Why Join Us?
We attract and retain top talent by offering meaningful work, a collaborative culture, and opportunities to learn, lead, and thrive. We believe in investing in those who invest in our students. See what SLS offers below.
Employment Benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Health and life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability benefits
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development
- Educational expenses reimbursement
- Healthy lunches and snacks, daily, for free
- For children of employees: partial tuition remission and free summer camp
Supporting Your Growth
We believe great teaching is always evolving. Our Faculty Growth & Renewal Program gives teachers the time and support to reflect, set goals, and bring fresh ideas into the classroom. It’s a chance to grow as a professional and make learning even more meaningful for students.
Faculty Growth & Renewal Program
Our Educator Competencies define what excellent teaching looks like at SLS. These focus on building strong relationships, creating engaging learning experiences, providing thoughtful feedback, and continually growing as educators.
Our Culture
SLS is more than a workplace, it’s a community. We value respect, connection, and the unique perspectives each person brings. Our Vision for Inclusive Excellence, adopted in 2017, deepens this commitment, ensuring that equity and belonging are part of how we teach, learn, and work together.
At SLS, every individual community member belongs, is valued, and has a stake in the life and purpose of the school.
Current Opportunities
There are no current vacancies.
To be considered for future teaching roles at SLS, please contact:
Elizabeth Perry: [email protected]
There are no current vacancies.
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To be considered for future administrative or staff roles at SLS, please contact:
Kelsey Clegg: [email protected]
Varsity Assistant - Field Hockey
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To be considered for future athletic department roles at SLS, please contact:
Anna Knechtel: [email protected]
FAQs
Most class sections are about 13-16 students. None are bigger than 18 except for ensemble classes like Band or Chorus, and it’s not unusual to have a class size of 10 or fewer.
SLS uses a rotating 5-day schedule, as pictured below. You'll see that Upper School classes are 60 minutes long and meet three days out of every five. Middle School classes are 45 minutes long, meeting four days out of every five. In addition, there are designated times for community gatherings such as Advisory, Town Meetings, extra help, Meditations, and Clubs.
A full-time teaching load at SLS is four courses. Teachers receive a stipend if they are asked to teach an overload.
Our work day begins at 8:00am, but first period begins at 9:00am. That morning time in between is used for faculty meetings, student extra help, and collaborative time with colleagues.
No, but contribution to some form of the student-facing after-school co-curricular program each season is an expectation. Often, this takes the form of athletic coaching, simply because that’s the program with the most number of student participants and thus our area of greatest need. A willing and able assistant coach, even in a sport you never played, is always appreciated!
However, other forms of co-curricular work also contribute greatly to the life of the school - that could be with our thriving Theater program, the designLab, the Debate Team, the student newspaper, community service, or even driving a van and working the score clock at a game.
Extensive! We believe that the quality of the classroom experience is paramount, so where better to invest our time and financial resources? Of course, our FGR program is, at its core, all about teacher growth (please see our video on this page to learn more). We also have a substantial budget for professional development (PD) to support faculty growth, which nearly every teacher takes advantage of every year. We have used that budget to fund both on- and-off-campus PD opportunities; we offer tuition assistance for graduate school studies; and we have even supported ambitious DIY opportunities that our colleagues have proposed and created themselves, such as an entire department traveling overseas to study a region featuring prominently in the curriculum, or a road trip through the American South along the U.S. Civil Rights Trail.
SLS does not offer faculty housing. This area has many different settings to offer, and faculty and staff tend to live in a wide variety of locations – just like our student body, which draws from over 40 towns in Fairfield County (CT) and Westchester County (NY). Our faculty live all over, from the big-city energy of New York or New Haven, to nearby hubs like Stamford and Norwalk, to quieter suburban towns and even rural communities with working farms.
EEO Policy Statement and Compliance
Equal Opportunity Employer
St. Luke’s School is an equal opportunity employer. St. Luke’s School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, disability, veteran status or sexual orientation or any other basis prohibited by law with regard to hiring, terms and conditions of employment or educational programs. We strive to provide a welcoming educational environment where the value and dignity of each and every member is respected and valued.
Compliance
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