Build an Exceptional School Community. Find Work That Shapes Students’ Futures.
Foundation List connects private and independent schools with professionals who want to help students, families, faculty, and learning communities thrive. Recruit and discover talent across independent day schools, boarding schools, college-preparatory schools, faith-based schools, Montessori and Waldorf schools, international schools, and other private K-12 institutions nationwide.
Reach people who believe in your school’s mission.
Promote teaching, leadership, enrollment, advancement, finance, HR, technology, student-life, and operational opportunities.
Find your next private or independent school opportunity.
Explore teaching, leadership, admissions, advancement, counseling, student-life, finance, HR, technology, and operations careers.
Every Independent School Has a Distinct Story.
Foundation List supports the varied communities within independent education. Promote your openings to professionals drawn to your educational philosophy, academic standards, student experience, community, and opportunity for impact.
Private Day Schools
Recruit faculty, division leaders, counselors, department chairs, admissions, advancement, finance, HR, operations, and executives.
Boarding Schools
Reach residential-life leaders, dorm parents, faculty, coaches, counselors, enrollment professionals, and campus administrators.
College-Preparatory Schools
Recruit educators and leaders focused on academic excellence, college counseling, advising, athletics, arts, and student growth.
Faith-Based Schools
Connect with teachers, ministry leaders, administrators, advancement professionals, and operational talent aligned with your mission.
Montessori Schools
Reach Montessori educators, program leaders, Heads of School, admissions professionals, and mission-aligned support staff.
Waldorf Schools
Promote faculty, arts, school leadership, enrollment, development, student support, finance, and operational positions.
International Schools
Reach globally minded faculty, administrators, enrollment leaders, student-support teams, and internationally experienced professionals.
Specialty Schools
Promote opportunities at language-immersion, arts-centered, outdoor, experiential, learning-support, and other specialized schools.
Find Leaders Who Can Guide the Whole School Community.
A Head of School or senior leader influences educational direction, faculty development, enrollment, advancement, financial stewardship, family relationships, student experience, and long-term institutional strength.
Foundation List helps schools promote senior opportunities to experienced professionals interested in mission-driven educational leadership.
Recruit Across the Entire School Community.
Exceptional schools depend on educators, administrators, student-support professionals, fundraisers, operational experts, and leaders working together.
Leadership & Administration
Recruit professionals who guide academic direction, people, strategy, and school performance.
Faculty & Teaching
Reach educators who bring subject knowledge, curiosity, and student-centered instruction.
Admissions & Enrollment
Build the team responsible for introducing families to your school and supporting enrollment.
Advancement & Development
Recruit professionals who deepen relationships and strengthen philanthropic support.
Student Life & Support
Reach professionals who support student well-being, belonging, growth, and campus life.
Finance, HR & Operations
Recruit the professionals responsible for institutional resources and daily operations.
Marketing & Communications
Tell your school’s story and strengthen engagement with families, alumni, and the community.
Technology & Innovation
Build secure, effective technology and learning systems for students, faculty, and staff.
Athletics & Co-Curricular Programs
Recruit professionals who enrich the student experience beyond the academic classroom.
Build Every Team That Supports Student Success.
Private-school recruiting requires more than filling classrooms. Schools also need strong enrollment, advancement, student-support, financial, operational, and community-facing teams.
Faculty and academic excellence
Promote opportunities for classroom teachers, department chairs, curriculum leaders, learning specialists, librarians, instructional technologists, arts educators, coaches, and academic administrators.
Admissions and enrollment
Reach professionals experienced in family engagement, student recruitment, financial aid, enrollment strategy, open houses, school visits, records, and the full prospective-family experience.
Advancement and community engagement
Recruit development executives, major-gift officers, annual-giving professionals, alumni-relations leaders, stewardship teams, event staff, and communications professionals.
Student life and well-being
Reach counselors, learning-support professionals, residential-life teams, health staff, college counselors, deans, diversity and belonging leaders, and student-activities professionals.
Your School Deserves More Paths to Exceptional Talent.
Independent-school recruiting is shaped by mission, educational philosophy, student community, leadership priorities, location, compensation, professional growth, and the opportunity to make a lasting impact.
Foundation List gives your institution another national channel for promoting faculty, leadership, advancement, admissions, student-life, finance, HR, technology, communications, and operational openings.
Promote Head of School, Assistant Head, Division Head, Principal, Dean, CFO, advancement leadership, and other senior opportunities.
Advertise classroom, department leadership, curriculum, counseling, learning-support, arts, athletics, and academic-program positions.
Reach admissions, enrollment, fundraising, major-gifts, alumni-relations, marketing, communications, and engagement talent.
Find finance, HR, technology, facilities, operations, student-life, administrative, and executive professionals.
Featured Private & Independent School Jobs
Explore featured opportunities across schools, education organizations, nonprofits, foundations, and other mission-driven employers.
Find the School Community Where You Can Do Your Best Work.
You may want to teach, lead a division, guide students, build enrollment, strengthen advancement, support campus life, manage operations, or help lead an entire school community.
Foundation List helps professionals explore opportunities at private day, boarding, college-preparatory, Montessori, Waldorf, faith-based, international, and other independent schools nationwide.
Independent School Hiring and Career Questions
Answers for private schools, independent schools, education employers, and professionals exploring school careers.
Eligible private and independent schools can use Foundation List to promote teaching, leadership, admissions, advancement, finance, HR, technology, student-life, communications, and operational opportunities nationwide.
Foundation List can serve eligible private day schools, boarding schools, college-preparatory schools, faith-based schools, Montessori schools, Waldorf schools, international schools, and specialized learning communities.
Yes. Schools can promote eligible Head of School, Assistant Head, Division Head, Principal, Dean, CFO, advancement leadership, enrollment leadership, and other senior opportunities.
Yes. Schools can advertise classroom teaching, department leadership, curriculum, learning support, counseling, arts, athletics, library, technology, and other academic positions.
Yes. Employers can promote admissions, enrollment, financial aid, development, major gifts, annual giving, alumni relations, stewardship, events, marketing, and communications roles.
Yes. Schools can recruit finance, accounting, HR, technology, facilities, operations, transportation, communications, administrative, student-support, and executive professionals.
Eligible Montessori and Waldorf schools can advertise teaching, school leadership, admissions, advancement, finance, operations, student-support, and administrative positions.
Foundation List serves employers and professionals across the United States. Schools should clearly identify location, relocation expectations, work arrangements, compensation, and application requirements.
A strong posting should explain the role, school mission, educational philosophy, student community, responsibilities, qualifications, compensation where applicable, benefits, location, and application process.
A specialized job board gives schools another recruiting channel where professionals are already exploring work connected to education, student success, community, service, and organizational mission.
Great School Communities Start With Great People.
Every teacher, school leader, counselor, fundraiser, admissions professional, administrator, technology expert, coach, and operations professional contributes to the strength and future of your school.