Springside Chestnut Hill Academy

Springside Chestnut Hill Academy is a nonsectarian PreK–12 day school in northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It enrolls more than 1,000 students on a campus in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood. The school runs a coordinate model that blends single-gender and coeducational classrooms across its divisions. For faculty, that means real variety in how a teaching day takes shape.

Language instruction runs deep. Springside Chestnut Hill Academy offers Mandarin, French, Latin, and Spanish, with sequences that start in the lower grades and continue through upper school. Teachers who want to follow students from elementary into middle and high school can do so. Specialists who prefer one division can build a long career in place.

The coordinate structure is the teaching-culture angle worth knowing. A math teacher might lead an all-girls section in the morning and a coed section after lunch, then coach a team. That mix changes how you plan lessons, pace discussion, and mentor across grades. Candidates who have only taught in one setting often find the shift energizing.

Compensation tracks the Philadelphia independent day school market. Pay is competitive, housing is on you, and the cost of living beats Boston, New York, or DC. Benefits at day schools this size typically include health coverage, retirement contributions, and tuition remission for faculty children. The financial base is steady: net assets above $91 million on 2023 revenue near $54 million.

Faculty and staff jobs span academic departments, athletics, arts, admissions, advancement, and operations. Counselors, learning specialists, and technology integrators are part of the regular hiring cycle, with most teaching searches opening in late winter for the following school year.