Working at Webb School
Thank you for your interest in Webb School, a dynamic learning and teaching community of more than 1,200 students, faculty, and staff.
We seek collaborative and creative educators who are committed to working in a mission-focused, independent day school environment. We invite you to review our website for information about Webb academics, athletics, arts, and other school programs and activities. Should you find a position listing that matches your interests and professional qualifications, we encourage you to apply. Job postings include specific application instructions.
Current Job Openings
- Accordion
- Lower School Substitute Teacher
- Middle School Substitute Teacher
- UPPER SCHOOL SUBSTITUTE TEACHER
- Head Cross Country Coach/Program Director
- Upper School teacher of English
- Development & Database Coordinator
- Assistant Varsity and JV Girls Volleyball Coach
Lower School Substitute Teacher
The substitute teacher is responsible for operating a safe, orderly, and positive classroom environment under the direction of the co-teacher/lead teacher for the department/grade level while the regular teacher is absent. The substitute teacher must effectively manage the classroom and provide instruction for students, strictly following the regular teacher's lesson plans and adhering to all district and school policies and procedures.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER:
- Provide meaningful instruction to students in assigned classrooms while regular teacher is absent.
- Review and implement regular teacher's routines, procedures, lesson plans, curriculum objectives, classroom management, and instructional strategies.
- Establish and maintain a safe and orderly classroom environment; take all reasonable precautions to protect students, facilities, and materials.
- Communicate clearly and effectively to students, faculty, and staff.
- Report all student injuries, accidents, illnesses, and serious discipline problems to school administration as soon as possible.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must hold a high school diploma.
- Must possess a passion for educating elementary school students.
- Must thrive in an innovative environment.
- Must work collaboratively to form creative solutions.
- Must believe all kids can learn and achieve at high academic levels.
Qualified Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resumé to:
Kristi Wofford, Head of Webb Lower School, Attention Jodi Graham, Lower School Office Assistant, at jodi.graham@webbschool.org.
Only those selected to be interviewed will be contacted. Thank you.
Middle School Substitute Teacher
A substitute teacher is responsible for operating a safe, orderly, and positive classroom environment under the direction of the co-teacher/lead teacher for the department/grade level while the regular teacher is absent. The substitute teacher must effectively manage the classroom and provide instruction for students, strictly following the regular teacher's lesson plans and adhering to all district and school policies and procedures.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER:
- Provide meaningful instruction to students in assigned classrooms while regular teacher is absent.
- Review and implement regular teacher's routines, procedures, lesson plans, curriculum objectives, classroom management, and instructional strategies.
- Establish and maintain a safe and orderly classroom environment; take all reasonable precautions to protect students, facilities, and materials.
- Communicate clearly and effectively to students, faculty, and staff.
- Report all student injuries, accidents, illnesses, and serious discipline problems to school administration as soon as possible.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must hold a high school diploma.
- Must possess a passion for educating middle school students.
- Must thrive in an innovative environment.
- Must work collaboratively to form creative solutions.
- Must believe all kids can learn and achieve at high academic levels.
Please email your resumé to Judy Legg at jlegg@webbschool.org.
UPPER SCHOOL SUBSTITUTE TEACHER
A substitute teacher is responsible for operating a safe, orderly, and positive classroom environment under the direction of the co-teacher/lead teacher for the department/grade level while the regular teacher is absent. The substitute teacher must effectively manage the classroom and provide instruction for students, strictly following the regular teacher's lesson plans and adhering to all district and school policies and procedures.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER:
- Provide meaningful instruction to students in assigned classrooms while regular teacher is absent.
- Review and implement regular teacher's routines, procedures, lesson plans, curriculum objectives, classroom management, and instructional strategies.
- Establish and maintain a safe and orderly classroom environment; take all reasonable precautions to protect students, facilities, and materials.
- Communicate clearly and effectively to students, faculty, and staff.
- Report all student injuries, accidents, illnesses, and serious discipline problems to school administration as soon as possible.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must hold a B.A., B.S., or Associates Degree
- Must possess a passion for educating upper school students.
- Must thrive in an innovative environment.
- Must work collaboratively to form creative solutions.
- Must believe all kids can learn and achieve at high academic levels.
For consideration, please email your resumé to Francesca Latham at Francesca.latham@webbschool.org
Head Cross Country Coach/Program Director
Webb School of Knoxville is a PreK – 12th grade independent preparatory school located in Knoxville, Tennessee. Enrollment at the school is currently 1077. Athletics play an integral role in the Webb School experience. They are an extension of our classrooms where dynamic growth transpires; where our students continue to learn about hard work, perseverance, and dedication toward a goal. They are about supporting and sacrificing for a team; about competing with character to bring out the best in yourself, your teammates, and your opponents; and about winning and losing with humility. It’s all about the challenge – one that we enthusiastically embrace.
Our emphasis is on chasing excellence in every sport we offer. We have a proud history of growing successful teams that compete at advanced levels. Webb School boasts 76 state championships – 40 in girls, 36 in boys – in 14 different sports. Over 75% of our students in grades 7 through 12 participate in at least one athletic team. Spartan graduates have gone on to play at colleges and universities across the nation, as well as professionally. Our seasoned coaching staff, which includes over 80 coaching positions, and our outstanding facilities are cornerstones of a storied athletics tradition.
Our facilities are impressive. We have three gyms, 4 fields, 3 indoor tennis courts, football stadium and turf football and lacrosse field, track, and running course. In the fall of 2023, we will be adding to our athletic facilities a new softball complex, indoor hitting and pitching facility, turf lacrosse field, and Elite Fitness and Training Center which will include an indoor turf field, weight room, cardio mezzanine, golf simulator, fitness/yoga studio, classroom and team meeting room, and personal fitness trainers.
Job Summary
The Head Cross Country Coach/Program Director is responsible for shaping and guiding all aspects of the program, grades 6-12, and reports directly to the Director of Athletics. The head coach must be a dynamic, innovative, and inspirational leader with a demonstrated commitment and passion for working with young people while collaborating effectively with parents, faculty, administration, and colleagues. He/she will emphasize the importance of a positive team culture, demonstrate a winning attitude, model exceptional sportsmanship, and will be a skilled teacher of fundamentals, technique, and character. He/she will support the school’s mission in providing opportunities for each student to develop their full potential academically, socially, and physically.
**This is a part-time, stipend position. Full-time faculty/staff positions maybe available**
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Plan, organize and implement the teaching of techniques, strategies, and proper conditioning, including the off-season
- Provide an atmosphere conducive to good sportsmanship; compile and maintain accurate performance statistics and records; utilize athletic administration curriculum
- Work well with other sports and school programming to allow for students pursuing appropriately balanced multi-sport/activity opportunities
- Ensure that adequate supervision is provided for all students involved in the program; provide for the safety by inspecting facilities/equipment and being aware of environmental conditions
- Issue, collect, inventory, store equipment and uniforms consistent with department guidelines in a timely manner. Adhere to TSSAA uniform regulations
- Develop and maintain positive, productive relationships with the entire Webb community
- Maintain and appropriately allocate a budget for the program
- Assist in the college recruitment process
- Coordinate, manage, develop, and evaluate all members of the coaching staff throughout the program
- Facilitate coaches, team, and parent meetings
- Comply with the rules, expectations and regulations of Webb and the TSSAA
- Timely and consistent communication of scheduling logistics throughout the school year and enforcement of all team and school policies relating to all activities according to the employee and athletic department handbook
- Actively participate in admission events and contribute to Camp Webb programming
- Additional duties as assigned by the Director of Athletics
Qualifications include, but are not limited to the following:
- Embraces and embodies Webb School’s purposefully stated mission statement
- Has extensive knowledge and successful experience coaching at the club, high school and/or intercollegiate level, with preference given to those who have served as a head coach
- Takes the initiative and possesses the energy needed to energize, lead and grow an athletic program in a K-12, coed independent school environment
- Familiarity with TSSAA policies and procedures preferred
- Bachelor’s degree required; graduate-level degree preferred
Please apply online and submit a cover letter and resume. Application questions can be directed to Leah Roberts via leah.roberts@webbschool.org.
Upper School teacher of English
Webb School of Knoxville seeks a full-time Upper School teacher of English for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Responsibilities include:
- Teach five sections of Upper School English
- Collaborate closely with department members in the planning and implementation of courses
- Serve as an advisor to students
- Participate in relevant meetings, trips, and activities and carry out other faculty duties
Desired Qualifications:
- Minimum 2 years of teaching experience
- Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree in English or related field preferred
Interested candidates should email a cover letter and resume to:
Matt Macdonald
Head of Upper School
Webb School of Knoxville
matthew.macdonald@webbschool.org
Development & Database Coordinator
In addition to helping to implement the stated goals of the Development Office and the mission of Webb School, this full-time position is specifically responsible for gift entry, data processing and donor acknowledgement to ensure that all cash gifts, stock donations, and pledges are accurately recorded in the database and donor acknowledgements are sent in a timely manner in compliance with donor acknowledgement standards. This position reports directly to the Director of Development but supports the full advancement team.
- Follow best practices gift processing standards to assure donations will be used for the purposes for which they were given and to protect donor confidentiality to the extent provided by law.
- Serve as a primary resource concerning gift policy and gift data entry procedures, determining appropriate processing methods and special handling requirements regarding Endowment funds, Securities, Donor Advised Funds and Gifts-in-Kind.
- Analyze, code and enter all gift transactions in the donor database.
- Reconcile bank deposits with gift transmittal report with business office.
- Process Matching Gifts, including filing of all related paperwork and responding to all requests made by matching gift organizations.
- Ensure all donors receive proper acknowledgement concerning tax receipts (i.e. soft credits may not receive tax credit).
- Maintain a system that ensures donor acknowledgements are sent within 48 hours of receipt of gift. This is for all gifts, IMO, Annual Giving, IHO, Capital, Endowment, etc.
- Ensure all acknowledgement letters are up to date and prepared for all donor categories and adjust individual letters where necessary.
- Proficiency with donor database systems and capable of applying current proficiency toward learning the Veracross database system for independent schools.
- Proficient in running donor reports, generating queries, inputting constituent information, and analyzing data to make decisions.
- The Development & Database Coordinator will comply with, maintain, and continually update a resource book of best practices for gift recording, acknowledgements and data management.
- Special Events support and participation.
- Coordinate event rsvp and attendance reconciliation.
- Prepare reports for Board of Trustees meetings and other similar advancement functions
- Prepare direct mail campaigns by running appropriate queries, editing letters, and developing mail merge files
- Run annual Development analysis for annual DASL reports.
- Reconcile all numbers with the Business Office to ensure accurate data reporting. Oversee Honor Roll of Donors procedures, including research and confirmation of Donor Listings.
- Process and maintain schedule for Pledge Reminders, Credit Card payments, Electronic Fund Transfers, and Payroll Deduction.
- Process all stock gift transactions including verification of stock value in partnership with Webb’s brokerage firm. Provide administrative, stewardship, and dashboard tracking support for fundraising campaigns.
- Assist team members with all Development & alumni event logistics.
- Coordinate Development office organization and supplies.
- Serve as customer service liaison to all school constituents.
- Proactively assist the Webb community.
- May require some night and weekend work with events.
To apply please send resume and cover letter to Hugh.nystrom@webbschool.org
Assistant Varsity and JV Girls Volleyball Coach
Purpose: Webb School of Knoxville is looking for a highly qualified Assistant Varsity and JV Girls Volleyball Coach for the fall of 2024 (August 1 st ). Successful candidates possess a strong volleyball background with an energetic approach to teaching and mentoring young athletes. Candidates must attend all practices and competitions and manage aspects of the program assigned by the program director.
- Previous volleyball coaching experience required (school or club)
- Ability to successfully communicate with student-athletes, parents and members of the Webb athletic department
- Strong leadership and coaching presence
- Positively represent Webb School, along with appropriate supervision at all times
- Be on time to all required coaching responsibilities.
- Help Manage game day logistics.
- Development and implementation of daily practice plans
Webb School is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants. All employment decisions at Webb School are based on school needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications without regard to race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, creed, disability, family or parental status, or any other status protected by federal or state laws or regulations. Webb School will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.