Working at Buckley
Members of our plant operations staff, technology department, administration, and faculty will all tell you they love coming to the beautiful Buckley campus each day. Employees of The Buckley School have many resources available to them:
- Catered lunch, served in the K-12 lounge five days a week
- Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, pet)
- Generous time-off policy including 2 weeks for Spring Break, 2 weeks for Winter Break, 1 week for Thanksgiving
- Health/Dependent Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Use of campus gym, weight room, pool
- Tuition remission
- Education Reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Programs
- 403(b) Retirement Plan
- Annual Personal Leave Cash Out
- Long Term Disability (LTD)
Teaching at Buckley
Teachers at Buckley enjoy teaching. Whatever their discipline, they love working with children and sparking their curiosities and passions. In a school with 830 students, 110 faculty, and 80 staff members, we pride ourselves in knowing every child, promoting where they excel, and helping where they struggle. At Buckley, teaching is a calling and a privilege.
Design-Your-Own PD
Each year our Parents’ Association selects two faculty recipients for the “PA Fellowship,” which allows them to create experiences of their own design. Past PA Fellowships have sponsored an exploration through Antarctica; a visit to the advanced design and sustainability of Snøhetta in Norway; the writing, directing, and producing of an original short film; and a journey through Senegal to study music, language, colonialism, and culture.
Professional Development
A robust professional development budget helps our faculty and staff stay current, connected, and passionate about their work. All employees are eligible for professional development grants, which fund additional learning and experiences that include graduate study, workshops, and national and international conferences.
- National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) People of Color Conference (PoCC)
- National Chinese Language Conference
- Building Thinking Classrooms Conference
- National Association for College Admission Counseling conference
- American Baseball Coaches Association Convention
- Chicago International Puppet Festival
- Columbia Global Summit
- The Art of iPhone Photography
- Innovations in Disability and Dance
- Road Scholar -The Life and Works of C. S. Lewis
- AI Expo for National Competitiveness
- Innovation Grants (Given for interdisciplinary collaborations)
- Creation of an illustrated dictionary (English and Visual Arts)