Greenwood Friends School

Greenwood Friends School is a day school in Orangeville, Pennsylvania, serving preschool through elementary students. With fewer than 100 students, the school creates conditions where teachers know each child and every family by name. This scale shapes how the school operates: curriculum is flexible, decision-making is collaborative, and individual students matter visibly to adults every day.

The school's teaching mission rests on Quaker principles: peace, integrity, equality, community, simplicity, and stewardship. These values are woven into how classes run, how teachers handle conflict, and how the school makes choices as a community. Faculty members are hired to embody these principles, not simply to teach them. Spanish language instruction runs through elementary grades, signaling the school's commitment to linguistic development and cultural awareness from an early age.

Small schools require faculty to wear multiple hats. Teachers at Greenwood Friends School often support recess, lunch, or special events alongside classroom work. This breadth—rather than narrow specialization—allows teachers to see how students think and behave across contexts. Many educators find this integration more satisfying than departmentalized work in larger settings.

Greenwood Friends School hires for classroom teaching positions in preschool and elementary, Spanish instruction, and support staff roles. The school seeks candidates who value shared decision-making and view teaching as connected to moral and community development. Hiring happens as openings arise during the academic year and in spring ahead of the new school year.

Faculty who thrive here tend to accept lower turnover and stronger community commitment as tradeoffs against the reduced anonymity and faster pace of larger schools. For teachers drawn to Quaker values and small-school intimacy, Greenwood Friends offers genuine engagement with both.