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Job Posted
August 1, 2026
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Website
Contact Name
Bryan J Newell
Contact Email
bnewell@hampshirecountryschool.net
Location
Rindge, NH
United States
Do you like the outdoors? How about games? Are you eager to learn about neuroscience, emotional regulation, and neurodivergence?
Hampshire Country School (HCS) is hiring Dorm Parents who serve as dedicated mentors, hilarious role models, and devoted relationship builders. There is very little about this job (or our students) which can be considered “standard.” Some of our most successful faculty members are twenty year veteran educators. Some had never worked in formal educational settings until they got to HCS. This work is as hard as it is rewarding, as challenging as it is joyful.
Summary
Dorm Parents at Hampshire Country School have two equally important functions: The first is to create a family-style living space in the dorm where students can feel at ease and learn basic self-care and housekeeping skills. The second major function of a Dorm Parent is to lead fun activities with a strong educational foundation, complete with opportunities for social connection and outdoor adventure. Dorm Parents may be the first to recognize growth spurts both physical and developmental, they offer refuge on challenging days, they help students learn to speak up for themselves, and they model how students can become better caretakers of our learning community.
Successful Dorm Parents rely on their strong creative ability, patience, and empathy to develop curated experiences which both engage our students’ unique strengths and support their emotional, social, and cognitive development. Our students are objectively brilliant, often need fine-tuned pacing, and require calm, understanding, quick-witted educators who respect their dignity, and work to keep things lighthearted.
What is Hampshire Country School?
Hampshire Country School is a very small and highly specialized boarding school community comprised of faculty, students, and families who are joined in our commitment to provide our misunderstood, twice-exceptional boys the chance to have the best school experience possible.
It is a place where bright students who have struggled to find success elsewhere can come and find a home filled with knowledgeable adults who care deeply about their experience, and cherish them for who they are.
HCS is a Country School with a working farm and nearly 2,000 acres of land. It is low-tech, analog, and moves a bit more slowly in many ways. HCS’s faculty are more likely to use the farm and wilderness to deliver educational programming than they are to use screens.
This is a place where you will work, learn, and grow.
Hampshire Country School (HCS) is a 10 month boarding school in southern New Hampshire for high-ability, neurodiverse boys. HCS offers understanding, light-heartedness, and structure to educate boys in a family-style, supportive, and collaborative learning community.
For more information: http://www.hampshirecountryschool.org
Compensation Information
Compensation is hourly, $18 to $20/hr, depending on experience. Room and Board are available.