The Nueva School

The Nueva School is an independent, nonsectarian day school in Hillsborough, California, serving between 700 and 1,000 students from pre-school through 12th grade. The program runs across three campuses on the San Francisco Peninsula. Nueva is known for its work in gifted education, design thinking, and social-emotional learning.

Teaching jobs here differ from a typical faculty post. Teachers design interdisciplinary units, plan in grade teams, and often co-teach. The curriculum leans on project-based work, student questions, and revision. Faculty build their own materials instead of following a set textbook, so expect a real learning curve in year one.

For candidates, that means more ownership over what gets taught. Specialists in design, engineering, and the arts work next to classroom teachers. Language faculty teach Mandarin, Japanese, and Spanish across the PK-12 range, which is unusual for a day school of this size.

Nueva's finances support the model. Fiscal year 2023 revenue was about $74 million, net assets stood near $189 million, and fundraising grew about 4 percent. In plain terms, that funds professional development, well-equipped labs and studios, and faculty salaries benchmarked to leading Bay Area independent schools. Benefits typically include health coverage, retirement contributions, and tuition remission for faculty children, which all matter on the Peninsula.

The Nueva School hires across every division. Most faculty searches post between January and May for the next school year, and applications run through the school's careers page. Openings include humanities, math, and science teachers, design and arts specialists, world language faculty, plus counseling, admissions, coaching, and operations staff.