Current Openings

Spanish Teacher

Oliverian School is an alternative, college-preparatory boarding high school for bright adolescents who have not felt at home in traditional settings.  Our supportive academic and student-life program helps students embrace their unique identity, purpose, and voice so that they can contribute to any situation and find their place the world.

The Oliverian academic department provides an engaging and challenging academic curriculum that prepares students for college, while remaining responsive to their individual strengths, special needs, and diverse learning styles.  Oliverian teachers seek to inspire a love of learning through a focus on engagement, student choice, and experiential and applied learning. We support students in identifying, gaining access to, and transitioning into appropriate post-secondary opportunities.

The ideal candidate will:

• Plan and teach introductory through advanced Spanish classes for students in grades 9 through 12.
• Be responsible for providing exceptional instruction, balancing challenge and support for students with a wide range of learning profiles and academic background and ability.
• Serve as an academic advisor and team leader to a group of five or six students.  As team lead, you will be the point person for communication with parents, and will collaborate with other team members to develop individualized guidance for each advisee.
• Maintain excellent record keeping and communication regarding student work.
• Serve as respite dorm parent every third weekend.  Support after school programming and evening study halls one or two days per week. Respite duties include organizing campus extracurricular activities as well as leading off-campus trips.   Valid driver’s license required.
• Have a relevant bachelor’s degree and fluency in the Spanish language; advanced degree preferred.

Benefits:

• Health Insurance, Flexible Spending Plan, Vision Plan and Dental Plan
• 503b Retirement Plan: With standard matching per school plan
• Time-Off: 6- 8 weeks of vacation during regular school breaks
• Family Leave: Per school plan
• Meals: Meals are available to faculty and his/her family and visitors
• Housing: On campus housing provided

To Apply: Email your resume and cover letter to [email protected] with “Spanish Teacher” in the subject line. For additional information, please visit our website www.oliverianschool.org.

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Dorm Parent

Oliverian School is an alternative, college-preparatory boarding high school for bright adolescents who have not felt at home in traditional settings.  Our supportive academic and student-life program helps students embrace their unique identity, purpose, and voice so that they can contribute to any situation and find their place the world.

The Oliverian student life department provides a safe and supportive home environment in the dormitories, and joyful, enriching, and challenging extracurricular activities.  Dorm parents challenge students to grow and develop personally and socially while developing their independent living skills.

Specific areas of function will include:

• Living in the dormitory with the students and providing supervision, support, and programming each weekday afternoon and evening and every third weekend.
• Building developmental relationships with each student in the dorm, with an individualized focus on independent living skills, healthy social engagement, and productive use of free time.
• Teaching one class, in the fine arts, adventure, or stewardship.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• Have a relevant bachelor’s degree and/or experience in youth development

Benefits:

• Health Insurance, Flexible Spending Plan and Dental Plan
• Life Insurance and Short Term Disability
• 503b Retirement Plan: With standard matching per school plan
• Time-Off: 6- 8 weeks of vacation during regular school breaks
• Meals: Meals are available to faculty and his/her family and visitors
• Housing: On campus housing provided

To Apply: Email your resume and cover letter to [email protected] with “Dorm Parent” in the subject line. For additional information, please visit our website www.oliverianschool.org.

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Dean of Counseling

Oliverian School seeks a masters-level clinician and clinical supervisor to oversee our student support team, and to provide mental health counseling to our bright, engaging, and vulnerable high school students.  We are an alternative, college-preparatory boarding high school for bright adolescents who are struggling with challenges such as anxiety, depression, school avoidance, and learning differences.  We help students embrace their unique identities, purpose, and voice so that they can contribute to any situation and find their place in the world.  

Position

The Dean of Counseling leads the student support team at Oliverian and reports to the Head of School. The Oliverian student support department provides flexible and responsive holistic support to help each student at Oliverian thrive and grow.  Our counselors are deeply invested in our community and must be comfortable managing professional boundaries while engaging students and parents in a variety of settings and roles.  

Specific areas of function as dean include:

• Supervise fellow counselor(s) and support coach(es), providing for the implementation of appropriate academic, mental health, and behavioral supports for all students
• Carry a caseload of up to 15 students, providing individual therapy to each student in creative, adaptive and flexible ways in order to maximize emotional, social and physical well-being of students. 
• Work within a collaborative, multidisciplinary team, coordinating and facilitating student’s skill-building and growth. 
• Support the ongoing development and implementation of wellness programming.
• Support evening and weekend supervision in the role of Administrator on Duty, supporting campus staff and responding as needed to emergencies.
• Participate fully in all school-wide events, including faculty and student orientations, family weekends, spring adventure weekend, graduation weekend, and several days of training at the end of each term.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be licensed in the state of New Hampshire.
• Love working with adolescents.
• Have provided therapy in a school setting or within a community model for at least 5 years.
• Be comfortable and experienced with a wide range and intensity of mental health issues, including safety assessment and planning.
• Communicate clearly and consistently with all necessary stake-holders and maintain organized and detailed clinical documentation.
• Have a Master’s in Mental Health Counseling, Social Work, Psychology or related degree.
• Have knowledge of, and experience utilizing, various therapeutic modalities. 

Benefits: 

• Health Insurance, Flexible Spending Plan, Vision Plan and Dental Plan
• 503b Retirement Plan: With standard matching per school plan (5%)
• Meals: Meals are available to faculty and their family and visitors
• Housing: On campus housing provided 

To Apply: Email your resume and cover letter to [email protected] with “Dean of Counseling” in the subject line. For additional information, please visit our website at www.oliverianschool.org.

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Mental Health Counselor

Are you ready to engage with students in a dynamic and immersive way?  To have an impact on a student’s daily life, helping them work towards change and growth?  To work with a team of dedicated and passionate educators that keep the student at the forefront of their daily work? 

Oliverian School seeks a masters-level clinician to provide mental health counseling to our bright, engaging, and vulnerable high school students.  We are an alternative, college-preparatory boarding high school for bright adolescents who are struggling with challenges such as anxiety, depression, school avoidance, and learning differences.  We help students embrace their unique identities, purpose, and voice so that they can contribute to any situation to find their place in the world.  

Our counselors are deeply invested in our community and must be comfortable managing professional boundaries while engaging students and parents in a variety of settings and roles.  They provide individual therapy to each student in creative, adaptive and flexible ways in order to maximize emotional, social and physical well-being of students. They work within a collaborative, multidisciplinary team, coordinating and facilitating student’s skill-building and growth. 

The ideal candidate will:

• Be licensed or license ready in the state of New Hampshire.
• Love working with adolescents.
• Have provided therapy in a school setting or within a community model.
• Be comfortable and experienced with a wide range and intensity of mental health issues, including safety assessment and planning.
• Communicate clearly and consistently with all necessary stake-holders and maintain organized and detailed clinical documentation.
• Have a Master’s in Mental Health Counseling, Social Work, Psychology or related degree.
• Have knowledge of, and experience utilizing, various therapeutic modalities. Knowledge of Evidence Based Practices and a willingness to engage in Practice Based Evidence, as well as other related clinical assessment skills.

Benefits: 

• Health Insurance, Flexible Spending Plan, Vision Plan and Dental Plan
• 503b Retirement Plan: With standard matching per school plan
• Time-Off: 6- 8 weeks of vacation during regular school breaks 
• Family Leave: Per school plan
• Clinical supervision
• Meals: Meals are available to faculty and their family and visitors
• Housing: On campus housing provided 

If you are passionate about creating positive and supportive relationships with teens, please reach out to us!

To Apply: Email your resume and cover letter to [email protected] with “Mental Health Counselor” in the subject line. For additional information, please visit our website at www.oliverianschool.org.