Assistant Head of Upper School

POSITION DESCRIPTION

St. Catherine's School is an Episcopal day school in Richmond, Virginia, founded in 1890 enrolling roughly 950 girls age 3 through grade 12. Located on a 16-acre campus in the western part of the city, St. Catherine's core values include pursuing academic excellence, developing character, nurturing spiritual growth, celebrating individuals, and building community.

St. Catherine's School provides a rigorous education that prepares girls with diverse perspectives for a lifetime of learning, leadership, and service in a global community.

St. Catherine’s School seeks an Assistant Head of Upper School (AHUS) to serve alongside the Head of Upper School in leading more than 60 faculty and staff and 350 students in pursuing educational excellence and upholding the School’s Mission and Core Values. The AHUS will be a seasoned educator and administrator with exceptional leadership skills who finds joy in the richness and complexities of school life.

The AHUS will be a key partner for the Head of Upper School in decision making, program generation and implementation, and mentoring of Upper School students and faculty.

Supervisor :
Director of Upper School

Supervisory Responsibilities : N/A

Position Status :
Salaried, exempt, full-time, 12-month

Hours of Work :
Standard work week. Occasional evening chaperoning and travel supervision

• Assist the Head of Upper School in creating a vibrant, joyful learning environment that upholds and celebrates the School’s Mission and Core Values
• Stand in for the Head of Upper School in her absence and serve as a strategic thought partner in determining the direction of and in serving the Upper School community
• Champion and assist in implementing the School’s access, equity, and belonging initiatives
• Assist with faculty hiring, goal setting, and evaluations
• Help lead Upper School faculty meetings and chairs meetings, promoting vital collaboration and professional learning
• Represent the Upper School in all‑school operations meetings; coordinate with Events and Operations staff for Upper School events like back‑to‑school night
• Build the Upper School schedule and manage course registration, course catalog, and book orders, in coordination with St. Christopher’s
• Build the master planning calendar, including special schedules and 8‑day rotation
• Serve on the Student Support Team; communicate with teachers and families regarding students’ academic, social, and health needs
• Provide academic advising for current and incoming students
• Oversee onboarding of new students and families
• Oversee transition and retention programming for Middle to Upper School
• Serve on Upper School Admissions committee
• Cultivate a spirit of openness, joy, compassion, and intellectual curiosity
• In collaboration with the Dean of Students, build student programming calendar for assemblies, class meetings, college counseling, and advisory
• Assist the Dean of Students and Assistant Dean of Student Life with new student orientation, advisory, student council events, retreats, dances, and other student activities as needed
• Arrange and host guest speakers and other special programs
• Assist with the Division’s Saints Explore program as required
• Oversee service‑learning coordinator
• Teach one Upper School course and serve as an Upper School advisor

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is required to sit; stand; walk; use hands to handle and feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl; talk and hear; engage in moderately strenuous physical activity both indoors and out; and smell. The employee may occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Ability to become CPR and First Aid Certified.

Occasional overnight and out-of-area travel may also be required for special events.

St. Catherine’s School does not discriminate on the basis of race,…