Working at Tandem

At Tandem Friends School, we believe that the finest education is achieved through an active partnership between faculty and students. We honor students by holding them to high standards. Teachers are dedicated to the intellectual, aesthetic and moral growth of each student. In turn, our students are expected to enter into this partnership with a sense of responsibility and respect for their mentors and for the entire school community.

As a college preparatory school, Tandem Friends sets high standards of academic excellence, which includes creative thought and independent thinking. Tandem Friends offers rigorous training in core skills of verbal and quantitative reasoning as well as self-expression. Our two mottoes, "Freedom with Responsibility" and "Kindness and Wisdom," are prevalent in everyday activities and are important components of the Tandem Friends experience. The curriculum is broad and innovative and is complemented by attention to the individual student.

Our high expectations of students are possible because our faculty and staff meet a high standard of professional and personal excellence in their work. All teacher candidate finalists spend a full day at Tandem and teach sample classes. We actively foster our employees' continuing growth through professional development funding and an environment that is characterized by open communication, collaboration and a strong sense of community. The combination of motivated students, engaged families, active institutional support and highly qualified employees makes Tandem Friends a dynamic learning community.

Tandem Friends School is a co-educational, independent day school for grades 5-12 with a diverse enrollment of 210 students. The school is located on a 23-acre campus in Charlottesville, Virginia. Tandem Friends was founded as The Tandem School in 1970, and was affiliated as a Quaker (Friends) school in 1995.