Pomfret School

Pomfret School is a coeducational boarding and day school in Pomfret, Connecticut, serving between 300 and 500 students across grades 9 through 12 plus a post-graduate year. The campus sits in the Quiet Corner of northeastern Connecticut, within an easy drive of Hartford, Providence, and Boston. The school is nonsectarian and frames its work around helping students pursue lives of purpose and meaning.

Teaching jobs at Pomfret carry a boarding-school rhythm. Faculty usually mix classroom work with coaching a sport, advising students, and taking dorm duty on a rotation. That means your week is shaped as much by dinner duty and Saturday games as by lesson planning. Candidates who want a nine-to-three schedule should look elsewhere; candidates who want to know their students well tend to thrive here.

The academic program covers the standard college-preparatory subjects, and Mandarin Chinese sits in the language department — a useful note for world language candidates. Class sizes stay small, and faculty often help shape courses rather than inherit them.

Compensation and benefits reflect a healthy balance sheet. Recent filings show net assets above $110 million, revenue near $36 million, and strong fundraising growth in the latest reporting year. For boarding faculty, on-campus housing and term-time meals are typically part of the package, which carries real value in rural Connecticut. Health and retirement benefits round out the mix.

Pomfret School hires across English, math, science, history, arts, languages, and athletics, plus admission, advancement, residential life, and operations roles that open throughout the year.