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Posted: 14-Mar-24
Location: Sandy Spring, Maryland
Type: Full Time
Categories:
College Counseling
Required Education:
4 Year Degree
Founded in 1961, Sandy Spring Friends School is a progressive, coed, academically-rigorous day and boarding school serving approximately 700 students from age three through 12th grade. The campus is located on 140 acres in the historic Sandy Spring area of Montgomery County, Maryland, and the School is approved by the Maryland State Board of Education and accredited by the Association of Independent Maryland Schools.
Our school’s culture, rooted in the idea that collaboration engenders achievement, can be traced to our Quaker heritage and abiding belief in the Quaker values of simplicity, equality, honesty, stewardship of the environment, and peaceful resolution of conflict.
2024 - 2025 Assistant Director of Residential Life and College Counselor, Full time, Exempt, Campus Housing Included
The Assistant Director of Residential Life is an integral part of the school’s boarding
program, which has approximately 40 students and 12 faculty. The ideal candidate will play a vital role in designing and implementing the residential life curriculum. This person will help with scheduling activities, programs and duties, and with managing the Residential Life faculty and students. This position reports directly to and supports the Director of Residential Life.
The Assistant Director of Residential Life is also asked to teach two classes or its administrative equivalent in the academic life of the school. Given the priorities of the school at this time, we seek an Assistant Director of Residential Life who can also serve as a member of the Office of College Counseling and will report directly to the Director of College Counseling. This person will play a key role in supporting early college planning initiatives for all 9th and 10th grade students to prepare students for success throughout their upper school experience.
Residential Life Responsibilities
- Support Residential Life programming initiatives, including student orientation, student leadership development, weekend activities, weekly dorm programs & parties, banquets, and annual traditions.
- Collaborate with SSFS student support staff to assure student health and safety.
- Serve as a liaison between the School and residential student families.
- Serve as Administrator on Duty one night per week and one weekend per month.
- Collaborate with the Director of Residential Life to train and support the staff of The Residential Program.
- Create and manage the Residential Life staffing schedule.
- Coordinate transportation for students.
- Administering and dispensing medications after receiving training and certification.
- Support professional development for residential staff.
- Serve in the place of the Director of Residential Life should the Director be unavailable
College Counseling Responsibilities
- Guide students and their families through planning for post-secondary opportunities after graduating from SSFS with an emphasis on education for grades 9 and 10.
- Partner with ninth and tenth grade Deans to design college counseling and “life post-high school” programming for students, families and faculty advisors, including but not limited to: financial aid and scholarship presentations, exploring gap year options, guest speaker events, and navigating college and life resources.
- Keep current on the changing college admissions landscape through research, association memberships, and networking with college admissions and college counseling professionals.
- Help students understand the financial aid process and how to research and pursue various scholarship opportunities.
- Support students in the athletic recruiting process.
- Assist with college counseling sponsored programs, events, and workshops.
- Advise and assist students in targeting academic and personal enrichment activities beyond SSFS, including pre-college summer programs and leadership experiences.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in education-related field preferred.
- Experience working with students, ideally in a residential setting
- Experience working with international students, and familiarity/experience with international school settings.
- Three years of prior experience in college admissions and/or as a college counselor at a secondary school preferred.
- Familiarity with college application management platforms, such as Maia Learning, preferred.
- Ability to set clear expectations and boundaries and hold students accountable
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and follow-through
- Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Availability to work evenings and weekends preferred
- Basic computer literacy and experience using Google Suite for both administrative and instructional purposes, strong interpersonal, and written communication skills.
- Knowledge of Quaker history and education is desirable, but not required.
Physical Requirements: The ability to navigate stairs as part of daily routines; mobility around a large campus with uneven pavement; bending and squatting as required to participate in activities; sitting and standing for long periods of time during the school day; lifting/carrying boxes up to 25 pounds; and the ability to maneuver as necessary within a regular classroom and office setting.
Commitment to Diversity: Sandy Spring Friends School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or a person's status as a qualified candidate with a disability in administration of its educational program, admission policies, financial aid program, staff hiring, and other school-administered programs.
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About Sandy Spring Friends School
SSFS offers an inquiry-based college preparatory program that emphasizes deep understanding throughout the curriculum while encouraging collaboration, instilling confidence, fostering practical experience, and cultivating respect for others. The School's teachers help students internalize a process we call "QRA” —Question, Reflection, Action—which ensures that they think critically, integrate new knowledge, and apply what they learn. We help students develop their individual sense of purpose as they become caring citizens of the world.
Our school’s culture, rooted in the idea that collaboration engenders achievement, can be traced to our Quaker heritage and abiding belief in the Quaker values of simplicity, equality, honesty, stewardship of the environment, and peaceful resolution of conflict. Our teachers are lifelong mentors and strive to identify and cultivate each student’s intellectual, extracurricular, and social passions. In doing so, we help shape students whose actions speak volumes and whose lives become exemplars—not only among their peers and families today but also in their personal, educational, and professional communities long after high school. Sandy Spring Frie
...nds School students are taught to act upon what they learn. This call to action propels their accomplishments as graduates, in college, and beyond.
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