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Working at Packer
Packer’s faculty and staff are passionate, committed, student-focused leaders.
Packer’s mission and core values influence everything we do — in our classrooms, on stage, in the art studio, or on the field, whether it is locally or globally.
A deeply collaborative faculty and staff — our ideals, our passions, and our work ethic — makes all the difference to students. We embrace the learning process for them as well as for ourselves, as we continuously hone our own areas of expertise and work to deepen the role each of us plays at Packer.
Great teachers love what they do and create great experiences for their students. Our collective goal is to help our students develop the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind that will inspire them to pursue lives of purpose. We don’t just educate young people; we strive to transform their lives so that they may transform the world.
We invite you to learn more about our school and our current openings.
Employee Benefits
—Fully Paid Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
—Fully Paid short-term and long-term disability insurance
—Fully paid life insurance
—Paid Family Leave
—Flexible Spending Account Benefit Plan
— Commuter Benefit Plan
—403 (b) Retirement Plan including employer contribution and match after one year of employment
—Eligibility to contribute on a pre-tax basis to a defined contribution retirement plan
Employment Opportunities
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A Diverse and Inclusive Community
Together, we strive to make Packer a diverse and inclusive community where every member can be their full selves. We follow inclusive hiring processes deliberately and explicitly to attract the widest possible range of candidates representing varied identities, races, cultures, and economic backgrounds. Learn more about Diversity and Equity at Packer.
Focus on Professional Development
Packer has abundant resources to help our employees develop skills that support academic and institutional excellence. Opportunities include but are not limited to:
- Teacher Growth Tuesdays: Teacher-directed, monthly professional development days with early dismissal of students
- Summer curriculum and professional development grants.
- Professional development funds for faculty and staff career and skills development.
- Annual PA Excellence in Teaching: stipended award
- Babbott Chair: stipended award for humanities faculty
- Stutt Chair: stipended award for math and science faculty
Mentoring Program
Packer’s mentoring program provides an introduction for new Packer employees. Mentors empower and support new faculty and staff as they enter and contribute to the school community; provide guidance in navigating school policies, procedures, and cultural nuances; and offer themselves as a confidential sounding board and resource. In addition, faculty in their first year are given the opportunity to join a New-to-Packer Cohort during the Teacher Growth Tuesdays to help support the transition to teaching at Packer.
Many Ways to Get Involved
Through participating in a wide range of non-academic programs, our faculty and staff can connect with students and other adults, and experience Packer in a whole new way. School-year opportunities include: athletic coaching, grade-level leading, club advising, global trip leading, and committee membership.
Meet Judi Williams
Dean, Class of 2022 & Upper School History Teacher
If I ever walk away from a class session not having learned something from my students, it's an indicator that something was missing from the lesson. That said, one of the main things I've learned from my students, particularly now, is that I don't need to hide behind a mask of perfection. When my students are tired, they tell me that they're tired. When they're confused, they say they're confused. If they're feeling great, they let me know. They don't mask emotions, and I find that incredibly admirable.
Meet Sanjana Assudani
Lower School Computing & Design Teacher
Girls come up to me and say they're happy that I, as a female, am their computer teacher. It's shown them that they can go into tech, too, even though it's still a male dominated field.
Meet Maria Nunes
Upper School Division Head
My latest obsession is Titus Kaphar, a young African American painter and sculptor who explores the power of representation in historical narratives. His work broadened my perspective on the need to amend, but not avoid, the retelling of difficult moments in history.
Meet Robert Sapienza
Security Guard
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Meet Eric Figueroa
Security Guard
If I had a superpower, I would love to fly so I could travel the world and experience different places and cultures.
Meet Paul Scheuring
Security Guard
I'm the first and last person the children and parents see in the day so I want to forge an environment of safety, but also kindness and happiness by wishing them a good morning or asking asking them how their day was. I like to create smiles because they're contagious and hopefully last all day long!
Meet Ramon Perez
Elevator Watchman
My favorite space at Packer is the elevator because I can talk with students and my colleagues, who make me laugh, and make my day pleasurable every day!
Meet Jansen Po
Associate Director of Pre and Lower School Admissions
Our students encourage me to be an activist instead of a bystander; to reimagine a cardboard box and old bottle caps as a robot; they show me shortcuts around the building when I find myself in a dead end (both literally and figuratively).
Meet Dr. Jennifer Weyburn
Head of School
It is such fun to work with students. I learn so much from them. They often come at issues with different ways of thinking from mine. I cherish this more and more as I grow older.
Meet Celeste Tramontin, 2019 PA Excellence in Teaching Awardee
Upper School English Teacher
Literature gets to big questions of how you want to live your life, how literary characters can act as a litmus test for what it means to be a human in the world … Literature becomes an instructor's manual for how to live and how not to live.
Meet Erik Resurreccion
Assistant Head of Pre and Lower School
I love having the ability to make a teacher's work feel a little easier, whether it is connecting them with professional development, communicating with families, working with students, or sharing words of encouragement.
Meet Sara Goin-Cloird
Middle and Upper School Admissions Coordinator
My colleagues are caring. Many of them care deeply, and I feel a kinship like nothing I’ve felt in the workplace before.
Meet Lindsay Velazco
Lower School Science Teacher
I hope to teach students persistence, inventiveness, skepticism, that failures are part of the process, how to answer their own questions, learn from mistakes, and work together.
Meet Annette Hernandez
Pre and Lower School Psychologist
On a regular basis I learn about the power of forgiveness from the students. Children can be deeply disappointed with someone but they can also be resilient and quickly remember why they love that person.
Meet Denise Schwed
Director of Pre and Lower School Admissions
I have spent the bulk of my professional life teaching and working at Packer. I started here as a young teacher and loved it so much I never left!
Meet Adam Choice
Associate Director of Middle and Upper School Admissions
We have some of the most dynamic, well-rounded students in the entire city, and I hope they continue creating, challenging others and being a strong voice for the issues they support in the broader world.
Meet Sharon Melady
Lower School Science Teacher
I hope that our youngest scientists quickly learn that no matter their age or size, they can make a difference. The smallest things they do can lead to big changes.
Meet Sarah Meadows
Preschool Music Teacher
I hope to teach my students about collaboration and working as a team. Music is such a wonderful way to bring people together and create shared experiences.
Meet Tom James
Upper School Math Teacher
I hope my students come to appreciate the value of learning in a caring, supportive, and mutually challenging community.
Meet Susan Moore
Director of Annual Giving
Together with my wonderful parent volunteers, we encourage the many members of the community who love Packer to make a gift in support of our school.
Meet Craig Kennedy
Superintendent of Building and Grounds
I don’t think that there are many schools where the students and parents know the members of the Operations Staff as well as they do at Packer. Those relationships are very rewarding.
Meet Amy Hand
Mathematics Department Head
It’s an honor to teach alongside people who are so committed to their students’ learning, who love math so much, and who are so passionate about developing their teaching craft.
Meet Elena Megalos
Middle School Core Teacher
Our field trips enable us to connect with objects (and buildings) that have endured centuries and will outlast us. They bring the past to life and make it tangible.
Meet Anne Marie Mignatti
Middle School Science Teacher
The Middle School Science Fair is the most rewarding part of my job. Students can discover and follow a passion in science and take their learning as deep as they are willing to go.
Meet Ian Rumsey
Mathematics Department Head
When faced with a challenging problem, I hope that my students will have the tools to tackle it and the persistence to push through to a solution.
Meet Meghan Clark
Middle School Computer Science Teacher
I want all my students to understand that it is okay to fail. I want them to be able to push through difficult problems and feel a huge sense of accomplishment and pride when they’re finished.
Meet Anna Curtis
Associate Director of Pre and Lower School Admissions and Assistant Director of Financial Aid
There is a passion that is palpable at Packer. The faculty and staff are incredible, brilliant, engaged, and driven.
Meet Linda Weiss King
Lower School Learning Specialist
One of the most valuable lessons I hope to teach my students is that it’s okay to make mistakes. We all have things we’re really good at and things we need to work on.
Meet Katharine Hill
Middle School Learning Specialist
I hope to teach students that curiosity about the world and about other people is a great way—or maybe the only way—to develop empathy and love of learning.
Meet Lisa Shambaugh
College Counselor
As a college counselor, I feel incredibly lucky to get to know juniors and seniors individually. I am inspired by their willingness to take risks, their abundant positivity, and their ability to recognize how they have grown and changed.
Meet Patricia Runcie-Rice
Middle School Theatre Teacher
I hope that through exploring characters from other times, lands, life experiences, etc. students will gain a visceral sense of understanding so that they can empathize with all people.
Meet Courtney Sockbeson
First Grade Teacher
It's so rewarding when parents tell you about projects that their child has started at home that were inspired by something in the classroom.
Meet Hardeep Juttla
Second Grade Teacher
Building a happy classroom community in which we can laugh, share our struggles, and enjoy each other’s successes is paramount.
Meet Tamara Machac
Upper School Science Teacher
The fellowship among my colleagues not only helps elevate my own teaching, but also makes me feel like a part of the community.
Meet Dio Hernandez
Upper School French and Spanish Teacher
Every time I see students having conversations in the target language just because it's fun and useful, it is very rewarding to me, professionally and personally.
Meet Kofi Donnelly
Science Department Head
I hope to teach my students that learning is lifelong and there really is value in trying to figure things out.
Meet Sarah Strauss
Upper School History Teacher
I love teaching students how to conduct original research—whether in the Packer archives, for a documentary film, or their 10th Grade research paper.
Meet Ramon Thompson
Technology Services Coordinator
I love that my colleagues and I all have the same mission: to help the Packer community through the use of technology.
Meet Nila Fortune
College Counselor
Choosing the right college is less about its reputation and much more about finding a place that will support you as you grow into the person you hope to become.
Meet Erin Schmitz
Independent Science Research Program Coordinator
The Independent Science Research Program is my favorite thing at Packer. I love seeing students go from having an interest in science to becoming so confident and knowledge about their research topic.
Meet Sameer Shah
Upper School Math Teacher
Many adults see math as cold and sterile and formulaic. I think a lot about how to help my students find the joy, beauty, and creativity in math.
Meet Aaron Heflich Shapiro
Manager of Development Services
My colleagues truly embody the spirit of Packer’s Mission Statement and are some of the kindest, warmest, and smartest people I’ve ever worked with!
Meet Jamie Lilly
Lower School Literacy Coordinator
It is essential that we teach students to understand different perspectives. Reading is a great way to facilitate this because books can serve as mirrors and windows.
Meet Chad Austino
Latin Teacher
I hope to teach my students to be self learners. We are all students for life, and the more curious and engaged we are in the world, the more rewarding our lives will be.
Meet June Alpert
Middle School Math Teacher
Some of the best times in math class happen when students have a “lightbulb” moment, and they exclaim, “Oh, now I get it!” It is very satisfying for them and me.
Meet Sadelle Chain
Middle School Core Teacher
In both the intellectual and personal realms, I hope my students will continue to always ask themselves the questions we base our 6th Grade Core course on: Whose perspective am I hearing? Whose may be left out?
Meet Chris Natale
Math Specialist (K-6)
One of my favorite parts of the curriculum is helping kids to think about how to be good problem solvers. It’s hugely important to teach them how to start with a plan and work from there.
Meet Rashad Randolph
Upper School Spanish Teacher
I always hope to teach my students how to have respect and appreciation for all members of our community. Everyone plays a huge role in their education.
Meet Patrick Kieffer
Middle School Core Teacher
All my colleagues work hard to engage fully with our students and they're always looking to improve their practice and their kids' experiences.
Meet Jonathan Farmer
Fourth Grade Teacher
One of the most important things I hope my students come away with as they go off to Middle School is that with a growth mindset, the impossible becomes possible.
Meet Patrick Sandiford
Maintenance Team Member
Knowing that my day will be filled with humor, no matter how hard the task may be, is very satisfying. I thank my colleagues for that.
Meet Kate Meyer
Middle School History Teacher
My colleagues are really talented educators, and my students are some of the finest kids I've ever worked with.
Meet Sandra Fahy
Upper School History Teacher
I love teaching all of my electives, but I think I like Cultural Anthropology the most. This is partly because it's my background, but I also enjoy seeing students respond to a new disciplinary approach to studying the world.
Meet Semeka Smith-Williams
Director of Diversity and Equity
When I watch our student leaders take a topic and bring their ideas to it, and witness their readiness to explore challenging questions with others in our community, it brings me joy and appreciation for being an educator.
Meet Sheila Bogan
Middle and Upper School Admission Director and Director of Financial Aid
I take great pride when the kids that we accept into this community make a major impact, from presenting their findings from years of research in the Science Research Program to choreographing a piece in the Dance Concert.
Meet Pippa Mayell
Physical Education Teacher
One of the greatest things about working at Packer is the opportunity to learn from colleagues. The energy, the enthusiasm, and the dedication to be found across all disciplines and divisions are inspiring!
Meet Mandy Stallings
Dance Teacher
It's always such a thrill when Dance Concert season comes along. Being able to work with the Upper School choreography class and help the dancers to bring their artistic visions to life is such a joy.
Meet Bruce Dennis
Head of School
I love my colleagues' dedication and commitment to their students. I am constantly impressed by the faculty and staff's work ethic and their high level of engagement with our students.
Meet Vidya Misra
Middle School History Teacher
It is always rewarding when my students speak knowledgeably and passionately!
Meet Shanique Hollis
Food Services Team Member
Students feel comfortable talking to me about anything. Sometimes I give them creative ideas for how to go about things. Once, an Upper School soccer player was having a hard time. She was worrying: "We're not going to win [our game], we're not going to win!" I encouraged her, and the team ended up winning!
Meet Jeremy Udden
Instrumental Music Teacher
My students never cease to amaze me — the way they look at a problem or find a solution in a way that I could never have anticipated. Their creativity drives me.
Meet Rita Pavia
Permanent Substitute Teacher
My favorite thing about Packer is the way that students from different divisions engage with each other. I love that they have the opportunity to do so through activities that facilitate reaching outside their normal circles of interaction.
Meet Dallas Rico
Spanish Teacher
I like the diversity of the student body. I believe that diversity enhances the educational experiences of everyone involved because we learn about each other's backgrounds and perspectives.
Meet Andrew Parson
Library Department Head
Packer is a place where I can help students do anything from researching why the Mayan empire collapsed to hanging drywall in a Baltimore Habit for Humanity site.
Meet Stephanie Rapciak
Middle School Science Teacher
I most enjoy the times when students are engaged in design work in my classroom, such as developing experiments to explore force. It is rewarding and inspiring to see students take creative control and think of new and interesting solutions.
Meet Alicia White
Dance Teacher
The relationships that I've made with both my colleagues and my students are the most memorable. Having space and time to create and collaborate with one another allows you to see each other through a different lens.
Meet George Snook
Upper School History Teacher
My favorite thing about Packer is our diversity. People sense it when they enter the building. We encourage and respect each other for our differences as well as our similarities.
Meet Yvonne Menard
Pre and Lower School Admissions Coordinator
My favorite things about Packer are our vibrant community and our commitment to diversity.
Meet Lutz Holzinger
Upper School Science Teacher
My favorite moments are the times my students take charge of the class and have insightful discussions about a topic or problem, while I observe their discourse from the sidelines.
Meet Joanna Festa
Third Grade Teacher
I am always in awe of what our students bring to class discussions on topics such as identity, literacy, math, social studies, our classroom community, and beyond—I am always learning from them!
Meet Nick Griffith
Security Team Member
My favorite thing about Packer is the friendly interactions among the faculty, staff, students, and parents. I have a unique perspective of the school from the front desk.
Meet Louis Rios
Hallmaster
I totally love my mornings at Packer. Getting to watch the students grow and mature year after year is just awesome.
Meet Dorothy Gurreri
Physical Education and Health Teacher
I am happy every day coming to work, and I am very fortunate to have chosen a field that brings me such pleasure.
Meet Paul Riggio
Instrumental Music Coordinator
One of my favorite things about Packer is the myriad of simply lovely and interesting people with whom I have had more than passing relationships: students, faculty, staff, and parents alike.
Meet César Ayala
Middle School Administrative Assistant
One of my favorite things to do at Packer is learn about the lives of all of our students. I love talking to them about things that are not related to school. We don't talk politics; we talk about everything else—and that fills me with energy.
Meet Lydia Monzio
Administrative Assistant for Student Services, College Counseling
I love our caring community, our wonderful students, the friends I have made, and the way I have grown as a person here.
Meet Tené Adero Howard
Director of Global Outreach, Service, and Sustainability
My favorite event is probably the Dance Concert. It is such an amazing example of student leadership and creativity. I also feel deeply connected to this Packer tradition because it was such an important event to me while I was a student here.
Meet Luciean Bennett
Facilities Staff Member (and Packer DJ)
My favorite thing is being around the kids and my coworkers. The atmosphere and the environment at Packer — it's just nice.
Meet Esther Liu Harris
Middle and Upper School Choral Director
My favorite thing about Packer is that it supports teacher professional growth, creates space for community members to discuss important social issues, and encourages students and faculty to challenge themselves.
Meet Tim Jensen
Fourth Grade Teacher
I love the cycle of each school year, and it never bores me. Students and teachers start in September as relative strangers, getting to know one another as we begin working together.
Meet Bessie Oster
Middle School Dean of Student Life and Health Teacher
I think I am always striving to create experiences for our Middle Schoolers that I wish I'd had as a kid — and I love that many of my students and colleagues at Packer are up for the adventure.
Meet Ali Boag
Chair of the Arts Department
My favorite thing about Packer is the people. And the amazing courses students follow. Oh... and the garden area at the back.
Meet Irene Turner
First Grade Teacher
I love working in a PreK to 12 school where I have the opportunity to see my former students grow and develop into such caring, reflective, open, and confident individuals.
Meet Monika Johnston
History Department Chair
I am in awe of our students. Their energy, motivation, and sense of agency are an inspiration to me as both a teacher and a life-long learner.
Meet Louis Minsky
Upper School Computer Science Teacher
There's something incredibly satisfying about watching a student who has been struggling with a problem and seeing the moment that they get it to work.
Meet Chris Rush
Lower School Librarian
I really enjoy being with the students. Their energy and excitement inspire me and I learn so much from them every day.
Meet Ann Martinez
Food Services Member
My favorite thing about Packer is when kids come here at age three and I watch them grow up! I feel close to them and bond with them.
Meet Rich Domanico
Physical Education Teacher and Coach
Through the years, my favorite thing about Packer has been the students that I have had the privilege to coach. Whether on a soccer field or a basketball court, our student athletes conduct themselves with class and a remarkable work ethic.
Meet Todd Johnson
Middle School English Teacher
I love the fact that individuality is embraced at Packer. I would be hard pressed to describe the typical Packer student (or teacher, for that matter) because everyone is encouraged to be themselves.
Meet Lynnette Arthur
Preschool Teacher
The relationships with fellow teachers, staff, parents, and children that we at Packer encounter every year are monumental, and extend beyond the classroom.
Meet Eric Baylin
Upper School Art Teacher
My favorite thing about Packer is the enthusiasm and creativity of the students. I am inspired by their willingness to test the boundaries of their own ideas and their readiness to explore new possibilities.
Meet Su-Ling Huang
World Languages Teacher
My favorite thing about Packer is the diversity in the faculty and student body. Packer offers a wealth of opportunities for students to explore a variety of languages and cultures.
Meet Alice Lurain
Upper School Science Teacher
I love that every day as I walk through the halls of Packer, I exchange greetings with students, faculty, and staff. It is a wonderfully welcoming and affirming feeling to be seen and acknowledged with warmth, and often, with enthusiasm.
Meet Cameron Lemley
Upper School Math Teacher
Mathematics is a universal language and a powerful investigative tool, and it can be used to effect positive social change. It provides a very discerning lens through which we can inspect our world.
Meet Anne Montero
Kindergarten Teacher
Last year, a group of Middle School students led our Kindergartners in an art project and discussion about identity. The confidence, patience and tenderness with which the Middle School students led the activity reaffirmed for me why it's so fantastic to be a member of this community.
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It is Packer’s policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment and to all employees, consistent with applicable federal, state and local laws. Accordingly, all applicants for employment and all employees are treated without regard to age, arrest or conviction record, caregiver status, color, credit history, disability, gender, gender identity, immigration status, marital or partnership status, military service, national origin, pregnancy, race, religion /creed, salary history, sexual and reproductive health decisions, sexual orientation, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual violence or stalking, unemployment status or any other protected class. Packer is dedicated to ensuring the fulfillment of this policy with respect to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruitment, advertising, pay and other forms of compensation, training and general treatment during employment.