Lower School Principal

Georgetown Day School

Lower School Principal

Georgetown Day School (GDS) invites nominations and applications for a visionary and inspirational educational leader for its Lower School to guide a joyful and purposeful community of 340 students and 65 faculty and staff beginning July 2021. Working with a dynamic and engaged faculty, the Lower School Principal is charged with overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Lower School as well as articulating a clear and compelling vision for the future with administrative colleagues. A member of the senior administration, the Lower School Principal reports directly to the Head of School.

Founded as the first racially and religiously integrated school in the nation’s capital, GDS continues to keep at the heart of its school mission the maintenance and cultivation of a just, ethical, and inclusive community. With a top-notch faculty, fully enrolled student body, committed parents, and first-rate facilities, GDS is in a uniquely attractive position, with a deeply felt and lived history, clear mission and genuine openness to the possibilities that lie ahead. GDS this year celebrated our 75th Anniversary with the opening of a new, state-of-the-art Lower Middle School building across the street from our High School building. For the first time in GDS History, the School is now unified on a single campus, PK-12, presenting great possibilities for its future. 

The next leader of the Lower School will ensure the continuing excellence of all aspects of the division’s operations and will seek, along with the faculty and school leadership, to envision and realize the division’s next chapter. They will lead a deeply engaged, accomplished faculty chosen for their understanding of their subjects, exceptional teaching ability, and deep passion for working with students.  Ideally, the Principal will lead the faculty in further strengthening the culture of the Lower School as a professional learning community where teachers work across disciplines, consider new pedagogies and methods of assessment, and encourage each other’s professional development.

Important qualities and qualifications for the Lower School Principal include: a love of learning, a commitment to teaching, an embrace of the School’s mission of equity, inclusion and social justice, and the ability to deftly balance the needs and expectations of all three constituents of the school - students, faculty, and parents. Seven to ten years of teaching and administrative experience in a lower school setting, as well as a B.A are required. An M.A. or Ph.D. is preferred. The full position description can be found here. 

Please send all nominations, and applications including a cover letter and résumé, in confidence to:

Sherry Coleman, Partner

Nishant Mehta, Partner

Storbeck Search

GDSLSPrincipal@storbecksearch.com

For more information, please visit https://www.gds.org/

Georgetown Day School is an equal opportunity employer.  It does not discriminate or condone discrimination against any member of the School community on any basis, including race, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, religious creed, medical condition, pregnancy, childbirth, medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth, physical or mental disability, genetic information, genetic characteristics, marital status, citizenship, immigration status, primary language, veteran or military service status, and all other legally protected characteristics as protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance.