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The East Harlem School, an independent middle school for low-income students, seeks a full time Dean of Faculty and Staff for the 2023-2024 school year, beginning in July 2023.* This is a unique opportunity for someone interested in school leadership to make a meaningful impact in a very special community while working directly with Ivan Hageman, the cofounder and Head of School. With Ivan, the Dean of Faculty and Staff oversees all facets of the School.

Dean of Faculty and Staff Responsibilities

The Dean of Faculty and Staff will be in charge of managing a faculty of 15 teachers and overseeing the school’s curriculum and instruction. This is a year-round position. Responsibilities include: 

• Looking deeply at the school’s Math, Humanities, Science, and Arts curriculums to ensure they are comprehensive, cohesive, and up to date 
• Overseeing the Program Director and all things related to the day-to-day operations of the school
• Spending time in classrooms, observing teachers in both formal and informal ways, including biannual faculty reviews
• Coordinating all internal and external professional development for teachers throughout the year, including Faculty Orientation in August 2023 and weekly faculty meetings during the school year
• Serving as the Director for the School’s Summer Session beginning in Summer 2024. This includes planning the curriculum, hiring a staff of Summer Interns, and overseeing the daily logistics of the month-long program (July)
• Working with the Head of School to interview and hire teachers 
• Attending to any other responsibilities that the Head of School determines is appropriate

Qualified candidates must have: 

• At least 5 years of teaching experience 
• 2 years in a leadership or coaching position 
• An understanding of and passion for a liberal arts education and a desire to mentor young teachers 
• A highly organized work ethic, good sense of humor, and an unwavering commitment to the School’s mission

About The East Harlem School at Exodus House

Our mission: The East Harlem School challenges students to develop a balanced physical, moral, and intellectual strength that they will use to adapt to change - and for the final purpose of creating and sharing lives of deep meaning, dynamic virtue, and transcendent joy. We are a middle school (grades 4-8) that recruits children from families with low income and the highest values, and we give preference to those who keep to the traditional belief that creative flight can only be sustained by grounded discipline. Our history: Exodus House has been an anchoring and iconic institution in Harlem since its founding in 1963 by Reverend Dr. Lynn and Mrs. Leola Hageman as a drug rehabilitation center. Due to a heightened concern for the welfare and well-being of the community’s many underserved, at-risk children, Exodus House was converted in 1984 to an after-school and summer program facility. Then, in the fall of 1993, inspired by the steadfast commitment of the Hagemans to the East Harlem community, the couple's sons, Hans and Ivan, opened an independent year-round middle school on the original Exodus House site to better address the critical needs of these children and their famili...es. Today, EHS is chartered by the New York State Department of Education and accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The East Harlem School is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

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