Approximately 300 people work at Riverdale, finding professional and personal fulfillment through working alongside creative and committed colleagues, pursuing opportunities for professional development, and enjoying benefits such as health/dental care, retirement plan, on-site daycare, and yoga.
Featured Jobs
Lower School Homebase Associate Teacher (2025-2026)
Riverdale Country School is seeking Lower School Homebase Associate Teachers for the 25-26 school year. Associate Teachers at Riverdale are individuals who are in the early stages of their careers as educators. These educators may remain in the role for up to a maximum of three years. Associate Teachers work alongside a Head Teacher to support a homebase class of students for the full year. Associate Teachers are predominantly involved in supporting students through small group or 1:1 instruction, though certainly have opportunities to lead full-group lessons. As full-time faculty members, Associate Teachers are also members of grade-level teams that engage in frequent collaboration related to planning, instruction, and assessment directly connected to student learning.
In addition to the intensive, hands-on, teaching experience, Associate Teachers also receive ongoing professional development. These opportunities are geared toward strengthening foundational teaching practices as well as supporting individuals in their pursuit of future career opportunities. Associate Teachers may remain at Riverdale a maximum of three years and are supported in their pursuit of other opportunities beyond their time at the school.
Penn Fellows Program: Middle and Upper School Teaching Fellowship in English
In partnership with the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education (GSE), Riverdale will be seeking to hire a Penn Fellow in the English Department for a two-year position. The English Fellow will teach a reduced course load in the Middle and/or Upper School while taking graduate classes and pursuing a Master’s degree at Penn GSE. More information about this program is available on the Penn website, linked here, as well as our specific Penn Fellows page on our website.
Penn Fellows Program: Middle and Upper School Teaching Fellowship in History
In partnership with the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education (GSE), Riverdale will be seeking to hire a Penn Fellow in the History Department for a two-year position. The History Fellow will teach a reduced course load in the Middle and/or Upper School while taking graduate classes and pursuing a Master’s degree at Penn GSE. More information about this program is available on the Penn website, linked here, as well as our specific Penn Fellows page on our website.
Boys Varsity Tennis Head Coach
Rivedale Country School is seeking a Boys Varsity Head Coach.
Riverdale Athletics’ mission is to provide a meaningful athletic experience for each student-athlete, while maximizing student participation, promoting sportsmanship, representing the school with integrity, and understanding the importance of balancing the commitments of being a student-athlete. We aim to hire coaches who emulate the values of both Riverdale Athletics and Riverdale Country School.
The season begins on February 19th and concludes with a final regular-season contest on May 12th. The season could be extended depending on ranking within the New York State Association of Independent Schools Playoffs (championship game is May 21st).
Weekday practices run from 3:30-5:45 with contests taking place on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Riverdale is fortunate to be one of the few New York City independent schools to be able to practice and compete on an on-campus regulation tennis courts.
The head tennis coach will oversee most aspects of the program, working with assistant coach. Previous high school or collegiate coaching experience is a must with special consideration given to those individuals with previous head coaching experience.
The candidate must be able to fuse technical and tactical aspects of the game toward a level of success that is representative of the student-athlete potential while creating a physically safe and psychologically supportive environment.
Middle and Upper School Computer Science / STEM Teacher
Riverdale is seeking an innovative Middle and Upper School Computer Science / STEM teacher to develop and teach both introductory and advanced computer science classes. Our courses use a variety of programming languages, including block-based coding, JavaScript, Processing/p5.js, Python, and Java. In addition, the computer science teacher will assist with various extracurricular activities and programs such as Vex Robotics, Girls Who Code, Rocketry, Game Design Group, and Build a Ware. Additionally, we are looking for a candidate who intentionally uses their teaching practice to build and sustain an inclusive learning environment for all students. The candidate must meet the needs of students across a range of academic abilities and identities. Candidates with a background in teaching mathematics, science, robotics, and/or maker courses are preferred.
Upper School Math Teacher (Immediate Leave Replacement Opening)
Riverdale’s Mathematics Department seeks an enthusiastic and collegial educator to teach Upper School Math (Pre-Calculus & Calculus). This immediate leave replacement opening is 3/4 time for the remainder of the 2024-2025 school year. This opportunity will begin as a co-teaching position with current Riverdale faculty, with the hope that the candidate will be able to assume full responsibility of the classes after a transitionary period.
We hope for a candidate with deep content knowledge but, as importantly, a solid understanding of how people learn in a lasting and transferable way. We seek a candidate who likes young people and can demonstrate that to them meaningfully, and who sees their job as educating the whole child, not just in their discipline.
Professional
& Personal
Development
A generous professional-development budget provides for conferences, skills training, and onsite training in areas such as mindfulness, coaching, classroom technology, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Zagat Global Fellows program pays for faculty to make extended visits to schools overseas — teachers have gone to England, China, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Grants &
Stipends
All employees are eligible for Frankel Fellow grants, known as “passion grants,” which pay for enrichment activities. More than 120 grants have been made to faculty and staff since the program started in 2014. Stipends are available for coaching, advising clubs with significant out-of-school time, and chaperoning trips (including global trips!). After 10 years, faculty are eligible for a sabbatical. You can take a half-year sabbatical at full pay or a full-year sabbatical at half-pay. (Or, you can take a payout of a half-year’s salary while you continue working.)
Age Smart
Employer
In 2018, the Robert N. Butler Columbia Aging Center presented us with an Age Smart Employer Award for offering programs to support workers of all ages. The Selection Committee took note of the grants established by the Frankel family that allow faculty and staff to explore personal passions during the summer recess.
Transportation
Faculty shuttles are offered from Manhattan and from the 242nd St/Broadway subway station, making stops near transit hubs including the MetroNorth – Harlem Station, subway lines – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, N, Q, R, A, B, C, and D, and the Henry Hudson Parkway at the 246th St bus stop, connecting to #7 and #10 bus and Express Buses from Manhattan.
Equal Opportunity
Statement
Riverdale Country School seeks diversity in its faculty, staff, and student body. In admission and employment policies and practices, in financial aid and loan programs, and in all its educational programs, Riverdale does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national and ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, and any other protected categories under applicable law.
It is the policy of Riverdale Country School to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, national and ethnic origin, citizenship, marital status, disability, military status, or any other basis protected by applicable law to all qualified employees and applicants for employment.