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Associate Director of Student Life

starting Fall (August) 2010 (dependent on budgetary allocations)

The ADSL assists the Principal in developing and implementing co-curricular (e.g. workshops, Bridge to School) and extracurricular programs (e.g. assembly, afterschool programs, June term), and community service programs that enrich our curriculum and that enhance the learning experience of our highly talented and diverse students. Like all other administrative positions at CSS, teaching is a required. The ADSL will teach 12-15 hours per week (i.e. 50% teaching).

A member of the Principal's administrative team (along with the Associate Director of Technology and Information Systems, and the Associate Director of Admissions, Parent and Community relations); the Associate Director of Student Life assists in the day to day management of the school and is also a key member of the school's development team.

The position will have a different start-end time (10 am - 6 pm) as the position will require supervision of the school's expanding afterschool programs.

Desired qualifications: Interested candidates should have a:

  • degree in science, math or engineering (other areas will be considered) 
  • 5 or more years of middle or secondary school teaching experience
  • be a certified (or certifiable) teacher
  • leadership experience as dean of students, class advisor, advisor to student clubs
  • experience with co/extra curricular programming
  • Spanish-English bilingual
  • experience working with a truly diverse student population

A sense of humor and an enlightened tolerance for mistakes, a commitment to the school's special mission, multicultural life or academic experience, outdoor nature and travel teaching experience, and a humanistic intellect are critical. Certification as SBA is desirable but not required.

About our school

Columbia Secondary is a selective, public, college prep school with a focus on science, math and engineering. Its program of study provides a challenging academic experience that prepares its students for selective colleges, for careers in science, math and engineering, and for a life of civic engagement and ethical responsibility. Columbia Secondary aspires to become a world class institution. We intend to train a new generation of scientists, mathematicians and engineers who are socially and politically conscious, who are aware of their responsibility to their communities and the world, and who are dedicated to a life of creation and discovery at the service of humanity. The school is a joint endeavor between Columbia University and NYCDOE. Columbia Secondary will be small, with approximately 650 6th to 12th grade students when it operates at full capacity.  The school has an extended day schedule and a modified school calendar. In addition to a rigorous core subject program emphasizing math, science and technology, students are required to take Philosophy and Engineering as core courses. A diverse activities-based Electives, Creative Arts and Physical Education program, and a June internship, community service, study abroad and field expeditions programs, round out the student's learning experience. By graduation, students will be expected to complete a significant number of college level courses. As part of our partnership with Columbia University, students may take advantage of the university's vast undergraduate course offerings.

The school has had an extraordinary beginning and is already one of the elite public middle schools of NYC. Student applicants for the middle school are over 1000; for our first Upper School class over 1,400 applicants for fewer than 20 spots. We already attract the top academically talented students of upper Manhattan.  A diverse student body and committed parents partners greatly enrich our community.

 Additional information may be obtained at http://www.columbiasecondary.org/

Salary and benefits - will follow new NYCDOE ranges (starting at $45,000 depending on experience and preparation, health and retirement benefits, and possibly supplemented with additional after school, weekend, summer administrative).

To apply:

If interested please send a letter of intent explaining your suitability for the position; resume (with the phone numbers of 3 references); and a statement of educational philosophy electronically to the email below. All candidates will have to undergo the regular NYCDOE hiring protocol.  

Dr. Jose G. Maldonado-Rivera - principal@columbiasecondary.org    -