Academic Positions
King’s Academy provides a world-class education to over 600 girls and boys from over 35 countries across grades 7-12. A boarding and day school in Jordan, King’s Academy offers unparalleled opportunity to students from all backgrounds. Over 50 percent of students receive financial support, and college matriculations from King’s span universities on six continents, including some of the most selective universities in the United States, the United Kingdom and elsewhere.
Come to King’s. Work with extraordinary students, collaborate with growth-oriented colleagues, contribute to the development of one of the world’s most dynamic schools, and make an impact.
Application Process
If you are interested in joining the dedicated professional team at King's Academy, you can apply online and upload the required documents as well as any videos that might provide insight about your teaching.
Resumes are accepted throughout the year, but most interviewing takes place between December and February at our school, a mutually agreed upon location, recruiting fairs or possibly via Skype. Ideally, a face-to-face interview will take place with each candidate.
King's Academy offers competitive salaries and benefits packages commensurate with experience. Initial faculty employment offers are usually for a two-year commitment.
Faculty Members
- Head of the Department of Communication, Rhetoric and the Literary Arts (CRLA)
- AP Chemistry-Anticipated (Upper School)
- AP Economics-Anticipated (Upper School)
- Arabic-Anticipated (Upper School)
- Computer Science-Anticipated (Upper School)
- English-Anticipated (Upper School)
- History-Anticipated (Upper School)
- Mathematics-Anticipated (Upper School)
- Physics-Anticipated (Upper School)
- Science (Biology, Chemistry or Physics)-Anticipated (Upper School)
Head of the Department of Communication, Rhetoric and the Literary Arts (CRLA)
King’s Academy in Madaba-Manja, Jordan has engaged DovetailED to lead the search for the school’s next Head of the Department of Communication, Rhetoric and the Literary Arts (CRLA). After reviewing the Opportunity Statement, interested candidates who have extensive division head experience should submit a single PDF application package consisting of a cover letter (addressed to Head of School Penny Townsend), resume, and list of references with contact information to DovetailED President Zack Lehman at zack@dovetailedsourcing.com.
Please refrain from contacting the school directly.
King’s Academy Head of the Upper School Opportunity Statement: https://bit.ly/3T0jHcW
AP Chemistry-Anticipated (Upper School)
King’s Academy anticipates having an opening for an AP Chemistry Faculty Member in its Upper School for the 2024-2025 academic year. A typical faculty teaching load at the Upper School includes:
- Five credits per semester
- After school co-curriculars each semester
- Supervisory and committee responsibilities
- Advisory role to an average group of 8 to 10 students
- For residential faculty, evening duty up to twice a week and weekend duty once every five or six weeks.
Furthermore, faculty members are expected to attend special events and meetings including those occasionally scheduled on weekends, such as new faculty orientation, student orientation, faculty meetings, departmental meetings, house meetings, advisor meetings, parents weekends and Commencement.
Various educational and character-building activities for students (e.g. community service) take place on weekends and during the summer. Faculty members are expected to volunteer as chaperones as per their interest and if selected to perform such duties during these trips. In short, being a teacher at King’s requires spirit and dedication. The qualities that our own faculty recognize as most essential to their success here include patience, energy, resilience, a genuine love of young people, sensitivity to cultural difference, adaptability and a commitment, in the classroom and beyond, to continued improvement.
Qualified and interested candidates should apply online, specifying the name of the vacancy mentioned above. Applications should include an up-to-date resume, along with copies of relevant certifications and two to three reference letters, as well as a reference list including name, position, working relationship with reference and their contact details (email and phone number).
Note: King’s Academy seeks faculty members who can coach sports such as soccer, basketball, volleyball, (varsity level), tennis, swimming and weight training as well as lead co-curricular activities such as publications, MUN, debate, drama and yoga.
AP Economics-Anticipated (Upper School)
King’s Academy anticipates having an opening for an AP Economics Faculty Member in its Upper School for the 2024-2025 academic year. A typical faculty teaching load at the Upper School includes:
- Five credits per semester
- After school co-curriculars each semester
- Supervisory and committee responsibilities
- Advisory role to an average group of 8 to 10 students
- For residential faculty, evening duty up to twice a week and weekend duty once every five or six weeks.
Furthermore, faculty members are expected to attend special events and meetings including those occasionally scheduled on weekends, such as new faculty orientation, student orientation, faculty meetings, departmental meetings, house meetings, advisor meetings, parents weekends and Commencement.
Various educational and character-building activities for students (e.g. community service) take place on weekends and during the summer. Faculty members are expected to volunteer as chaperones as per their interest and if selected to perform such duties during these trips. In short, being a teacher at King’s requires spirit and dedication. The qualities that our own faculty recognize as most essential to their success here include patience, energy, resilience, a genuine love of young people, sensitivity to cultural difference, adaptability and a commitment, in the classroom and beyond, to continued improvement.
Qualified and interested candidates should apply online, specifying the name of the vacancy mentioned above. Applications should include an up-to-date resume, along with copies of relevant certifications and two to three reference letters, as well as a reference list including name, position, working relationship with reference and their contact details (email and phone number).
Note: King’s Academy seeks faculty members who can coach sports such as soccer, basketball, volleyball, (varsity level), tennis, swimming and weight training as well as lead co-curricular activities such as publications, MUN, debate, drama and yoga.
Arabic-Anticipated (Upper School)
King’s Academy anticipates having an opening for an Arabic Faculty Member in its Upper School for the 2024-2025 academic year. A typical faculty teaching load at the Upper School includes:
- Five credits per semester
- After school co-curriculars each semester
- Supervisory and committee responsibilities
- Advisory role to an average group of 8 to 10 students
- For residential faculty, evening duty up to twice a week and weekend duty once every five or six weeks.
Furthermore, faculty members are expected to attend special events and meetings including those occasionally scheduled on weekends, such as new faculty orientation, student orientation, faculty meetings, departmental meetings, house meetings, advisor meetings, parents weekends and Commencement.
Various educational and character-building activities for students (e.g. community service) take place on weekends and during the summer. Faculty members are expected to volunteer as chaperones as per their interest and if selected to perform such duties during these trips. In short, being a teacher at King’s requires spirit and dedication. The qualities that our own faculty recognize as most essential to their success here include patience, energy, resilience, a genuine love of young people, sensitivity to cultural difference, adaptability and a commitment, in the classroom and beyond, to continued improvement.
Qualified and interested candidates should apply online, specifying the name of the vacancy mentioned above. Applications should include an up-to-date resume, along with copies of relevant certifications and two to three reference letters, as well as a reference list including name, position, working relationship with reference and their contact details (email and phone number).
Note: King’s Academy seeks faculty members who can coach sports such as soccer, basketball, volleyball, (varsity level), tennis, swimming and weight training as well as lead co-curricular activities such as publications, MUN, debate, drama and yoga.
Computer Science-Anticipated (Upper School)
King’s Academy anticipates having an opening for a Computer Science Faculty Member in its Upper School for the 2024-2025 academic year. A typical faculty teaching load at the Upper School includes:
- Five credits per semester
- After school co-curriculars each semester
- Supervisory and committee responsibilities
- Advisory role to an average group of 8 to 10 students
- For residential faculty, evening duty up to twice a week and weekend duty once every five or six weeks.
Furthermore, faculty members are expected to attend special events and meetings including those occasionally scheduled on weekends, such as new faculty orientation, student orientation, faculty meetings, departmental meetings, house meetings, advisor meetings, parents weekends and Commencement.
Various educational and character-building activities for students (e.g. community service) take place on weekends and during the summer. Faculty members are expected to volunteer as chaperones as per their interest and if selected to perform such duties during these trips. In short, being a teacher at King’s requires spirit and dedication. The qualities that our own faculty recognize as most essential to their success here include patience, energy, resilience, a genuine love of young people, sensitivity to cultural difference, adaptability and a commitment, in the classroom and beyond, to continued improvement.
Qualified and interested candidates should apply online, specifying the name of the vacancy mentioned above. Applications should include an up-to-date resume, along with copies of relevant certifications and two to three reference letters, as well as a reference list including name, position, working relationship with reference and their contact details (email and phone number).
Note: King’s Academy seeks faculty members who can coach sports such as soccer, basketball, volleyball, (varsity level), tennis, swimming and weight training as well as lead co-curricular activities such as publications, MUN, debate, drama and yoga.
English-Anticipated (Upper School)
King’s Academy anticipates having an opening for an English Faculty Member in its Upper School for the 2024-2025 academic year. A typical faculty teaching load at the Upper School includes:
- Five credits per semester
- After school co-curriculars each semester
- Supervisory and committee responsibilities
- Advisory role to an average group of 8 to 10 students
- For residential faculty, evening duty up to twice a week and weekend duty once every five or six weeks.
Furthermore, faculty members are expected to attend special events and meetings including those occasionally scheduled on weekends, such as new faculty orientation, student orientation, faculty meetings, departmental meetings, house meetings, advisor meetings, parents weekends and Commencement.
Various educational and character-building activities for students (e.g. community service) take place on weekends and during the summer. Faculty members are expected to volunteer as chaperones as per their interest and if selected to perform such duties during these trips. In short, being a teacher at King’s requires spirit and dedication. The qualities that our own faculty recognize as most essential to their success here include patience, energy, resilience, a genuine love of young people, sensitivity to cultural difference, adaptability and a commitment, in the classroom and beyond, to continued improvement.
Qualified and interested candidates should apply online, specifying the name of the vacancy mentioned above. Applications should include an up-to-date resume, along with copies of relevant certifications and two to three reference letters, as well as a reference list including name, position, working relationship with reference and their contact details (email and phone number).
Note: King’s Academy seeks faculty members who can coach sports such as soccer, basketball, volleyball, (varsity level), tennis, swimming and weight training as well as lead co-curricular activities such as publications, MUN, debate, drama and yoga.
History-Anticipated (Upper School)
King’s Academy anticipates having an opening for a History Faculty Member in its Upper School for the 2024-2025 academic year. A typical faculty teaching load at the Upper School includes:
- Five credits per semester
- After school co-curriculars each semester
- Supervisory and committee responsibilities
- Advisory role to an average group of 8 to 10 students
- For residential faculty, evening duty up to twice a week and weekend duty once every five or six weeks.
Furthermore, faculty members are expected to attend special events and meetings including those occasionally scheduled on weekends, such as new faculty orientation, student orientation, faculty meetings, departmental meetings, house meetings, advisor meetings, parents weekends and Commencement.
Various educational and character-building activities for students (e.g. community service) take place on weekends and during the summer. Faculty members are expected to volunteer as chaperones as per their interest and if selected to perform such duties during these trips. In short, being a teacher at King’s requires spirit and dedication. The qualities that our own faculty recognize as most essential to their success here include patience, energy, resilience, a genuine love of young people, sensitivity to cultural difference, adaptability and a commitment, in the classroom and beyond, to continued improvement.
Qualified and interested candidates should apply online, specifying the name of the vacancy mentioned above. Applications should include an up-to-date resume, along with copies of relevant certifications and two to three reference letters, as well as a reference list including name, position, working relationship with reference and their contact details (email and phone number).
Note: King’s Academy seeks faculty members who can coach sports such as soccer, basketball, volleyball, (varsity level), tennis, swimming and weight training as well as lead co-curricular activities such as publications, MUN, debate, drama and yoga.
Mathematics-Anticipated (Upper School)
King’s Academy anticipates having an opening for a Mathematics Faculty Member in its Upper School for the 2024-2025 academic year. A typical faculty teaching load at the Upper School includes:
- Five credits per semester
- After school co-curriculars each semester
- Supervisory and committee responsibilities
- Advisory role to an average group of 8 to 10 students
- For residential faculty, evening duty up to twice a week and weekend duty once every five or six weeks.
Furthermore, faculty members are expected to attend special events and meetings including those occasionally scheduled on weekends, such as new faculty orientation, student orientation, faculty meetings, departmental meetings, house meetings, advisor meetings, parents weekends and Commencement.
Various educational and character-building activities for students (e.g. community service) take place on weekends and during the summer. Faculty members are expected to volunteer as chaperones as per their interest and if selected to perform such duties during these trips. In short, being a teacher at King’s requires spirit and dedication. The qualities that our own faculty recognize as most essential to their success here include patience, energy, resilience, a genuine love of young people, sensitivity to cultural difference, adaptability and a commitment, in the classroom and beyond, to continued improvement.
Qualified and interested candidates should apply online, specifying the name of the vacancy mentioned above. Applications should include an up-to-date resume, along with copies of relevant certifications and two to three reference letters, as well as a reference list including name, position, working relationship with reference and their contact details (email and phone number).
Note: King’s Academy seeks faculty members who can coach sports such as soccer, basketball, volleyball, (varsity level), tennis, swimming and weight training as well as lead co-curricular activities such as publications, MUN, debate, drama and yoga.
Physics-Anticipated (Upper School)
King’s Academy anticipates having an opening for a Physics Faculty Member in its Upper School for the 2024-2025 academic year. A typical faculty teaching load at the Upper School includes:
- Five credits per semester
- After school co-curriculars each semester
- Supervisory and committee responsibilities
- Advisory role to an average group of 8 to 10 students
- For residential faculty, evening duty up to twice a week and weekend duty once every five or six weeks.
Furthermore, faculty members are expected to attend special events and meetings including those occasionally scheduled on weekends, such as new faculty orientation, student orientation, faculty meetings, departmental meetings, house meetings, advisor meetings, parents weekends and Commencement.
Various educational and character-building activities for students (e.g. community service) take place on weekends and during the summer. Faculty members are expected to volunteer as chaperones as per their interest and if selected to perform such duties during these trips. In short, being a teacher at King’s requires spirit and dedication. The qualities that our own faculty recognize as most essential to their success here include patience, energy, resilience, a genuine love of young people, sensitivity to cultural difference, adaptability and a commitment, in the classroom and beyond, to continued improvement.
Qualified and interested candidates should apply online, specifying the name of the vacancy mentioned above. Applications should include an up-to-date resume, along with copies of relevant certifications and two to three reference letters, as well as a reference list including name, position, working relationship with reference and their contact details (email and phone number).
Note: King’s Academy seeks faculty members who can coach sports such as soccer, basketball, volleyball, (varsity level), tennis, swimming and weight training as well as lead co-curricular activities such as publications, MUN, debate, drama and yoga.
Science (Biology, Chemistry or Physics)-Anticipated (Upper School)
King’s Academy anticipates having an opening for a Science Faculty Member (Biology, Chemistry or Physics) in its Upper School for the 2024-2025 academic year. A typical faculty teaching load at the Upper School includes:
- Five credits per semester
- After school co-curriculars each semester
- Supervisory and committee responsibilities
- Advisory role to an average group of 8 to 10 students
- For residential faculty, evening duty up to twice a week and weekend duty once every five or six weeks.
Furthermore, faculty members are expected to attend special events and meetings including those occasionally scheduled on weekends, such as new faculty orientation, student orientation, faculty meetings, departmental meetings, house meetings, advisor meetings, parents weekends and Commencement.
Various educational and character-building activities for students (e.g. community service) take place on weekends and during the summer. Faculty members are expected to volunteer as chaperones as per their interest and if selected to perform such duties during these trips. In short, being a teacher at King’s requires spirit and dedication. The qualities that our own faculty recognize as most essential to their success here include patience, energy, resilience, a genuine love of young people, sensitivity to cultural difference, adaptability and a commitment, in the classroom and beyond, to continued improvement.
Qualified and interested candidates should apply online, specifying the name of the vacancy mentioned above. Applications should include an up-to-date resume, along with copies of relevant certifications and two to three reference letters, as well as a reference list including name, position, working relationship with reference and their contact details (email and phone number).
Note: King’s Academy seeks faculty members who can coach sports such as soccer, basketball, volleyball, (varsity level), tennis, swimming and weight training as well as lead co-curricular activities such as publications, MUN, debate, drama and yoga.
Teaching Fellows
The King’s Academy Teaching Fellow Program is a two-year program with a one-year contract that will be renewed for a second year upon the teaching fellow's successful completion of the first year. The program gives new teachers a rich opportunity for professional and personal growth in an immersive boarding school setting. Through this program, teaching fellows will learn about the teaching profession through individual mentorship and group training, while teaching their own courses and guiding students outside the classroom in the student life program.
Humanities (Upper School)
Successful candidates, who will be supervised and mentored by the Director of Teaching and Learning and senior faculty members, will typically have the following duties during their first year:
- Teach two credits, each meeting four times per eight-day cycle
- Participate in classroom observations with experienced teachers, and actively partner with them to lead and instruct in classroom settings through team teaching
- Closely collaborate with the assigned mentor teacher, participating in weekly meetings to discuss pedagogical strategies, review classroom performance, and receive targeted feedback for professional growth
- Participate in the Teaching Fellow Seminar, in which novice and experienced teachers meet to discuss issues, strategies, techniques, readings, and their own writing and reflections about teaching
- Serve as a co-advisor to a group of students
- Share main meals with the students no more than four times a week
- Commit to a full-year engagement in co-curricular activities, which includes directing or co-directing activities over the course of three terms. Co-curricular activities include coaching athletic teams, advising a student publication, leading an artistic activity or community service, etc. This schedule is subject to change as a decision by the dean of students during the academic year.
- Attend programmatic school events (e.g. Parents Weekend, Orientation Week, Commencement) and proctor exams
- Serve on a weekend duty team
- Supervise students during evening study, in the houses, library or other areas of the school, twice each week
- Attend all professional faculty meetings, including department meetings and any other meetings called by the leadership
Candidates who successfully complete their first year, will, during their second year as Teaching Fellows, take on a full teaching load (five credits).
Qualified and interested candidates should apply online, specifying the name of the vacancy mentioned above. Applications should include an up-to-date resume, along with copies of relevant certifications and two to three reference letters, as well as a reference list including name, position, working relationship with reference and their contact details (email and phone number).
STEM (Upper School)
Successful candidates, who will be supervised and mentored by the Director of Teaching and Learning and senior faculty members, will typically have the following duties during their first year:
- Teach two credits, each meeting four times per eight-day cycle
- Participate in classroom observations with experienced teachers, and actively partner with them to lead and instruct in classroom settings through team teaching
- Closely collaborate with the assigned mentor teacher, participating in weekly meetings to discuss pedagogical strategies, review classroom performance, and receive targeted feedback for professional growth
- Participate in the Teaching Fellow Seminar, in which novice and experienced teachers meet to discuss issues, strategies, techniques, readings, and their own writing and reflections about teaching
- Serve as a co-advisor to a group of students
- Share main meals with the students no more than four times a week
- Commit to a full-year engagement in co-curricular activities, which includes directing or co-directing activities over the course of three terms. Co-curricular activities include coaching athletic teams, advising a student publication, leading an artistic activity or community service, etc. This schedule is subject to change as a decision by the dean of students during the academic year.
- Attend programmatic school events (e.g. Parents Weekend, Orientation Week, Commencement) and proctor exams
- Serve on a weekend duty team
- Supervise students during evening study, in the houses, library or other areas of the school, twice each week
- Attend all professional faculty meetings, including department meetings and any other meetings called by the leadership
Candidates who successfully complete their first year, will, during their second year as Teaching Fellows, take on a full teaching load (five credits).
Qualified and interested candidates should apply online, specifying the name of the vacancy mentioned above. Applications should include an up-to-date resume, along with copies of relevant certifications and two to three reference letters, as well as a reference list including name, position, working relationship with reference and their contact details (email and phone number).
Non-Teaching Faculty Members
Thank you for your interest. There are no vacancies available at this time.