Our Philosophy

At Flintridge Preparatory School, we believe middle and high school should be a time of healthy, joyful growth. That’s why we approach every experience and relationship with curiosity and wonder. Here students, staff, and faculty have the space to push to new heights and the support to navigate life’s challenges—because when we truly connect with ourselves and others, we learn to lead with sensitivity and integrity, which is the best prep possible for the road ahead.

Mission

Learning with purpose in a diverse and nurturing community, Flintridge Prep students thrive in adolescence and grow as curious scholars, creative thinkers, empathetic leaders, and global citizens.

Vision

Lead with curiosity, compassion, and courage to transform our world.

THE OPPORTUNITY

This Dean of Faculty role is a full-time administrative position, including the teaching of one class, that reports to and works very closely the Associate Head of School, beginning on July 1, 2027. The ideal candidate will delight in being part of a community that appreciates an array of vibrant ideas and viewpoints and wants to nurture and celebrate students through adolescence. In addition, this candidate will bring warmth and collegiality to the work while upholding the school’s mission and professionalism.

The Dean of Faculty supports faculty in their living out of Prep’s mission. This involves supervising the faculty growth and evaluation system and fostering a collaborative culture and responding to faculty needs as they arise. This work is highly interdependent and exists in deep collaboration with other administrators such as the Associate Head of School, the Assistant Head for Student Life, the Dean of Students, the Director of Scheduling, and the Director of Human Resources.

The role has existed in its current form since 2023 and offers many ways to contribute meaningfully to the thriving of a successful and financially robust school. As just one example, an immediate stewardship role for the Dean of Faculty will be to shepherd the rollout of a new faculty growth and evaluation system focused on faculty renewal, experimentation and collaboration, a process developed by the Academic Life Committee over the past two years.

PRIMARY EXPECTATIONS

Primary expectations will consist of but are not limited to the following:

• Proactively fulfill all professional responsibilities, such as chaperoning on- and off- campus events, conducting an advisory group, participating in an annual outdoor education overnight trip, attending faculty-staff meetings, assessing student work thoughtfully, contributing to departmental and schoolwide discussions of creative pedagogy in a variety of meetings, covering occasional classes, and participating in the admissions process as needed,
• Engage in meaningful, school-funded professional growth to develop further as an administrator, including at least one formal individual growth opportunity in the first three semesters at Flintridge Prep.
• Set and fulfill annual goals, after discussion with the Associate Head of School, that relate to the school’s Characteristics of Professional Excellence, Portrait of a Wolf, DEIB Why Statement, and other values statements
• Enhance the student life of the school through an extracurricular presence (clubs, athletics, etc.), determined in concert with the Associate Head of School
• Visibly support and embody the school’s mission, vision, values, Honor Code, and strategic priorities

Start Date (July 1, 2027)