Employment

Vacancies for Senior Administrative Positions

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If you are interested in any of the listings below please contact:

  • Dr. Elaine R.S. Cohen – Schechter Day School Network Director
    SSDS Placement by e-mail: cohen@uscj.org
    By phone: 212-533-7800, ext. 1129 or 646-519-9211
  • Wendy S. Light – Consultant for Synagogue School
    Placement by e-mail: light@uscj.org
    By phone: 215-869-1830
  • Maxine Handelman – Consultant for Early Childhood Education
    Placement by e-mail: handelman@uscj.org
    By phone: 847-641-9963
  • Edward Edelstein – Executive Director/Placement Counselor
  • Placement by e-mail: placement@jewisheducators.org
    By phone: 516 569-2537

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Helpful Documents:

Application Forms for Placement

2012-2013 Application for Candidates Placement
2012-2013 Application School Placement

Currently Open Positions

SOLOMON SCHECHTER DAY SCHOOL OF LAS VEGAS
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
HEAD OF SCHOOL
65 (K-5)
$75,000-$100,000 + BENEFITS

Scope of Responsibilities: The Head of School will work collaboratively with our faculty, staff and leadership to ensure that our high standards of academic excellence continue to be met.  The Head of School will foster a strong sense of community among parents, students, faculty and staff. Community outreach is also a priority.  The Head of School should also have financial and organizational acumen and be able to play a key leadership role in development and fundraising. Minimum credentials include an advanced degree and 2-3+ years administrative experience. Solomon Schechter Day School experience is a plus.

School and Community: The Solomon Schechter Day School of Las Vegas is a K-5 school.  Our mission is to combine a first-rate secular education with a program that fully teaches and inculcates Judaism.  The school is located in a new wing of Temple Beth Sholom, which is Las Vegas’ oldest synagogue and the only Conservative synagogue in the Summerlin (northwest) area of Las Vegas, which is home to approximately 30,000 of Las Vegas’ Jewish population of 80,000.

COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL
275 (K-8)
$60,000 + BENEFITS

Scope of Responsibilities: Community Day School, a Schechter Network Jewish day school consisting of Conservative, Reform, Orthodox, Reconstructionist, and unaffiliated families is seeking a Head of School.

Specific responsibilities include:

  • Creating and maintaining a culture of respect, decorum, and enthusiasm
  • Recruitment, supervision and evaluation of teachers and academic support staff
  • Ensuring excellence in curriculum development, implementation and evaluation while facilitating integration in both Judaic and general studies programs
  • Communicating proactively with students, parents, and teachers

Minimum credentials include: Master’s degree in Education and a minimum of 3 years in the field of education.

School and Community:  Our graduates rank among National Merit Scholars and valedictorians in the high schools they attend. Nestled in the heart of Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh boasts strong arts, cultural, medical and educational opportunities, along with diverse neighborhoods and communities. Google, Rand Corp., and other world class companies choose to make Pittsburgh their home.

CHICAGOLAND JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL
DEERFIELD, ILLINOIS
RAV BEIT SEFER (SCHOOL RABBI)
168 (9-12)
$85.000-$100,000 + BENEFITS

Scope of Responsibilities: This is a new position. The ideal candidate is a friendly, dynamic and engaging Jewish professional with a deep passion for and commitment to Jewish day school education and the core values of the Conservative movement. The ideal candidate also has broad experience working with students, parents and staff at the high-school level, as well as connections and experience working in the context of a broader Jewish community and the Jewish world at large.

Other desired qualifications: Conservative rabbinic ordination; Jewish day school experience;  Administrative experience; Fluency in Hebrew.

School and Community: Now in its eleventh year, Chicagoland Jewish High School is a private, co-educational Conservative Jewish high school of 168 students (grades 9-12) from over 20 communities in the greater Chicago area and beyond. The school employs 62 full and part time faculty and staff. In the fall of 2007, CJHS moved to a permanent, state-of-the art campus located on 7.3 acres in Deerfield, Illinois.

EAST MIDWOOD HEBREW DAY SCHOOL
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
RABBI
200 (N-8)
$55,000-$75,000 PACKAGE

Scope of Responsibilities:  We are looking for a pro-active, dynamic rabbinic presence, who is comfortable working both with young children and parents from diverse cultural (Ashkenazi and Sephardic) and national (Russian, Israeli and US) backgrounds. Responsibilities will include: teaching; advising on the curriculum; leading the daily minyan; presenting the weekly parasha; conducting a Kabbalat Service; developing a Rabbi’s webpage [weekly comment on the parasha and Ask the Rabbi]; providing student and parent advisement, design and supervision of Chessed/community engagement projects for older grades; and officiating at holidays/Holiday-related projects. Leadership potential, strong interpersonal skills and commitment to Jewish education are critical qualities for the candidate to possess. This is an excellent opportunity for professional growth and development.  Minimum credentials include ordination and having taught in a day school or similar environment. Experience or coursework in administration is a plus.

The School and Community: For 55 years, East Midwood Hebrew Day School, Brooklyn’s only Solomon Schechter School has provided an excellent academic and Judaic education in a nurturing environment. Our parent and student body is diverse. The school has 200 students in Nursery – 8th Grade. The School’s graduates have gone on to the top religious and secular High Schools in New York City and many have achieved great success in their families, communities and chosen careers.

EZRA ACADEMY
WOODBRIDGE, CONNECTICUT
HEAD OF SCHOOL
145 (K-8)
$100,000-$140,000 +BENEFITS

Scope of Responsibilities: The ideal candidate for our Head of School position will demonstrate an exceptional ability to communicate within the school community and to represent the school in the wider community; commitment to Judaism and ability to serve as a Jewish role model; love of teaching and learning, with a thorough grasp of best educational practices; a high degree of professionalism; strategic thinking and willingness to prioritize and delegate, to make tough decisions when necessary and to follow through on decisions; experience and comfort with fundraising, and with financial and personnel management; a record of successful leadership, preferably in a Jewish Day School or other educational setting; and strong support for teachers. Minimum credentials include a graduate degree in education and 5-10 years experience.

School and Community: Ezra Academy has a long tradition of outstanding secular and Judaic education, and offers a warm, enriching Jewish community for students, families, and staff. While most Ezra students come from Conservative families, many are Reform, Orthodox, or unaffiliated; the school community is also culturally and socioeconomically diverse. Ezra Academy is strongly committed to serving a wide range of students, from the intellectually gifted to those in need of extra academic support.

Located approximately 1 ½ hours from Manhattan and 2 ½ hours from Boston, the Greater New Haven area is the gateway to New England. The vibrant 25,000 person Jewish community supports a full range of Jewish institutions. Home to Yale University, New Haven boasts strong arts, cultural, and educational opportunities, along with diverse neighborhoods and communities.

KRIEGER SCHECHTER DAY SCHOOL (POSITION FILLED)
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
Head of School
365(K-8)
$120,000-$180,000 + BENEFITS

Scope of Responsibilities: Krieger Schechter Day School ( HYPERLINK “http://www.ksds.edu” www.ksds.edu), a K-8 Jewish Day School located in Pikesville, Maryland, (just outside of Baltimore), seeks a new head of school to begin July 2012. Krieger Schechter (KSDS) was founded in 1982, is a member of the Association of Independent Maryland and DC Schools and serves 365 students, and operates under the auspicies of the Chizuk Amuno Congregation, a large and active Conservative synagogue. The school and congregation share a spacious 35 acre campus. The school has been served by only one head of school who began in his role soon after the school’s founding. The school’s warm and positive community and the respect given to its professionals engender strong loyalty and remarkable tenures from its faculty of 83 full and part time teachers. While the average faculty tenure is 12 years, 20 faculty and staff members have worked at Krieger Schechter for over 20 years. KSDS has a stellar reputation for its strong preparation of its students who are well challenged by its general and Judaic studies curricula and successful Hebrew language instruction.

The leader we seek is one who will be an energetic educational leader who will partner with Chizuk Amuno’s rabbinical leaders, the school’s Board, senior administrative team, and faculty to enhance the school’s many strengths and ensure a relevant, successful program for the current and next generation of students. Our next head of school will have a strong personal connection to Judaism and serve as a compelling role model who will embrace the school’s mission and act as our ambassador. Our successful candidate will have strengths in educational pedagogy and curriculum and be a leader who is well equipped and excited about leading an effort to reinvasion the day school curricular model. While minimum credentials include an advanced degree and school administrative experience, our new leader must have a successful track record with proven abilities to manage, delegate, empower and inspire.

KELLMAN BROWN ACADEMY
VOORHEES, NEW JERSEY
Principal (POSITION FILLED – Emily Brown)
170 (K-8)
$85,000-$90,000 + BENEFITS

Scope of Responsibilities: Kellman Brown Academy seeks an exceptional educator who shall be responsible for the educational operation of our school. Our dynamic Principal shall be an experienced educator, capable of implementing an educational vision that maintains the highest quality of general and Judaic education consistent with the mission of the School. He or she will be a caring and dynamic leader, who inspires faculty, our student body and the larger school community. The ideal candidate has a demonstrated track record of building meaningful and responsive relationships with the key school constituencies of faculty, staff, parents and students. He or she shall have experience in classroom teaching, curriculum development and educational administration and possess strong management and supervisory skills. Reporting to the Head of School, the Principal is a key member of the senior administration. Specific responsibilities shall include: Recruitment, supervision and evaluation of teachers and academic support staff; Ensuring excellence in curriculum development, implementation and evaluation while facilitating the integration in both Judaic and general studies programs; Serving as a role model and ambassador in both informal and formal settings; Communicating effectively with parents, teachers, faculty, staff and students; Promoting best practices in education through professional development for our faculty; Supervising co-curricular educational programming and extra-curricular activities. Minimal credentials include an advanced degree in education and successful classroom and administrative experience preferably in both General and Judaic Studies.

School and Community: Kellman Brown Academy is a preschool-8th grade Jewish day school in Southern New Jersey. We are affiliated with the Schechter Day School Network and accredited by the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. We are located in a state-of-the-art facility minutes from Cherry Hill, NJ.