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POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: DIRECTOR OF EQUITY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTThe Brearley School, an independent K-XII day school for girls in New York City known for its academic excellence, cross-divisional teaching and strong commitment to developing and sustaining a diverse, equitable and inclusive community, seeks a collaborative, compassionate, and experienced leader to become its Director of Equity and Community Engagement. Position and Responsibilities Reporting to the Head of School, the Director of Equity and Community Engagement serves as an essential leader in the School’s ongoing work to achieve its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion goals and its commitment to becoming an antiracist institution. The Director serves on the senior administrative team and is a highly visible presence within the school community, engaging individually and collectively with students, faculty and staff, families and alumnae. The Director liaises with the Parents’ Association, the Alumnae Board, DEI consultants and partners to build a more inclusive, responsive culture and strengthen the School’s connections to its surrounding communities. A strategic thought leader with strong implementation skills, the Director is an experienced community organizer who understands how to leverage institutional resources to successfully achieve mission-related goals with respect to equity, community engagement and antiracism. Desired skill sets:Well-developed communication skills including clarity, active listening, empathy, and an ability to work toward shared understandingThe ability to establish and maintain relationships of trust and open communication with community membersStrength and efficacy in conflict resolution and helping people to find common groundThe capability to collaborate on processes and systems in an organized and efficient mannerA commitment to examining one’s own practice for areas of improvementAccountability for one’s work product and an ability to meet deadlines and follow issues through to completionAn outcome-oriented approach and the capacity to serve as a thought-partner on a wide range of issues. The ability to offer and receive constructive feedbackDesired Qualifications:A minimum of three years of experience as a diversity, equity and inclusion practitioner, preferably in a school setting. Proven knowledge and experience related to diversity, equity and inclusion standards and best practices in the field of educationExperience designing and facilitating professional development and learning workshops for students and/or adultsExperience planning, handling logistics and running ‘day of’ programming for school-based events and field tripsProven approaches to conflict-resolution and experience designing and/or implementing restorative practicesTeaching experience, preferably at the primary or secondary levelSense of humor and joy in working with studentsDemonstrated record of leading change and managing programs in a school settingCultural competence in working with diverse community groupsClassroom teaching experience Roles and responsibilities (many of these responsibilities will be shared with the Assistant Director and/or Divisional DEI coordinators)Whole SchoolCommunicate the school’s equity goals, programming and vision within and outside of the school Staff constituent antiracism committee meetings as a representative of the OfficeServe as a thought-partner and support the work of admissions, communications, and development in identifying and executing DEI and antiracism goals toward creating a more inclusive community. Facilitate, advise and support affinity space for K-12 students and families of color.Offer ‘open door’ counsel to members of the community regarding DEI issuesSupport hiring and retentionPlan and chaperone annual trip to the People of Color Conference and the Student Diversity Leadership Conference Keep the internal community up-to-date on DEI and antiracism PD opportunitiesPartner with other school leaders to support a rapid response protocol to issues of racism, bigotry and bias in our school and societyPartner with communications team and consultants to support school messaging around DEI initiativesServe as a point-person for DEI and antiracism consultants and organizational partnerships; extend and supplement the learning they provideStudentsSupport the Assistant Director in working with students to plan Belonging at Brearley, an annual student conference on belonging, inclusion and equity at Brearley.Partner with members of the Counseling and Wellness department to support healthy identity development and conflict resolution for students across divisions Sit on MS and US disciplinary committees and help create and oversee restorative justice and disciplinary processes related to bias, bigotry and identity-based harmCreate and/or support ongoing enrichment for our US Black affinity group UMOJA and Black students across divisionsWith the Assistant Director and DEI consultants oversee and implement a yearly series of small group and large group student lessons on issues of identity, community and inclusionOversee the creation of a K-12 DEI/antiracism curriculumFaculty/StaffCo-design and co-facilitate Equity Learning Groups (ELGs)Support K-12 faculty in outlining and pursuing non-curricular equity goalsSupport individual faculty and staff members re: equity and identity-based issues whether systemic or interpersonalVisit non-academic departmental meetings (development, facilities, communications, etc.) on an as-needed basis. Work with these teams to identify equity goals or address pre-existing issues.Families and ParentsWork with the Assistant Director and consultants to create, coordinate and execute DEI learning and training programming for parentsLiaise with the Parent Antiracism Advisory Group (PARAG)Partner with the Parents Association to identify and support the DEI-based needs of the parent community, and to consult or partner on relevant programmingAlumnaePartner with the office of Alumnae Relations and the Alumnae Board to communicate, develop and enhance strategic antiracism and DEI goals for the broader alumnae communityBoardLiaise with Board DEI committee and community Anti-Racism Advisory CommitteesSupervisoryGuide and support the work of the Assistant Director of Equity and Community Engagement, the divisional DEI coordinators, and the Administrative Assistant to the Dean of Students and the Director of Equity and Community Engagement. Provide partnership opportunities and supervisory feedback and support.Candidates should send a résumé, letter of interest and at least three current references to jobs. Competitive compensation package, commensurate with level of experience. Candidates who are interested should send their materials as soon as possible. Interviews will begin the week of January 23, 2021. About the Brearley SchoolFounded in 1884, Brearley’s mission has long combined outstanding academics with an insistence on a larger purpose: a passionate exchange of ideas within the School’s walls that would prepare girls of adventurous intellect and diverse backgrounds to put their knowledge and habits of mind and character to meaningful use beyond.A center of intellectual exuberance, the School offers an extraordinary program to girls from across and beyond New York City, attracts and develops a dynamic and committed faculty, who, along with a talented staff, instill in Brearley students a love of learning, an ability to think critically and creatively, a deep curiosity about the world and a pioneering spirit. (Click here to view Brearley’s Mission, Diversity and Antiracism Statements.Opening Doors, A Strategic Vision for Brearley directs the School to address the dual—and seemingly dueling—themes we must consider today in providing a world-class education for girls: how to reconcile time-tested models with path-breaking innovation; the importance of instilling values—integrity and generosity of spirit—alongside intellectual passion and academic excellence; that an individual realizes her greatest potential when she challenges and understands herself fully as a person and as an active participant in a larger place and purpose; that girls—their educational requirements and their capacity for leadership—are both equal and special. (Click here to view Opening Doors.)Brearley is committed to becoming an antiracist school. Our preliminary steps to address anti-Black racism provide a 360-degree review of our systems, policies and practices. From governance to antiracist and anti-bias training and education, from program to accountability and research, from communications to staffing, the School is working on all fronts to address this issue. While this work is complex, the goal is simple: All members of our community should feel valued and a sense of belonging, and every student should graduate with cultural empathy and confidence.Among the hallmarks of Brearley is the belief that our students are best served by faculty who teach in more than one Division. We believe that in this way teachers best come to know students as unique individuals over time and have the keenest appreciation for the scope, sequence and coherence of the curriculum. Our faculty finds an ever-renewing source of inspiration in the liberal arts—always with an eye to encouraging their students to go beyond the familiar and to find a sense of joy and balance in pursuits from the intellectual to the artistic, from athletics to leadership. The recent addition of a second academic building (590 East 83rd Street opened in September 2019) offers students, faculty and staff the opportunity to live the Brearley experience in an even more thoughtful and balanced manner.Brearley’s program aims to help each girl develop a sense of self as she masters new academic, social, emotional and physical skills.? The School’s Counseling and Wellness Department and the Equity and Community Engagement Office support this important work. In addition, the program asks students to take on responsibility for themselves that is appropriately and progressively greater each year. Upper School Students, with the support of advisors, lead a robust extracurricular program, including 32 clubs and associations, in addition to athletic teams and arts groups. They also lead the day-long Belonging at Brearley, in partnership with the Equity and Community Engagement Office, with the goal of enhancing our community culture so that all students and families feel a strong sense of belonging.? These programs, in tandem with other initiatives in social-emotional learning and sexuality health education, have helped the School to deliver, at all levels, on the full promise of a Brearley education. (Click here to view the School’s Course of Study for 2020-2021, Viewbook and Fall 2020 Bulletin, which highlights the School’s diversity, equity and inclusion program.)The Brearley School is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to hiring exceptional, dedicated teachers of diverse backgrounds. We consider qualified individuals for employment with the School regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability or any other state or federally protected classification.? ................
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