2025-2026 School Year | Dean of Students

Madison Country Day School, a PreK-12 International Baccalaureate (IB) World School, seeks a Dean of Students to begin in the 2025-26 school year. Reporting to the Heads of Middle and High Schools, the Dean of Students will be a key leader in the Middle and High School Divisions. The Dean of Students serves a leading role in encouraging, supporting, and supervising student growth and development in the Middle and High School divisions (grades 5-12) and is an essential advocate and leader in the daily lives of our students. Working closely with the Division Heads, the Dean of Students sets the tone for school culture and is an ardent supporter of our mission and core beliefs.

The Dean of Students will be an experienced educator with a track record of positive engagement across a variety of school constituencies. The Dean of Students will demonstrate compassion, empathy, and openness while utilizing excellent active listening and communication skills. The successful candidate will be committed to collaboration with students, parents, and faculty and possess a sense of perspective and balance.

The Dean of Students will be responsible for taking up our work with student discipline and support, in coordination with the Division Heads, the Director of Student Services, and the school counselors. In addition, the Dean of Students will be expected to promote a positive school culture through a focus on the student experience, leading efforts to build community bonding and spirit. The Dean of Students will look for ways to build relationships with students and families and find proactive approaches to keeping our community healthy and strong. 

A SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL 

• -Enjoy working within a vibrant and collaborative school with students, colleagues, the administrative team, parents, and the broader school community;

• -Be a systems thinker, able to articulate a vision and successfully drive lasting change in a complex school environment;

• -Connect and feel at ease with middle and high school students;

• -Have strong experience teaching middle and/or high school students;

• -Be an expert relationship builder;

• -Be committed to furthering diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging efforts of the school.

• -Exhibit timeliness and persistence in following up with students, parents, and colleagues across a range of projects;

• -Possess outstanding written and oral communication skills;

• -Have successful experience in working with culturally diverse students, teachers, families, and communities;  

• Have a genuine appreciation of adolescents and a sense of humor.

• -Have a belief in the intrinsic relationship between social-emotional learning and culturally responsive pedagogy.