The Madeira School is seeking a collaborative, engaging, and innovative leader to join them as the inaugural Director of Belonging and Global Education. The Director of Belonging is a full-time, 12-month role working in partnership with the Head of School and the Senior Administrative team to provide strategic leadership in the area of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. The Director will provide guidance and insight into all aspects of administrative work related to the School’s commitment to DEIB, and will also support the work of individual administrators, faculty, and staff in the implementation of the initiatives related to DEIB. With both students and faculty/staff as their priority constituencies, the Director will have a hand in student activities programming, curriculum development, professional development, admissions, and affirmative hiring and retention.

The Director of Belonging will be a co-collaborator and thought leader in setting and furthering Madeira’s vision and strategic plan. The Director will be a dynamic advocate and ally, bringing big ideas and forward-thinking to the table, while also respecting the school and its current culture. By working in close partnership with key constituencies, the Director will work to prioritize the following: develop and implement a comprehensive DEIB strategic plan that aligns with the school's mission and values, and includes all constituents of Madeira; build an institutional audit for DEIB that marries the recently approved strategic plan and a gap analysis of the school’s current efforts; guide the Academic Dean, the Dean of Teaching and Learning, the Dean of Student Life and Culture, and the faculty to develop and implement both formal and informal systems that will support the social and academic experience of students within the context of diversity, equity, and inclusion; identify resources and practices that will assist the Board and the Senior Administration team in their training and professional development. In this way (and others), the Director will assist the school’s leadership in educating all parts of the school community about the work related to the school’s commitment to DEIB, including parent education, resources related to teaching and learning, board training; help define what it means to be an “all-girls” school today and help develop a framework for how Madeira talks about gender while evolving with the ever-changing times; develop curriculum and experiences that address Global Education best practices and standards; collaborate with the admissions team to attract a diverse student body; develop and implement strategies to recruit and retain diverse faculty and staff. 

The Director will serve as the school’s primary thought leader, strategic planner, and bridge builder around all areas of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Through collaboration, building trust, and transparent communication, the Director will attend to the following day-to-day duties: lead the Equity Team, an advisory and action group of faculty and administrators committed to supporting the DEIB-related work and experiences within the community; assist the faculty and the Deans of Academics and Teaching and Learning in sustaining the work of implementing a curriculum and teaching practices that support knowledge and skill-building related to DEIB; advise the Co-Chairs of DEI for Student Government and oversee the Student Diversity Board to engage or support students and families, faculty and staff, and other school community members in DEIB-related programming; in collaboration with Residential Life, identify, build, and launch programming for belonging that takes the boarding, day, international, and domestic profile into consideration.

To view the full opportunity statement, please visit: Leadership Opportunity: The Madeira School — Strategenius

Interested candidates should submit via https://bit.ly/Madeira_DirBelong_AppForm the following materials confidentially as a single PDF file: cover letter, current résumé, statement of educational philosophy, and the names, email addresses, and telephone numbers of five references, including at least two recent supervisors.

Applications are due by December 9, 2024.

About The Madeira School

Founded in 1906, The Madeira School is one of the nations’ top secondary schools for girls. Located just outside Washington DC, Madeira enrolls approximately 330 boarding and daygirls in grades 9-12. The school has a long tradition of rigorous academics and one of the country’s oldest Experiential Learning programs, currently known as Co-Curriculum. As an all-girls college preparatory boarding and day school, The Madeira School is dedicated to providing girls with a top-notch education and the skills to lead lives of their own making. At Madeira, you will find an extraordinary faculty that engage and challenge the minds of our students.

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