Location: North Bennington,VT, USA
Position: Head of School Job Description
Summary
Join a supportive, close-knit small community of 30 to 35 students as the Head of School at Southshire Community School! Southshire is a multi-age community where an emergent curriculum is driven by the children's interests and inquiries.
This full-time role offers a flexible work environment where you'll lead the school's mission, vision, and daily operations. Ideal for an energetic leader who thrives in a collaborative setting, this role combines leadership with hands-on involvement in curriculum development, student engagement, and community interaction.
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If you're passionate about education, leadership, and community, this is the perfect role for you! Apply today and help shape the future of Southshire Community School.
About Southshire Community School
Southshire Community School is a small (30-35 students), Vermont-approved, progressive, family-oriented elementary through middle school (K-8) which focuses on the individual as a learner. With an emphasis on teaching the importance of leadership, personal responsibility, and good citizenship, Southshire strives to help children become individuals who possess academic and critical thinking skills, a love of learning, and a strong interest in becoming creative, contributing members of our community.
Our mission is to help children to become individuals with critical thinking skills, who value themselves and others as creative contributing members of a community, who see themselves as problem solvers, who love learning for its own sake, and who view learning as a lifelong process.
The Southshire culture is firmly rooted in the spirit of creating and sustaining a healthy, nurturing community. Children learn, explore, and share their individual interests in a safe, nurturing environment and are encouraged to respect each other's thoughts, opinions, and interests. Families and teachers play a key role in supporting the community through numerous all-school events and lending their vision, skills, and voice to foster a healthy school life that enriches the education of the children.
Visit www.southshire.org for more information or call 802-###-####.
Job Details
Full Time: Year-round position; school year is September through June, and summer (July and August) requires prep time for school year.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Status: Exempt
Reports to: Board of Directors via the Chair of the Board
Job Duties
Administrative
Educational
Other
Commitment to Equal Opportunity
Southshire Community School provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $67,500.00 - $74,000.00 per year
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