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Join a professional community that is celebrated for its transformational pedagogy and that fosters curiosity. Here, our faculty thrives within a dynamic culture driven by an unwavering dedication to the greatest growth possible, a spirit of innovation and progress, and a core of care and support for each member of this community.

For over a century, Cate School has been blending together the tradition of the East Coast with the innovation of the West Coast in the service of a dynamic, diverse, and close-knit community. A four-year college preparatory school with a low student-to-faculty ratio, small class sizes, and inviting residential spaces, Cate’s inquiry-based program is designed to challenge, inspire, and support boarding and day students whose interests, abilities, characters, and aspirations make them individually and collectively exceptional.

Perched on a hill overlooking the Southern California coast, Cate School’s setting is one of unparalleled beauty and natural inspiration. “The Mesa,” as we call it – with its juxtaposition of close spaces and vast vistas, its blending of human architecture and natural splendor, history, and potential – is itself a critical touchstone for this community.

Please see our available opportunities below:

Position: Director of Schedules and Calendars
Reports to: Annalee Salcedo (Dean of Academics) and Erin Hansen (Dean of Campus Life)
Status: Exempt (Salaried), 11-Month Administrator
Pay Scale: $80,000 – $100,000 base salary determined by the teaching salary schedule plus Director Stipend
Housing: This role does not come with housing

To Apply:  Please submit your cover letter, resume, and a list of all previous school or educational institution employers, including city and state, in accordance with CA SB 848 to the hiring team at hiring@cate.org.

The Role

Job Description:

The Director of Schedules and Calendars develops and maintains the daily academic schedule for each student and teacher, coordinates and communicates the campus life calendar, and oversees the management of databases of student information and faculty assignments. They also chair the C.O.L.E (Calendar, Operations, Logistics, and Events) Committee, and sit on the Academic Leadership Team, Campus Life Team, and Steering Committee.

All Cate Employees live up to the following Essential Expectations:

  1. Overtly support and act according to the school’s mission and
  2. Foster a safe, predictable, and supportive environment for employees and
  3. Interact with colleagues in a respectful and collegial manner that fosters a healthy culture for living, learning, and working together.
  4. Demonstrate commitment and courage in service of building our school culture where diversity is affirmed and supported.
  5. Demonstrate appropriate planning and preparation to meet the complex and evolving needs of your role.
  6. Uphold professional standards of predictable presence, reliable responses, and relational
  7. Appropriately steward strategic and special projects associated with role or
  8. Honor the confidentiality of School, student, and family
  9. Comply with policies and procedures as articulated in the School’s Employee
  10. Authentically engage in self-reflection in service to professional growth and adapting to the evolving needs of the school.

As Director of Schedules and Calendars, these essential expectations manifest in the following job responsibilities:

  • The Academic Schedule:
    • Coordinates and implements changes to the Course Registration Book and Course List and ensures accuracy of course listings across documents
    • Facilitates course registration: specifically, the collection of data from students about preferences
    • Facilitates dialogue with the Academic Leadership Team around placements, staffing, sectioning, and ensuring common understanding
    • Works with the Dean for Faculty and Dean for Academics on a plan for desired outcomes in the master schedule
  • Builds the master schedule using Schedulogic by (this work occurs mostly between school-years)
  • Intakes and processing student add/drop requests
  • Configures schedule management software including Veracross and Google Calendar to ensure accurate class information for students, teachers, advisors, and coaches.
  • Schedules recurring adult
  • Schedules bells for the school
  • Organizes and schedules parent-teacher
  • Manages changes to the daily schedule on a year-to-year basis and whenever special schedules are required.
  • Acts as an expert on schedule-related information for the faculty contracting process, the annual budget, student experience, and evolution of the academic program.
  • The Campus Life Calendar:
    • Sets and supports a multi-year timeline for the development of future school
    • Sustains the principles (why) and protocols / tools (how) for calendar
    • Identifies and communicates the yearly “major dates”.
    • Coordinates the daily campus life calendar by working with all stakeholders to set priorities and resolve conflicts.
    • Maintains all internal calendars and ensures easy access for all students and
    • Manages the placement of activities, events, trips, and
    • Manages the event-request process and facilitates the response to event
  • Databases:
    • Develops and sustains data integrity
    • Coordinates the standards and timelines for data entry and management for all student databases and appropriate adult databases related to the schedule and calendar.

The Candidate

Successful candidates will demonstrate their ability to meet these expectations through the following

Core Competencies

Background Skills

  • Awareness of or commitment to learning about Cate’s time, people, space, and program across the academic day and full year
  • Experience in or commitment to mastering Cate’s use of Veracross and Google Suite
  • Advanced spreadsheet skills (queries, XLOOKUPs, array formulas, IF statements, mail merge)
  • New scheduling technologies, including Schedulogic

Analytical Skills

  • Strategic and systems thinking; ability to facilitate complex, multi-stakeholder processes
  • Logical, analytical problem-solving
  • Spatial reasoning and visual thinking

Organizational Skills

  • Ability to make reasonable judgments grounded in clear priorities
  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and task-focused

Interpersonal Skills

  • Effective negotiator able to work collaboratively with faculty and others impacted by schedule and calendar decisions
  • Experience in, or willingness to develop skills for, leading groups through shared tasks—especially those involving scarce resources and accurate reporting across large data set

Minimum Qualifications and Experience:

  • Undergraduate degree
  • Experience working in schools, ideally in residential schools or similar

Job Benefits

This position comes with full benefits that include robust Health/Dental/Life insurance, Retirement and PTO.

Commitment to Supporting Diverse and Qualified Candidates

Cate School seeks educators who want to live and work in a small, diverse, mission-driven boarding community on California’s Central Coast. We welcome applicants whose priorities align with our pillars of commitment, scholarship, companionship, and service, and we are steadfast in our commitment to Equal Opportunity Employment. Research shows that women and BIPOC candidates may hesitate to apply if they don’t meet every listed qualification, so we encourage all who believe they have the skills and potential to thrive to submit an application. Our hiring process is designed to minimize bias by focusing on core competencies and the experiences that best demonstrate them.

Physical Requirements

  • Ability to lift 50 pounds, using proper lifting techniques
  • Ability to sit, stand, and/or move around the applicable working environment as needed
  • Ability to travel safely and comfortably around our campus
  • Ability to use a keyboard (or an alternative input device) and other office equipment
  • Ability to read information in printed material, on a computer screen, and/or on a mobile device/laptop for extended periods of time

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Cate School is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition including genetic characteristics, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender, gender identity, genetic information or any other category protected under federal or local law.


Position: Accountant/Accounts Receivable
Department: Business Office
Status: Exempt (Salary), Full-time
Reports To: Director of Finance and Operations
Pay Scale: $68,000 to $72,000 depending on experience

To Apply: Please submit your cover letter, resume, and a list of all previous school or educational institution employers, including city and state, in accordance with CA SB 848 with your application here.

Job Summary

This position is chiefly responsible for all Accounts Receivable functions and support for general accounting needs. This includes managing the student and employee account database, payments and charges, student enrollment plan setup, bank deposits and appropriate allocation of all monies received for the school, and for customer service in addressing walk-in needs identified by employees, parents, students & vendors.  In addition, position assists with general accounting needs that include monthly reconciliations, posting journal entries to the general ledger and collaboration with the Controller to support the year end audit. A high degree of attention to detail, ability to communicate in an effective and supportive manner and, given the sensitivity to the individual personal financial information this position encompasses, a high degree of confidentiality and professionalism is required.

Major Accountabilities are:

  • Manage daily all school banking, collect all monies received including checks and cash payments and all payments for student, faculty and staff accounts, as well as all donations for Advancement Office and allocate them to the appropriate accounts.
  • Assist with customer service for constant foot traffic coming into the office for faculty, students and vendors.
  • Assist with all mail incoming and outgoing for the Business Office
  • Collect all charges for student, faculty and staff accounts and post them throughout the month, along with preparing end of month reports. Work with the Financial Aid office to calculate the financial aid portion when applicable.
  • Work with Admission Office to track deposit payments and contract signings to accurately track enrollments.
  • Email monthly statements and keep current on accounts in arrears. Document conversations with families.
  • Manage online student accounts database and assist parents with online accounts (daily)
  • Coordinate Monthly ELC billing and payments with ELC Director
  • Coordinate new policy rates and online claims for our Tuition Refund Insurance. Review and confirm with the Director of Finance and Operations.
  • Start the re enrollment process: first week of January confirm with the Director of Finance and Operations or Admission Office the tuition amounts. Confirm Tuition Refund Insurance rates for contract and update with Admission Office to include online rate description with brochure link.
  • Follow-up and coordinate with Admission Office all new and returning student contracts.  Set up new student accounts and charge accounts accordingly.
  • Track and balance deferred tuition deposits, incoming tuition, and pre-paid tuition.
  • Keep current the Tuition Base File, Financial Aid File, student charge sheets, class lists, and the list of elected Cate Parent Membership during enrollment.
  • Each month meet with the Director of Finance and Operations to keep current on overdue accounts, send out letters and/or reminders for the accounts to remain current and develop further strategies for collection should balance remain outstanding after 60 days.
  • Monthly reconciliations for major accounts
  • Posting payroll journal entries to the general ledger
  • Collaboration with Controller to support the year end audit
  • Work collectively and collaboratively with Accounts Payable, Controller and other office personnel in support of additional accounting needs, and other daily business operation needs that may arise.
  • Additions/Temporary:  Financial Aid Committee, 1099’s, Import Ramp credit card charges & audit charges, Petty Cash.

Accounts Receivable Specialist Skills and Qualification Standards:

  • Previous responsibility for accounts receivable/accounts payable functions
  • General accounting experience
  • Excellent analytical and computer skills
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Deadline-driven
  • Values diversity
  • Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse peer group
  • Ability to maintain high level of confidentiality
  • Ability to learn new technological systems quickly
  • Excellent interpersonal, written and spoken communication skills
  • Customer service oriented
  • Effective problem solver
  • Positive attitude and team spirit

Job Benefits:

This position comes with full benefits that include robust Health/Dental/Life insurance, Retirement and PTO plans.

All Cate Employees live up to the following Essential Expectations:

  1. Overtly support and act according to the school’s mission and values.
  2. Foster a safe, predictable, and supportive environment for employees and students.
  3. Interact with colleagues in a respectful and collegial manner that fosters a healthy culture for living, learning, and working together.
  4. Demonstrate commitment and courage in service of building our school culture where diversity is affirmed and supported.
  5. Demonstrate appropriate planning and preparation to meet the complex and evolving needs of your role.
  6. Uphold professional standards of predictable presence, reliable responses, and relational trust.
  7. Appropriately steward strategic and special projects associated with role or team.
  8. Honor the confidentiality of School, student, and family information.
  9. Comply with policies and procedures as articulated in the School’s Employee Handbook.
  10. Authentically engage in self-reflection in service to professional growth and adapting to the evolving needs of the school.

At Cate, we often talk about the deep sense of community that attends the “spirit of this place.” While the “spirit” manifests in many ways, it is rooted in the full recognition of the dignity of each person. We encourage all members of the Cate community to share their background, interests, identities, and beliefs so that we can collectively work to broaden our perspectives, deepen our capacity for empathy, and strengthen our resilience. In doing so, we can continue the daily work of creating and building community

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Cate School is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition including genetic characteristics, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender, gender identity, genetic information or any other category protected under federal or local law.


Position: Theater Instructor
Reports to: John Knecht, Performing Arts Chair
Status: Exempt (Salaried) ¾ to Full Time*
Pay Scale: $51,000-$109,000 base salary determined by years of experience and full-time fraction
Housing: This role comes with campus housing and associated responsibilities
Contact: hiring@cate.org

To Apply: Please submit your cover letter, resume, and a list of all previous school or educational institution employers, including city and state, in accordance with CA SB 848 to the hiring team at hiring@cate.org.

Job Description for Theater Instructor
Cate School is currently seeking highly qualified theater instructor candidates. The position will include close collaboration with performing arts colleagues while teaching and leading theater performance classes levels 1, 2, and 3, which may be co-enrolled. The position also includes a section of ninth-grade Foundation Arts, which meets 2-3 times per week. Co-curricular theatrical productions include the Fall Play, which meets during sports block daily and the Spring Musical, which meets daily during the spring sports block and three evening nights from 6:15-7:45 pm from January through April. The Theater Instructor also supports performing arts at Cate broadly, including helping organize and direct occasional smaller performances as part of both the curricular and cocurricular life of the school.

In addition to classroom instruction, teachers participate in department meetings and faculty meetings, as well as all-school events such as move-in weekend, family weekends, and commencement. Teachers motivate the greatest growth possible for all students by planning and running engaging classes, by assigning meaningful homework, and by offering office hours both during the academic day and during the evening.

In order to foster deep and multifaceted relationships with students, all Cate faculty members are involved in programming outside of the classroom, such as coaching or serving as a dorm parent and advisor. This residential role will include dorm parent responsibilities (or similar), serving as an advisor to 4-6 students yearly, participation in seated meals and convocations, and distributed and occasional responsibilities for supervising weekend events with students. Coaching responsibilities for this role are covered by the Fall and Spring Theater productions.

¾ vs. Full Time
The current teaching responsibilities for the theater instructor account for ¾ of a full teaching load. Cate uses a preset salary scale for teachers, with pay increases or decreases for taking on extra teaching or reduced teaching respectively. There are often additional teaching needs in other departments, and we will seek opportunities for the Theater Instructor to fill their teaching load when the needs of the school and the instructor’s skill set align. These opportunities will be continually reevaluated on an annual basis.

In the role of Theater Instructor, these essential expectations manifest as:

Collaborate

  • work closely with course team teachers to deliver consistent, high-quality instruction and collaborate frequently on assessment measures
  • contribute to school-wide curricular priorities and initiatives
  • participate in course team, department, school, and parent meetings
  • communicate necessary information regularly to students, colleagues, and parents regarding student progress and student needs

Teach

  • prepare and facilitate learning experiences that help students master content and develop skills as thespians and artists (Arts Department Inquiry Model)
  • practice inclusive teaching by creating lessons and instructional moves that accommodate a wide range of students’ learning needs (Inclusive Teaching Model)
  • guide and monitor student learning and growth through formative assessment and appropriate feedback
  • assign and grade class work, homework, tests, essays, and other assignments in a timely, fair, and consistent manner
  • maintain accurate and complete records of students’ progress and development via the school’s learning management systems (Schoology and Veracross)

Continue to Learn

  • maintain a commitment to continuous professional growth through reflective practice, evaluative feedback, professional development opportunities, and evolving school needs
  • stay up-to-date with current literature, including texts by LGBTQ playwrights and playwrights of color as we continue to diversify our curriculum
  • stay up-to-date in developments in education, teaching resources, and methods, and incorporate new pedagogical and curricular design practices

Demonstrate Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

  • foster a sense of belonging for each student
  • help advance the department’s objectives with regard to anti-racist teaching pedagogies, curriculum, and DEI-based student learning objectives
  • recognize, interrupt, and address incidents of bias among students and colleagues if they arise
  • engage in continuous learning about our own identities, privilege, bias, and contribute to an anti-racist learning environment

Successful candidates will demonstrate their ability to meet these expectations through the following core competencies:

  • Proficiency in and/or aptitude toward inquiry-based pedagogy.
  • Proficiency in inclusive teaching pedagogy, including cultural competency, and the ability to communicate with, understand, and foster a sense of belonging for students of various cultural backgrounds, values, world views, and behaviors.
  • Ability and commitment to build multifaceted relationships with students, to maintain appropriate boundaries, and to leverage these relationships to support student development across all aspects of student learning and development.
  • Ability and commitment to collaborate with colleagues both within the department and as a part of the faculty as a whole.
  • Ability to develop, review, and refine curriculum to maximize student learning and sustain alignment, both horizontally and vertically within the department.

In terms of education and experience, applicants for this position will have:

  • minimally a BS or BA in Theater (or related field of study)
  • experience teaching high school Theater courses and directing high school performances, including musicals.
  • demonstrated facility with or ability to learn LMS (Schoology, Veracross, etc.)
  • demonstrated commitment to / love for working with teenagers as a role model, mentor, advisor
  • demonstrated commitment to professionalism, collaboration, and growth

Job Benefits:
This position comes with full benefits that include robust Health/Dental/Life insurance, Retirement and PTO plans.

All Cate Employees live up to the following Essential Expectations:

  1. Overtly support and act according to the school’s mission and values.
  2. Foster a safe, predictable, and supportive environment for employees and students.
  3. Interact with colleagues in a respectful and collegial manner that fosters a healthy culture for living, learning, and working together.
  4. Demonstrate commitment and courage in the service of building our school culture where diversity is affirmed and supported.
  5. Demonstrate appropriate planning and preparation to meet the complex and evolving needs of your role.
  6. Uphold professional standards of predictable presence, reliable responses, and relational trust.
  7. Appropriately steward strategic and special projects associated with the role or team.
  8. Honor the confidentiality of School, student, and family information.
  9. Comply with policies and procedures as articulated in the School’s Employee Handbook.
  10. Authentically engage in self-reflection in service to professional growth and adapting to the evolving needs of the school.

Commitment to Supporting Diverse and Qualified Candidates

Cate School seeks educators who want to live and work in a small, diverse, mission-driven boarding community on California’s Central Coast. We welcome applicants whose priorities align with our pillars of commitment, scholarship, companionship, and service, and we are steadfast in our commitment to Equal Opportunity Employment. Research shows that women and BIPOC candidates may hesitate to apply if they don’t meet every listed qualification, so we encourage all who believe they have the skills and potential to thrive to submit an application. Our hiring process is designed to minimize bias by focusing on core competencies and the experiences that best demonstrate them.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
Cate School is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition including genetic characteristics, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender, gender identity, genetic information or any other category protected under federal or local law.


  • Position: College Counselor (interim, one-year position)
  • Status: Exempt (Salary), Full-time
  • Reports To: Head of Admission and College Counseling
  • Pay Scale: $95,000 to $100,000, based on relevant experience.

To Apply: Please submit your cover letter, resume, and a list of all previous school or educational institution employers, including city and state, in accordance with CA SB 848 to the hiring team at hiring@cate.org.

Job Summary

Cate School seeks an experienced college counselor to serve as a one-year sabbatical replacement for the Senior Associate Director of College Counseling. This interim role encompasses all aspects of the college counseling and academic advising process while a permanent staff member is on sabbatical. The successful candidate will work closely with students, families, faculty, and administration to maintain continuity in college counseling programs and school leadership. Reports directly to the Head of Admissions and College Counseling.

Primary Responsibilities:

The responsibilities of this position will include, but not be limited to the following:

  • Provide individualized college counseling to approximately 35–40 juniors and seniors: guide educational goal-setting, college list development, reflection on strengths, standardized testing plans, and summer opportunities.
  • Communicate proactively and partner with students, families, Cate faculty, and the Head of Admissions and College Counseling.
  • Write, revise, and proofread School Letters of Recommendation and Teacher Letters of Recommendation; serve as a mentor and resource to faculty letter writers.
  • Advise assigned students for the academic year, coordinating parent communication and supporting all aspects of their Cate experience.
  • Help design the college counseling curriculum for juniors and seniors and lead college counseling classes.
  • Assist with planning, organizing, and co-leading college trips to the East Coast for grade 11 and California institutions for grade 12.
  • Cultivate and maintain relationships with college admission representatives through school programming.
  • Organize college counseling events such as Senior Application Day, Case Studies, and Family Weekend.
  • Assist in hosting the annual Case Studies program for families and students.
  • Support students in applying for summer programs.

Appointment Details:

  • This is a full-time, one-year position intended to cover core duties during the sabbatical of the Senior Associate Director of College Counseling.
  • Strong collaborative and communication skills required; prior college counseling, university admissions, and academic advising experience preferred.
  • Onboarding for this role is scheduled to begin in March 2026.
  • Housing may be included along with a competitive benefits package.
  • This position comes with full benefits that include robust Health/Dental/Life insurance, Retirement and PTO plans.

All Cate Employees live up to the following Essential Expectations:

  1. Overtly support and act according to the school’s mission and values.
  2. Foster a safe, predictable, and supportive environment for employees and students.
  3. Interact with colleagues in a respectful and collegial manner that fosters a healthy culture for living, learning, and working together.
  4. Demonstrate commitment and courage in service of building our school culture where diversity is affirmed and supported.
  5. Demonstrate appropriate planning and preparation to meet the complex and evolving needs of your role.
  6. Uphold professional standards of predictable presence, reliable responses, and relational trust.
  7. Appropriately steward strategic and special projects associated with role or team.
  8. Honor the confidentiality of School, student, and family information.
  9. Comply with policies and procedures as articulated in the School’s Employee Handbook.
  10. Authentically engage in self-reflection in service to professional growth and adapting to the evolving needs of the school.

At Cate, we often talk about the deep sense of community that attends the “spirit of this place.” While the “spirit” manifests in many ways, it is rooted in the full recognition of the dignity of each person. We encourage all members of the Cate community to share their background, interests, identities, and beliefs so that we can collectively work to broaden our perspectives, deepen our capacity for empathy, and strengthen our resilience. In doing so, we can continue the daily work of creating and building community.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Cate School is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition including genetic characteristics, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender, gender identity, genetic information or any other category protected under federal or local law.


Position: Interim Senior Communications Officer
Reports to: Director of Communications
Status: Exempt (Salary), Full Time, Temporary, In-Person, March – December 2026 ( leave coverage)
Contact: Director of Communications
Pay Scale: $85,000 – $95,000/annualized, Commensurate with Experience

To Apply: Please submit your cover letter, resume, and a list of all previous school or educational institution employers, including city and state, in accordance with CA SB 848 to the hiring team at hiring@cate.org.

Job Summary

Cate School seeks a seasoned Interim Senior Communications Officer to lead the School’s communications function on a temporary basis from March through December 2026. This temporary role will involve project management experience, strong editorial judgment, and an ability to operate independently within a dynamic school environment. The Interim Senior Communications Officer will serve as the lead Communications staff member during the Director’s parental leave period (May- October) and will oversee the day-to-day communications needs of the School before and after the leave (March-December).

Essential Job Functions

  • The Cate Bulletin – Spring/Summer & Fall 2026 Edition 
    • Oversee the final stages of the production of the Spring/Summer edition of the School’s community magazine, The Bulletin. 
    • Coordinate content development related to Commencement, collaborating with freelance writers and external creative agency as needed. 
    • Ensure deadlines, approvals, and content quality align with Cate’s standards. 
    • Begin development of the Fall Bulletin with the Inquiry Question as the theme. Support content development and initial stages of production. 
  • Project Oversight
    • Manage annual updates to the Cate School website, www.cate.org/, on a WordPress platform in collaboration with the Assistant Director of Digital Content.
    • Supervise a summer student employee to tag all 2025-2026 media on SmugMug and Vimeo. 
    • Create an organized archive for easy reference to relevant media for future use.
  • Communications Calendar Development
    • Using the previous year’s calendar as a baseline, draft the 2026-2027 Communications Calendar.
    • Collaborate with Admissions, Advancement, and the Head of School’s office to map out timing for significant annual projects for the upcoming year. 
    • Create a preliminary budget for the CommuniCATE parent newsletter in collaboration with the Director of Parent Engagement. 
  • Internal & External Communications 
    • Draft, edit, and distribute communications to students, families, faculty, staff, and other stakeholders as needed, including the CommuniCATE newsletter.
    • Oversee freelancers and vendors in photo, video, writing, and livestream as needed.
    • Respond to day-to-day communications requests from departments across campus as needed. 

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. An employee may also perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned.

Job Benefits

This position comes with full benefits that include robust Health/Dental/Life insurance, Retirement, and PTO.

All Cate Employees live up to the following Essential Expectations: 

  1. Overtly support and act according to the school’s mission and values.
  2. Foster a safe, predictable, and supportive environment for employees and students.
  3. Interact with colleagues in a respectful and collegial manner that fosters a healthy culture for living, learning, and working together.
  4. Demonstrate commitment and courage in service of building our school culture where diversity is affirmed and supported. 
  5. Demonstrate appropriate planning and preparation to meet the complex and evolving needs of your role. 
  6. Uphold professional standards of predictable presence, reliable responses, and relational trust.
  7. Appropriately steward strategic and special projects associated with role or team. 
  8. Honor the confidentiality of School, student, and family information.
  9. Comply with policies and procedures as articulated in the School’s Employee Handbook.
  10. Authentically engage in self-reflection in service to professional growth and adapting to the evolving needs of the school. 

At Cate, we often talk about the deep sense of community that attends the “spirit of this place.” While the “spirit” manifests in many ways, it is rooted in the full recognition of the dignity of each person. We encourage all members of the Cate community to share their background, interests, identities, and beliefs so that we can collectively work to broaden our perspectives, deepen our capacity for empathy, and strengthen our resilience. In doing so, we can continue the daily work of creating and building community

 

Physical Requirements

  • Ability to lift 50 pounds, using proper lifting techniques
  • Ability to sit, stand, and/or move around the applicable working environment as needed
  • Ability to travel safely and comfortably around our campus
  • Ability to use a keyboard (or an alternative input device) and other office equipment
  • Ability to read information in printed material, on a computer screen, and/or on a mobile device/laptop for extended periods of time

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Cate School is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition including genetic characteristics, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender, gender identity, genetic information or any other category protected under federal or local law.



A Cate education uniquely leverages strong academic and residential curricula to transform students’ lives by preparing them as independent thinkers, informing their societal roles as global citizens of influence, and encouraging them to build authentic and meaningful relationships. Cate students engage enthusiastically in myriad non-academic pursuits and traditions which, complemented by academic rigor, constitute the foundation of a truly whole education. 

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Cate School is committed to a policy of Equal Opportunity Employment and nondiscrimination in the treatment of employees or applicants for employment without consideration of race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, gender or gender identity.

Cate School offers competitive compensation. In setting compensation ranges, Cate School reviews numerous factors including industry data from NAIS, CAIS, NBOA, and other market data. Final Salary is based on experience relevant to the role and internal equity.