Career Center

Head of School, Lawrence Woodmere Academy

Ideal Experience

• Masters Degree required. Higher degrees preferred
• Demonstrated history of effectiveness in leading a private school. Must have PK-12 private school experience
• Experience as a classroom teacher or educator, ideally in a private PK-12 school setting preferred
• Demonstrated acumen for mentoring and guiding professional development of classroom teachers
• Must understand how to build and enhance a PK-12 academic program
• Must understand the NYSAIS accreditation process
• Proven record of quickly assimilating into new environments, identifying areas for improvement and affecting change, while cultivating positive relationships
• Demonstrated experience with outreach to a private school community including existing families, prospective families, alumni, and Board of Trustees

Skills and Qualities

• Possess a growth mindset and eagerness to explore new ideas and approaches
• Be visible and have an engaging personality and interact well with children and their families
• Should contribute positively to the admissions process to increase and improve enrollment
• Should have ideas to tap into alumni to improve outreach
• Integrity and sincerity

To Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should submit electronically, as separate pdf documents, the following materials:

1. Formal cover letter (In order to permit a proper leadership transition process with the current head of school, the cover letter should indicate the applicant’s earliest potential start date. In an ideal scenario, candidates may be available to begin employment as early as January 9th, 2023. Official start date may be flexible. Reference circumstances in cover letter.
2. Current resume
3. References (3): Name, Title, Relationship, Phone Number, Email Address

Ideally references should Include:

• Former/current supervisor,
• former/current subordinate, and a
• former/current parent from a school where one served in a leadership capacity.

Please email these 3 components to: Jobs@Lawrencewoodmere.org

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY

Lawrence Woodmere Academy, as an equal opportunity employer, does not discriminate in its hiring of employees on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, creed, national origin, citizenship, marital or veteran status, age, or disability.  LWA’s Diversity Equity and Inclusion Statement mandates that “LWA’s admission policies, hiring practices, supportive community initiatives, professional development, events, curricula, and extracurricular programming buttress the inclusive, anti-biased, and celebratory culture of our school.”

About Lawrence Woodmere Academy Academy

Lawrence Woodmere Academy, a 110 year old independent school, proudly educates three year old students to students in grade 12. LWA is located on a lovely suburban campus in Woodmere, Long Island, New York. We are eight minutes from JFK Airport and 40 minutes to midtown Manhattan with the Long Island Railroad stop located two blocks from our campus. Our student body is a diverse one with students coming mainly from Queens and Long Island as well as several countries around the world including China. LWA students certainly live one of our school's credos with our community "at home with the world." Along with our rigorous academic program that meets all of our students' learning needs, LWA is an A+STEM school. We have an award winning, premier Arts program in theater, music and visual arts with students performing in our historic theater. Our dynamic STEM program enables students to explore all of the areas of STEM. LWA Upper School students participate in the Global Scholars program. We are one of 25 schools in the United States to offer this program. LWA also has a partnership with Middle States accredited St. Francis College of Brooklyn which enables our Upper School s...tudents to take up to 10 courses during their time at LWA at a significantly reduced price with students potentially earning 30 college credits by graduation. We also offer several AP courses including AP Chemistry, AP Calculus AB and BC and AP US History. Students' experiences are rounded out through our well known athletic program and performing arts opportunities. In addition, we have a wide range of extra curricular activities through our Tiger Fame program as well as after school experiences. 100% of our students go on to four year colleges through our personalized college guidance program. Class size is small with classes at between 10-15 students on average. Students are well known to teachers and staff. Students participate in our Advisory program where students have an Advisor who follows their progress and is that point person for them. Social and Emotional Learning is an important component of Advisory as well with students participating in a daily wellness program as well as a weekly program focusing on areas of childhood and adolescent development and cultural celebrations. Students are also leaders of their learning as they work on goal setting and action planning around their progress throughout the school year and lead our student voice/student led parent teacher conferences. LWA provides a warm and nurturing experience to its students across all grades. We have a collegial atmosphere of sharing and professionalism among its teachers and staff. All who are a part of the LWA community live our school credo of veritas, integritas and servitium (truth, integrity, service).

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