Career Center

The Director of Middle School will be a strategic partner and thought leader who will help strengthen and advance Latin School of Chicago’s vision and strategic plan for the Middle School. By working in close partnership with key constituencies, the Director of Middle School will prioritize the following:

• Integrate, deepen, and make personal the Latin learning experience for each and every person in the Latin Middle School community
• Authentically embed diversity, equity, and inclusion into all facets of the Middle School experience at Latin from curriculum, to hiring, to professional development and training
• Invest in Middle School leadership, faculty, and staff as Latin’s most important assets in the development of their students
• Partner in improving the hiring and retention
  of faculty and staff from underrepresented communities, so that the Latin community better reflects the student body and the city of Chicago
• Focus on engaging with Middle School families, school alumni, and the city of Chicago to
  make student learning more connected to the professional world and the communities in which they live
• Partner with the Middle School Dean to support a restorative justice approach to discipline currently being used in the Middle School
• Align philosophies and “developmentally appropriate” practices with both Lower and Upper School Divisions
• Implement and operationalize The Portrait of a Latin Learner, launching in spring 2023

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Oversee the development, alignment, and evaluation of curriculum in collaboration with the instructional leadership team of the school
• Work cross-functionally across academic and administrative divisions in the planning and running of the school
• Be the spokesperson and champion of, and for, the Middle School division in front of various stakeholder audiences, including parents, prospective families, Board of Trustees, etc.
• Work in close partnership with others in the Director’s office, including the Assistant Director of Middle School and the Administrative Assistant
• Be an integral voice and participant in the admissions process, including open houses, sitting on the Middle School Admissions Committee, interviewing candidates, etc.
• Prepare Middle School students for the expectations of the Upper School
• Maintain academic and extracurricular excellence
• Plan and allocate the annual division budget
• Embed diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice
  into Middle School curriculum, culture, hiring, and admission’s activities in partnership with key stakeholders, including the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the MS DEI Coordinators, and the DEI Committee
• Meet regularly with Middle School parents in a variety of formal and informal formats
• Meet regularly with the Board of Trustees to update and answer questions about the Middle School division, when needed
• Write regular communications to parents, prospective families, faculty, students, etc.

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred
• A minimum of 8–10 years of related experience working with students in grades 5-8
• Experience as a middle school teacher
• Experience with integrating and upholding the principles of DEIJB
• Experience leading and managing a large faculty
• Understanding of and experience with restorative justice practices
• Strong curricular development/design experience at an academically rigorous school
• Experience with the enrollment management process and Admissions activities
• Experience with budget planning, allocation, and management
• Strong and proven people development skills
• Experience successfully navigating change
• Demonstrated experience serving successfully in an educational leadership role in a school with varied and exacting constituencies

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS