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Director of Student Life

York’s distinct mission is to inspire and prepare a diverse community of creative, independent thinkers. Through robust curricular, co-curricular, and extra-curricular programs, the School strives to produce globally-minded students who solve complex problems in their current and future communities using relevant 21st-century skills such as critical thinking, collaboration, communication, creativity, entrepreneurship, and design thinking.

The Director of Student Life is responsible for overseeing a student life program that realizes this mission and vision by ensuring students’ personal growth, social-emotional development, and community engagement. The ideal candidate is passionate about working with teenagers and has a demonstrated commitment to building authentic relationships with individual students, student leaders, and student groups that encourage cohesiveness, agency, voice, and inclusivity. This position will be combined with classroom teaching or other responsibilities. The Director of Student Life oversees the Class Deans, and reports to the Director of Teaching and Learning. 

Responsibilities:

• Works to develop, implement, and manage policies, protocols, and practices that serve to support and foster a sense of belonging, safety, and respect among students in an intentionally diverse community.
• Develops programming designed to enhance student leadership skills across the program.
• Designs and evaluates the advisory program and the advisee experience.
• Oversees extracurricular clubs, building capacity for student leadership and connections to the rest of the program.
• Oversees student conduct and disciplinary issues, serving as the primary resource for teachers and students with issues related to student behavior. Regularly evaluates and revises, as needed, disciplinary practices at the school to ensure that outcomes are equitable, transparent, and restorative.
• Designs and schedules special programs and events for the student body that address student development, health, and wellness.
• Organizes and leads ongoing professional development for faculty in adolescent development, health, and wellness.
• Actively participates in regular student support meetings to proactively address students’ needs and crisis management as appropriate.
• Works closely with parents to help support their childrens' development, including holding conferences with parents when appropriate and designing parent education programming.
• Ensures that programming and practices are rooted in best practice and research.

Qualifications and Requirements: In addition to the qualities and skills noted above, the ideal candidate will possess and have demonstrated:

• Authentic appreciation for adolescents and a deep interest in developing personal and generative relationships with all students.
• Significant experience designing and implementing programs to promote student leadership development and civic engagement.
• Effectiveness in managing complex tasks, prioritizing among competing demands for time and attention, and driving projects to completion.
• Strong problem solving and team building skills.
• Timely and thoughtful communication skills.

Compensation:

• Salary Range: $90,000-$110,000
• Benefits:
• Medical 90% employee coverage
• Dental 90% employee and dependent coverage
• Vision 90% employee and dependent coverage
• Retirement: 1-to-1 match of 5% of base salary; Tax Deferred Annuity - 1% of base salary
• HSA: $1000 annual contribution

Application: To apply, please submit a resume, cover letter with description of educational philosophy, and contact list of three professional references in a single PDF document to Jon Zeljo, Director of Teaching and Learning, at jzeljo@york.org. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. For more information about York, visit york.org.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

York School provides equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion (including religious dress and religious grooming), gender, gender identity (defined as each person’s internal understanding of their gender), gender expression (a person’s genderrelated appearance or behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s sex assigned at birth), sexual orientation, national and (or) ethnic origin, citizenship, ancestry, age, marital status, registered domestic partner status, military or veteran status, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, sex (including pregnancy or perceived pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions) genetic information or characteristics, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law or local ordinance.

About York School

SCHOOL INFORMATION Founded in 1959, located on scenic hillside terrain in California’s Monterey Bay area, York School is a college preparatory, coeducational, independent day school for grades 8-12. York is an intentionally small school with a rigorous academic program, exceptional faculty, and a distinctive campus culture. 76% of York’s faculty hold advanced degrees and the average class size is 15. www.york.org

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