Employment at Serra

Since 1944, Serra High School has been serving the young men of San Mateo County by providing them with a quality Catholic, college-preparatory education in a caring environment. A nationally renowned high school not content to rest on its laurels, Serra is actively seeking high quality applicants to staff its teaching ranks.

For more than 75 years, our mission has been to help students grow spiritually, academically and socially so that they can become men of faith and service. Every curricular and co-curricular area of our program is enriched and guided by this mission.

As a result, Serra graduates are leaders in government, journalism, medicine, law, public safety, the arts and sciences, business, ordained ministry and religious life, and education. Serra graduates include Pulitzer and Peabody Prize winners, Grammy Award winners, New York Times bestselling authors, Silicon Valley CEOs, professional athletes, an Executive Editor of the New York Times and local, state and federal government leaders. In order to build on our proud tradition, we seek applicants with the following traits:

• A practicing Catholic who can serve as a positive, balanced and knowledgeable role model of Christian faith to teenagers;
• A person who has the ability to implement effective pedagogical practices that capture the imaginations of learners of various abilities and styles;
• A person who is fascinated by the subject(s) he/she teaches and is a lifelong learner;
• An adult whose interactions with students, parents and colleagues are marked by the virtues of integrity and respect;
• A person whose active commitment to service is marked by the tenets of Catholic social teachings; and,
• A teacher who sees his/her role as a joyful response to God's call to ministry.