Careers
Founded in 1923, Garden School is a small, lower tuition NYC Nursery through 12th grade independent school in one of the most diverse neighborhoods on the planet, Jackson Heights, Queens. Garden School approaches its centennial with the same enthusiasm as always, to educate the whole person across a broad curriculum, preparing them to be caring, engaged citizens for the world ahead. We believe it is a school’s job to spark, acknowledge, and promote the passions and interests of children, and look for faculty and staff who embody these goals. The Garden experience is built upon a professional and caring relationship among teachers, students, families, and administrators and a firm commitment to understand, interpret and present each child as an individual. While Garden School is the most global of all NYC schools with students and families from across the world, we are a small school with a very tight community.
Garden School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, religion, ethnicity, age, national origin, gender, or sexual orientation in its hiring and promotion of administrators, faculty and staff, and in its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and financial aid programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
JOB POSTINGS
Garden School is excited to announce the opening of an Upper Division Science faculty position for the fall of 2025. The position is focused on the life sciences (e.g. Life Science, Biology, etc.) in the upper grades (7 – 11) so experience teaching Science to older students and comfort with a range of life sciences is required. Â
Garden School is an innovative and collaborative environment where teachers have smaller than usual rosters so they may focus on the interests and needs of bright and sophisticated individuals all of whom are college bound. Teaching faculty at Garden enjoy a great deal of autonomy in the material they cover in tandem with well-developed support structures to employ best practices in their discipline.
The Science Department consists of six faculty who teach Life Science, Physical Science, Bio I Chemistry, Astronomy, AP Bio, Physics, Advanced Physics, Intro to Robotics, and Advanced Robotics across the Upper School, Deans who support faculty in different grades, and Chairs for both Science and STEM. Garden School has a 101 year tradition of recognizing the value of the Sciences in its curriculum and is proud to call many high profile doctors, scientists, medical professionals, and researchers among its alumni.Â
At Garden, faculty enjoy small classes and the time and autonomy to help students develop effective routines, explore and analyze various sources, inquire and experiment, learn and apply important structures for lab work, and demonstrate knowledge through a balance of traditional and creative endeavors. Garden recently adopted a new strategic plan which calls on us to grow innovative programs that cross disciplines and challenge the notion of how students learn. Further, as part of a multi-year capital campaign, a new Robotics and Engineering Lab opens this Fall alongside two brand new Science labs which opened in the last two years.Â
If you enjoy working with an innovative team, employing best-practice in the classroom, helping bright students achieve their potential, and seeing every child as an individual, then please forward your cover letter and resume to the attention of Mary Petruso at mpetruso@gardenschool.org
Salary Range: $52,000 – $64,500 commensurate with experienceÂ
Garden School is excited to announce the opening of an Upper School English and Humanities position for the fall of 2025. The position, focused on Literature and Humanities, will include a combination of Language Arts and History classes in the upper grades (7-12). Therefore, experience and expertise working with older students as well as comfort with a range of texts and practices relevant to young readers, writers and curious historians is required. Â
Garden School is an innovative and collaborative environment where teachers have smaller than usual rosters so they may focus on the interests and needs of bright and sophisticated individuals all of whom are college bound. Teaching faculty at Garden enjoy a great deal of autonomy in the material they cover in tandem with well-developed support structures to employ best practices in their discipline.
The Humanities Department consists of eight faculty who teach reading, writing, and history across the school, Deans who support faculty in different grades, and Chairs for both English and History. Garden School has a 101 year tradition of centering literacy and humanities in its program, and that continues to be true today. Our philosophy is such that the value of literature is recognized across our entire program and permeates different aspects of our curriculum and we recognize the importance of interdisciplinary approaches to literature, writing, and the study of history.Â
At Garden School, faculty enjoy small classes and are given the time and autonomy to help students develop effective routines, explore and analyze texts deeply, learn and apply important structures for writing, and demonstrate knowledge through a balance of traditional and creative endeavors across the humanities classes. Garden recently adopted a new strategic plan which calls on us to grow innovative programs that cross disciplines and challenge the notion of how students engage with learning.
The ideal candidate has experience teaching reading, writing, history, and/or humanities to older students. They should demonstrate a passion for literature, a desire to explore and connect across disciplines, and a commitment for addressing the individual child in their instruction through novel and innovative classroom experiences.
If you enjoy working with an innovative team, employing best-practice in the classroom, helping bright students achieve their potential, and seeing every child as an individual, then please forward your cover letter and resume to the attention of Mary Petruso at mpetruso@gardenschool.org
Salary Range: $52,000 – $64,500 commensurate with experience
Garden School is excited to announce the opening of an Upper Division Science faculty position for the fall of 2025. The position is focused on Physical Science, Physics, and Advanced Physics in grades 8 – 12 so experience teaching these topics to older students is required. Â
Garden School is an innovative and collaborative environment where teachers have smaller than usual rosters so they may focus on the interests and needs of bright and sophisticated individuals all of whom are college bound. Teaching faculty at Garden enjoy a great deal of autonomy in the material they cover in tandem with well-developed support structures to employ best practices in their discipline.
The Science Department consists of six faculty who teach Earth Science, Life Sciences, Physical Science, Bio I, Chemistry, Astronomy, AP Bio, Physics, Advanced Physics, Intro to Robotics, and Advanced Robotics across the Upper School, Deans who support faculty in different grades, and Chairs for both Science and STEM. Garden School has a 101 year tradition of recognizing the value of the Sciences in its curriculum and is proud to call many high profile doctors, scientists, medical professionals, and researchers among its alumni.Â
 At Garden, faculty enjoy small classes and the time and autonomy to help students develop effective routines, explore and analyze various sources, inquire and experiment, learn and apply important structures for lab work, and demonstrate knowledge through a balance of traditional and creative endeavors. Garden recently adopted a new strategic plan which calls on us to grow innovative programs that cross disciplines and challenge the notion of how students learn. Further, as part of a multi-year capital campaign, a new Robotics, Engineering, and Physics Lab opens this Fall alongside two brand new Science labs which opened in the last two years.Â
If you enjoy working with an innovative team, employing best-practice in the classroom, helping bright students achieve their potential, and seeing every child as an individual, then please forward your cover letter and resume to the attention of Mary Petruso at mpetruso@gardenschool.org
Salary Range: $52,000 – $64,500 commensurate with experienceÂ
