderna bivalent COVID-19 vaccines before commencing employment.