Boston College High School

Boston College High School is a Jesuit Catholic college preparatory day school in Boston, serving over 1,000 students in grades 6–12. Founded in 1863, it has shaped young men around a mission rooted in the Ignatian tradition: forming leaders of competence, conscience, and compassion. The phrase "ad majorem Dei gloriam"—for the greater glory of God—anchors both curriculum and community life.

Teaching here means joining faculty committed to academic rigor alongside formation in faith. Jesuit pedagogy emphasizes the whole person, not test scores alone. Classroom work integrates questions of justice, ethics, and service with subject mastery. For educators who see teaching as vocation, this creates genuine professional purpose. The school's size provides resources smaller schools cannot match: established departments, strong libraries, lab facilities, and technology infrastructure. Faculty also draw on proximity to Boston College and the city's intellectual resources.

What distinguishes the teaching culture is how the school expects faculty to hold both poles at once. Teachers deliver rigorous academics while also shepherding adolescent formation and moral development. It is demanding work, but it places you at the center of student growth rather than its periphery. The school reflects the diversity of the Catholic Church and surrounding community, shaping how curriculum and classroom conversation unfold.

Boston College High School hires across English, mathematics, sciences, humanities, and languages including Spanish, French, Latin, and Chinese. Administrative, residential life, and student support roles open periodically. The school seeks educators who understand how Catholic identity and academic excellence reinforce each other.

For teachers seeking mission-driven work in an urban day school setting, Boston College High School offers a distinctive faculty role.