Olney Friends School

Olney Friends School, founded in 1837, is a small boarding and day high school in Barnesville, Ohio. The school enrolls 50 to 100 students in grades 9–12. Quaker values—simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship—anchor the curriculum and daily life. The educational model blends mastery-based learning with project-based work, moving beyond textbooks toward hands-on inquiry.

Teaching here means working where every student is known by name. Faculty design courses around student questions rather than rigid sequences. You see the results of your work in individual growth. This progressive approach demands creativity but delivers immediate impact you can measure in real conversations with learners.

The residential structure deepens that connection. Many faculty combine teaching with advising, coaching, or dorm duties. This multi-role expectation is standard at Olney Friends, not an exception. Shared responsibility for student life extends academic work into evening and weekend community. It is demanding but places teachers at the center of student development.

At this enrollment size, your voice shapes curriculum and culture in ways larger schools cannot match. A small faculty means less bureaucracy and more direct influence over how the school operates. Candidates should expect this intimacy as both an opportunity and a commitment.

Olney Friends hires faculty for Spanish and other languages, core academic subjects, and residential or support staff roles. Most openings align with the academic calendar. The school seeks teachers committed to rigorous academics and student-centered pedagogy rooted in Quaker practice.