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Sage Hill School seeks a strategic and collaborative leader to serve as its next Director of College Counseling. Since its founding in 2000, Sage Hill has experienced remarkable growth and success, rightfully earning a reputation as the leading independent school in Orange County. The next Director will succeed the 13-year-long leadership of their predecessor and will inherit a strong and stable team. The Director will also join Sage Hill at a critical and exciting moment, as the School prepares for the opening of a new Middle School in August 2026. As part of this expansion, the Director will serve as a visionary leader for Sage Hill’s college counseling strategy in a 7-12 environment. Sage Hill is relatively young and nimble, and that agility extends to a college counseling office unafraid to pivot, iterate, and test new approaches on the cutting edge of college counseling. This leader must resonate with that dual approach of high quality and high innovation, and a commitment to...

The Hotchkiss School (Hotchkiss or the School), one of the top independent schools in the country, s eeks an inspiring, humble, and strategic leader to join its community in the summer of 2026 as the next Head of School (Head). Founded in 1891 and located on 827 acres in Lakeville, Connecticut, Hotchkiss has long been a beacon of academic excellence and transformative education. Today, it serves approximately 600 students in grades 9 through 12, including post-graduates, representing 31 countries and 34 U.S. states. With 96 percent of students boarding and a deeply engaged faculty, Hotchkiss offers a richly immersive educational experience. The School prides itself on small, interactive classes—averaging just 12 students—delivered by a faculty in which 72 percent hold advanced degrees and all are actively involved in student life. Hotchkiss is a school that celebrates its traditions while embracing innovation. Under the leadership of Craig Bradley (2016–2026), the...

Albany Academy ("the Academy") is seeking a visionary, community-oriented head of school to lead this prestigious independent institution into the future. The successful candidate will be tasked with upholding academic excellence while fostering a culture that values both community spirit and individual student development. The ideal applicant should possess a proven track record as an inspiring leader and adept fundraiser, with experience in aligning diverse stakeholders around a shared vision within complex institutional environments. For over two centuries, Albany Academy has been a beacon of academic achievement, character development, and personal growth. It has rightfully earned its reputation as the Capital Region's premier – and sole – pre-K to post-graduate independent, college preparatory day school. The Academy's current structure, resulting from the merger of two single-sex schools, offers an innovative educational model. Students experience co-educational learning...

The mission of Ransom Everglades School is to provide an educational environment in which the pursuit of honor, academic excellence and intellectual growth is complemented by the concern for the physical, cultural and character development of each student. THE SEARCH Ransom Everglades School (RE), a top-tier independent day school in the Miami-Coconut Grove area, seeks a collaborative and intellectually curious specialist in curriculum and faculty professional development to serve as its inaugural director of teaching and learning. The director will join one of the world's leading independent schools as it renews its curriculum to enhance its reputation for excellence and ensure its pedagogical edge. This role presents an opportunity to partner with academic leadership, including the head of school, the heads of middle and upper school, and department chairs, to shape curricular and professional development goals for the School's faculty in service to the mission of Ransom...

Marin Academy (MA), a leader in progressive and experiential education, seeks a visionary, bold, and collaborative Director of College Counseling. This Director will join MA at a critical moment and will confidently lead a newer, expanded college counseling team. As the school reimagines the college counseling process, the new Director will oversee a total team of four, including three Associate Directors and a half-time Office Manager, to reduce caseloads, enhance high-touch service to students and families, and best set the office up for success. The successful candidate will be an established and national thought leader and partner who thrives on strengthening MA's existing priorities and processes while, at the same time, considering what more might be achievable in the future-and then working alongside the college counseling team, senior leadership, and the school community to turn that ambition into reality.  Founded in 1971 by a small group of educators and private...

Flint Hill School (Flint Hill or the School), an innovative preparatory school right outside of Washington, D.C., seeks a collaborative, compassionate, approachable, and inspiring leader to serve as its next Upper School Dean of Students (the Dean). Flint Hill is known for its student-centered approach to teaching, a diverse and inclusive community, and a strong emphasis on character education. The work of this Dean touches many of the most complex and challenging areas in education: access and inclusivity; advising and mentorship; cultural climate; mental health and wellness; autonomy and accountability; and developmentally oriented student success. With a Head of School in his third year of innovative leadership, Flint Hill's commitment to the student experience is strong and evolving. This Dean of Students will play a critical role in developing an exciting vision that will further distinguish Flint Hill's approach to upper school students and deliver on its best-in-class,...

Flint Hill School (Flint Hill or the School), an innovative preparatory school right outside of Washington, D.C., seeks a collaborative, empathetic, and strategic leader to serve as its Director of the Upper School (the Division Director). Flint Hill is known for its student-centered approach to teaching, a diverse and inclusive community, and a strong emphasis on character education; this leader will advance that critical work as an integral member of the Senior Leadership Team. With a Head of School in his third year and a new strategic plan forthcoming, this moment presents an opportunity to further develop an exciting academic and co-curricular vision for the Upper School, centered around the unifying goal of best serving students and families across all divisions.  Founded in 1956, Flint Hill serves students from junior kindergarten through grade twelve, with a total enrollment of approximately 1,045 students and 160 faculty and staff members across two campuses in...

Search for the Executive Director The Academy for Teachers New York, New York The Academy for Teachers (or ‘The Academy'), a not-for-profit organization that improves education by cultivating a culture of prestige and intellectual joy for teachers, seeks a visionary and results-oriented leader to serve as its next executive director. The Academy was founded in 2011 to honor and support teachers as respected professionals. Specifically, the Academy provides teachers from public, charter, and private schools in the New York City metro area with professional development of the highest quality; organizes special events and activities that bring public, charter, and private school teachers together in community; and supports new teachers with mentoring and workshops led by experienced veteran teachers who are "Fellows" of The Academy. As it approaches its fifteenth anniversary, The Academy is considered the gold standard in professional development in New York City and has...

Dean of Faculty Phillips Academy Andover, Massachusetts Phillips Academy (Andover) seeks a dynamic, relational, and community- and systems-oriented leader to serve as its next Dean of Faculty. This individual will support and empower a diverse and inclusive world-class faculty. The Dean of Faculty will support all faculty and will oversee and develop the processes for recruiting, retaining, and mentoring an outstanding and diverse faculty who thrive in a school environment characterized by academic excellence and rich and rewarding residential and co-curricular experiences. Led by its 16th Head of School, Dr. Raynard Kington, who joined in 2020, Andover is a highly selective, co-educational boarding school located in Andover, Massachusetts. With 1,150 students, 232 faculty members (90 percent of whom live on campus), and more than 20,000 alumni worldwide, Andover is renowned for its enduring legacy of academic excellence and the commitment to social responsibility that...

The Taft School (Taft), one of the nation's premier college-preparatory boarding and day schools, seeks a collaborative, empathetic, and strategic leader to serve as the first permanent Assistant Head of School for Faculty and Academics (AHFA). This is an exciting moment for Taft, as they introduce a new senior leadership role that will advance a variety of cross-functional strategic initiatives to ensure an integrated educational experience for students and a rewarding professional path for members of the faculty and staff. At the same time, this moment represents a new chapter for a closely knit and dedicated school community, and this leader must thus inspire trust and confidence in the face of cultural change, and believe deeply in a schoolwide culture of learning, growth, pedagogical experimentation, and reflection. The Taft School was founded in 1890 by Horace D. Taft who believed that character, above all else, determined success in life. Nearly 135 years later, Taft...

THE SEARCH Marin Academy (MA), a leader in progressive and experiential education, seeks a collaborative and creative associate director of college counseling. This associate director will join MA at a critical moment, as a strong director of college counseling enters her second year and builds out a team focused on reimagining the college counseling process at MA. The successful candidate will be a thought leader and partner who will thrive on strengthening MA's existing priorities and processes while, at the same time, considering what more might be achievable in the future-and then working alongside the team to turn that ambition into reality. Founded in 1971 by a small group of educators and private individuals with a forward-thinking vision for education, MA is a co-educational, independent, college preparatory day school in San Rafael, California, just north of San Francisco. The school enrolls 450 students in grades 9-12. MA's founders realized – far ahead of...