| The Loomis Chaffee School is seeking an imaginative educator who can lead our initiatives to support students in their effort to realize “their best selves and the common good.”
The successful candidate should have deep experience in working with students in a secondary school setting, a demonstrated passion for engaged citizenship, the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues, a desire to help develop students’ ability to participate meaningfully with the wider world, and a deep commitment to the work of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Our goal is to encourage in our students the agency, knowledge, skills, and sense of responsibility to positively shape and lead community.
Some examples of the responsibilities of this position as the Keller Family Director of the Norton Family Center for the Common Good include, but are not limited to, the following:
-Design and lead the Seminar in the Common Good and the Seminar in the Best Self, a required two-year seminar series for all ninth and tenth grade students. -Organize and manage the Norton Fellows program, which provides grants to rising juniors and seniors for community engagement projects. -Manage and promote the Community Engagement and Community Work programs. -Plan regular dialogues, events and programs on campus with other offices and student clubs and organizations. -Collaborate with other offices as they seek to advance the school’s mission and build community. -Work with colleagues to encourage engagement across our community. -Serve as a thought leader on campus. For more information about the Norton Family Center for the Common Good, please visit this website: https://www.loomischaffee.org/academics/norton-family-center-for-the-common-good Loomis Chaffee is a boarding school, and in addition to fulfilling the duties associated with this directorship, other responsibilities could include dormitory residence or association and participation in other programs and offerings at the school in a manner commensurate with the candidate’s skills. The Loomis Chaffee School is an independent, coeducational boarding/day school of 725 students and 170 faculty members, located in the historic town of Windsor, Connecticut. Chartered in 1874, the school provides an academically challenging curriculum within a supportive community that affirms individual beliefs and differences. Need-based financial aid is currently awarded to 33 percent of the student body.
Loomis Chaffee does not discriminate against employees on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, or disability. This policy applies to, but is not limited to, admission, financial aid, employment, use of school facilities, and participation in school activities. |