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Careers at GPS

Thank you for your interest in career opportunities at Girls Preparatory School. We are committed to finding educators and staff who have excellent credentials and who are dedicated to educating girls and supporting girls’ education.

If you have questions about careers at GPS or need assistance, please contact Kimberly Reid by email or phone at 423.634.7651.


Open Positions

Faculty + Staff Positions

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  • + Bus Driver

    ABOUT GIRLS PREPARATORY SCHOOL:
    Girls Preparatory School (GPS) was founded in 1906 to provide girls with the necessary courses to pursue a college education. GPS has proudly graduated almost 6,000 young women since then. Currently, 130 faculty and staff serve 510 girls in grades 6-12 with a college preparatory curriculum that includes a full complement of humanities, arts, and STEM courses, and co curricular programs of leadership development, athletics, performing arts, and community engagement.
     
    POSITION SUMMARY:
    Girls Preparatory School is looking for an experienced school bus driver for transporting students to and from GPS, following a preplanned route according to a defined time schedule through-out the school year. May include driving in the mornings, afternoons and evenings. Work will follow the school’s academic calendar. Due to this, work hours will be reduced during school closures/breaks (Summer Break, Fall Break, Winter Break, Spring Break, Holidays, etc).
     
    DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
    Reporting to the Transportation Manager:
    • Drive safely along designated routes.
    • Obey traffic laws, safety procedures, and transit regulations.
    • Pick up and drop off passengers at designated locations.
    • Follow a specific timetable while on duty.
    • Assist passengers with disabilities in getting on the bus.
    • Prevent or stop unruly behavior from passengers.
    • Communicate with passengers and employers regarding delays or any issues along a route.
    • Check the bus tires, lights, and oil when needed for essential maintenance.
     
    QUALIFICATIONS:
    • Must possess Class B CDL
    • Must be at least 25 years of age with a high school diploma or equivalent
    • Must have experience as a bus driver
    • Must have clean commercial driving record, P endorsement, and no air break restrictions
     
     
     
    It is the School’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, or disability or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws. It is the intent and resolve of the School to comply with the letter and the spirit of the law in the implementation of all facets of equal opportunity. The School’s equal employment opportunity practices extend to recruitment, hiring, selection, compensation, benefits, transfer, promotion, training, discipline, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.
     
    All employees are responsible for complying with the School's equal employment opportunity policy.

    Interested and qualified applicants, click here to apply. 

  • + Custodial Manager

    About Girls Preparatory School
    The mission of Girls Preparatory School (GPS) is to inspire each girl to lead a life of integrity and purpose by engaging her mind, cultivating her strengths, and nurturing her self-confidence and respect for others. Currently, approximately 130 faculty and staff serve approximately 500 girls in grades 6-12 with a college preparatory curriculum that includes a full complement of courses in the humanities, STEM, the arts, and more, as well as a rich and varied cocurricular program. 

    GPS prioritizes healthy connections and relationships, fostering a culture where each girl is known, heard, and empowered to use her voice. This culture of acceptance and belonging nurtures and lifts her up in mind, body, and spirit so that she can find her place and discover her potential with confidence and joy for dynamic engagement in a rapidly changing world. 

    Faculty support each student in a learner-centered and collaborative culture that is aligned with our mission, vision, and values.

    Furthermore, faculty and staff are expected to understand and embody our tenets of excellence.

    Essential Functions
    • Plan, schedule, assign, and supervise the activities of custodial staff. 
    • Manage inspection protocols and individual performance evaluations to maximize quality and efficiency of all team members.
    • Instructs all employees in the proper methods and use of materials and equipment for safe and efficient work performance.
    • Review team’s time cards and monitor absences, reassigning work as necessary.
    • Supervises and performs regular maintenance of equipment; makes repairs within abilities.
    • Request and purchase supplies as needed, within budget guidelines.
    • Responds to and takes appropriate actions in the event of emergency or critical incidents to resolve, confine or prevent potentially injurious or hazardous conditions.
    • Complete housekeeping duties in specified area(s) and as backup to absent colleagues.
    • Perform other duties as assigned.
    Qualifications
    • High school diploma or GED is preferred
    • At least four years of experience in custodial services. Supervisory experience, including knowledge of cleaning procedures, equipment and supplies, is preferred.
    • Ability to apply common sense understanding and to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form.
    • Knowledge of O.S.H.A. requirements and the ability to routinely follow those guidelines and requirements.
    • Basic computer skills and the ability to use a work order system.

    Physical Requirements and Work Environment
    • Tasks involve the ability to exert heavy physical effort, including climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling, and lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of moderately heavy objects and materials weighing up to 100 pounds.
    • Tasks are regularly performed with potential exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as strong odors, fumes, dusts, wetness, humidity, machinery, vibrations, temperature and noise extremes, disease, pathogenic substances and toxic/poisonous agents.

    It is the School’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, or disability or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws. It is the intent and resolve of the School to comply with the letter and the spirit of the law in the implementation of all facets of equal opportunity. The School’s equal employment opportunity practices extend to recruitment, hiring, selection, compensation, benefits, transfer, promotion, training, discipline, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.

    Click here to apply.

  • + Design Technology Lab Director

    About Girls Preparatory School
    The mission of Girls Preparatory School (GPS) is to inspire each girl to lead a life of integrity and purpose by engaging her mind, cultivating her strengths, and nurturing her self-confidence and respect for others. Currently, 130 faculty and staff serve approximately 520 girls in grades 6-12 with a college preparatory curriculum and a rich and varied cocurricular program. 

    GPS prioritizes healthy connections and relationships, fostering a culture where each girl is known, heard, and empowered to use her voice. This culture of acceptance and belonging nurtures and lifts her up in mind, body, and spirit so that she can find her place and discover her potential with confidence and joy for dynamic engagement in a rapidly changing world. 

    Faculty support each student in a learner-centered and collaborative culture that is aligned with our mission, vision, and values. Furthermore, faculty and staff are expected to understand and embody our tenets of excellence.

    Position Summary
    Girls Preparatory School seeks an educator who is excited about building students’ interest, skills, and opportunities in design technology and computer science through leadership, teaching, collaboration, and design technology lab management.  The Design Technology Lab Director will teach classes, guide and collaborate with students and teachers using the design technology lab, and influence the future trajectory of GPS’s design technology and computer science offerings. 

    Instruction and instructional collaboration will use learner-centered practices, take an interdisciplinary approach, and help students understand design and prototyping processes as well as technological tools. Courses taught may include middle school courses introducing design technology and computer science skills or more specialized courses in upper school. Staffing of specific courses will depend on the individual hired.

    As manager of the design technology lab, the person in this role will ensure that the lab is outfitted for use by students and faculty by maintaining and updating the labs equipment, such as 3D printers, robotics and electronics equipment, a podcast studio, a laser cutter, a video studio, VR equipment, and more. Further, the director will have significant influence on how future equipment and processes in the lab can best serve GPS students and faculty as they build technological skills and broader competencies for today and tomorrow.

    Our faculty strives to create personalized learning environments that are responsive to girls’ academic and individual needs. Being a teacher at GPS means working in an inclusive team setting where shared ideas and constructive feedback are the fabric of our faculty culture. We seek an educator whose instruction is authentic, equitable, competency-based, innovative and reflective of 21st-century learning best practices. Through high engagement, interdisciplinary connections, and learning activities that build critical thinking and problem-solving in students, the educator in this role will offer a vibrant and relational experience for GPS students.

    Teaching Duties and Responsibilities
    As a member of the STEM Department, the ideal candidate will possess an openness to embracing our evolving, cross-curricular departmental visions and ideas.

    Reporting to the Division Heads and the STEM Department Chair, the person in this role will:
    • Serve as an ambassador, idea-generator, guide, and steward of design technology possibilities within the GPS academic program;
    • Foster collaboration with and between students and faculty to promote the positive impact of design technology processes and capabilities across the curriculum;
    • Teach 2-3 sections of design technology and computer science classes using a learner-centered approach;
      • Plan, develop, and execute lessons that reflect our broader curriculum and adapt to the needs of students as they progress;
      • Establish effective rapport with students within a supportive and equitable classroom culture;
      • Implement a variety of learner-centered pedagogical approaches to instruction and assessment;
      • Evaluate and communicate student progress; 
    • Manage the GPS design technology lab by cataloging and maintaining equipment, scheduling users when needed, and working with individuals and groups seeking to make use of the lab;
    • Serve as an advisor to a group of 10-12 students;
    • Contribute to school life by sponsoring a club, offering an after-school activity, coaching, or some other method based on faculty interest; 
    • Attend and participate in departmental and conference meetings, committing to professional development and the professional life of the faculty; and
    • Use outstanding and varied written and verbal communication skills to partner with students, families, and colleagues.

    Qualifications
    • Bachelor’s degree;
    • Master’s degree in a relevant discipline preferred;
    • At least two years of experience at the middle/high school or college level preferred; and
    • Girls Preparatory School is committed to employing only individuals who are legally authorized to work in the United States.

    It is the School’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, or disability or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws. It is the intent and resolve of the School to comply with the letter and the spirit of the law in the implementation of all facets of equal opportunity. The School’s equal employment opportunity practices extend to recruitment, hiring, selection, compensation, benefits, transfer, promotion, training, discipline, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.
     
    All employees are responsible for complying with the School's equal employment opportunity policy.

    Click here to apply.

  • + Upper/Middle School Math Teacher

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    Girls Preparatory School has engaged DovetailED to lead this search. Interested candidates should email a cover letter (addressed to Director of College Counseling, Andrew Reich), a resume, and a list of at least three professional references consolidated as a single PDF document to Madison Sunley, Senior Recruiter, at madison@dovetailedsourcing.com. Please do not contact the school directly.

  • + Housekeeper

    ABOUT GIRLS PREPARATORY SCHOOL:
     
    Girls Preparatory School (GPS) was founded in 1906 to provide girls with the necessary courses to pursue a college education. GPS has proudly graduated almost 6,000 young women since then. Currently, 120 faculty and staff serve 500 girls in grades 6-12 with a college preparatory curriculum that includes a full complement of humanities, arts, and STEM courses, and cocurricular programs of leadership development, athletics, performing arts, and community engagement.
     
    POSITION SUMMARY:  The Housekeeper is responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness throughout the school. The Housekeeper is responsible for an area and will be expected to clean to the frequency and standard set. Full-time and part-time work available. 
     
    REPORTS TO:  Custodial Manager
     
    DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
    • Clean rooms, hallways, lobbies, lounges, restrooms, corridors, elevators, stairways, locker rooms and other work areas so that health standards are met.
    • Clean rugs, carpets, upholstered furniture, and/or draperies, using vacuum cleaners and/or shampooers.
    • Empty wastebaskets, and transport other trash and waste to disposal areas.
    • Carry linens, towels, toilet items, and cleaning supplies, using wheeled carts.
    • Sweep, scrub, wax, and/or polish floors, using brooms, mops, and/or powered scrubbing and waxing machines.
    • Dust and polish furniture and equipment.
    • Perform other duties as directed.
     
    QUALIFICATIONS
    • High school diploma or equivalent preferred
    • Knowledge of cleaning and sanitation products, techniques and method
    • Working knowledge of operating cleaning equipment
    • Physical stamina and mobility including ability to reach, kneel and bend
    • Ability to lift, push and pull required load (usually about 30lbs to 50lbs)
     
    It is the School’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, or disability or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws. It is the intent and resolve of the School to comply with the letter and the spirit of the law in the implementation of all facets of equal opportunity. The School’s equal employment opportunity practices extend to recruitment, hiring, selection, compensation, benefits, transfer, promotion, training, discipline, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.
     
     All employees are responsible for complying with the School's equal employment opportunity policy.

    Interested and qualified applicants, click here to apply. 

Coaching Positions

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  • + Head Varsity Volleyball Coach

    About Girls Preparatory School
    Girls Preparatory School (GPS) was founded in 1906 to provide girls with the necessary courses to pursue a college education. GPS has proudly graduated almost 6,000 young women. Currently, 130 faculty and staff serve approximately 500 girls in grades 6-12 with a college preparatory curriculum that includes a full complement of humanities, arts, and STEM courses and cocurricular programs of leadership development, athletics, and community engagement. 
     
    Position Summary
    The successful candidate will show the ability to provide leadership, organization, and supervision for the entire Volleyball program in a manner that aligns with the mission of the total athletic program at GPS. This individual will be responsible for providing direction, instruction, and supervision to female student athletes so they achieve a high level of skill and an appreciation for discipline, sportsmanship and teamwork. The candidate will also direct the activity and development of assistant and sub-varsity coaches.

    Duties and Responsibilities:
    • Instructs and demonstrates skill sets and techniques necessary for individual and team achievement in volleyball, aiding the educational and individual growth of team members. 
    • Implements and maintains a standard of performance consistent with the institution’s goals of athletic excellence while supporting the school’s standards for academic and personal discipline. 
    • Plans and sets up activities, practices, and interscholastic contests. Develops appropriate training programs and practice schedules. Travels with student athletes on the team bus to and from all games.
    • Enforces discipline policies, emphasizes good sportsmanship in word and behavior, and advocates healthy lifestyles. Supports and advocates the school’s belief in the value of multisport participation.
    • Supervises students in locker rooms at home and away games and ensures appropriate behavior. Maintains a safe environment for all student athletes at all times. 
    • Works closely with the athletic director in preparing practice and game schedules, purchasing uniforms, equipment and supplies, and collecting necessary medical forms. Monitors sustainable budgetary practices for the sport. Notifies the Athletic Director of facility needs or improvements as soon as possible.
    • Maintains appropriate certifications and training as required. Follows and maintains knowledge of all TSSAA policies, rules and procedures.
    • Monitors and directs the school’s social media efforts for volleyball. Informs local media of scores, stats, and stories related to the program.
    • Assists in the recruitment of student-athletes with aspirations of participating in college. 
    • Interacts thoughtfully and courteously with all students, staff, parents and officials and resolves conflict in a professional manner.  Professionally represents Girls Preparatory School at all times.
     
    Qualifications:
    • Bachelor’s Degree Expected
    • A minimum of two (2) years coaching secondary volleyball, preferably female student athletes
    • Knowledge of NFHS and TSSAA Rules for Volleyball
    It is the School’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, or disability or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws. It is the intent and resolve of the School to comply with the letter and the spirit of the law in the implementation of all facets of equal opportunity. The School’s equal employment opportunity practices extend to recruitment, hiring, selection, compensation, benefits, transfer, promotion, training, discipline, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.
     
    All employees are responsible for complying with the School's equal employment opportunity policy.

    Click here to apply.

Food Services

If you are interested in applying for a position in Food Services, please contact Richard O'Neal, Food Services Director, by email.

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Girls Preparatory School is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing a workplace free from discrimination and unlawful harassment. It is the School’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, or disability or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local anti-discrimination laws.

It is the intent and resolve of the School to comply with the letter and the spirit of the law in the implementation of all facets of equal opportunity. The School’s equal employment opportunity practices extend to recruitment, hiring, selection, compensation, benefits, transfer, promotion, training, discipline, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.

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