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Stevenson School is a PK-12 co-educational, college-preparatory, boarding and day school with enrollment of 770 students on two campuses in beautiful Central Coast California. The Upper Division campus (Grades 9-12) is located in Pebble Beach. The Lower/Middle Campus (Grades PK-8) is in nearby Carmel-by-the-Sea. Stevenson is a mission driven school that aims to help students shape joyful lives while instilling a passion for learning and achievement to prepare them for success in school and beyond. The core values of the community are safety, trust, respect, belonging, and inclusion.

In keeping with Stevenson’s core values, we seek candidates who demonstrate a commitment to equity and inclusion. Stevenson is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. Candidates from underrepresented backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Stevenson is pleased to offer transportation support and accommodations, as needed, along with an introduction to the local area, for those candidates who travel from outside of the region for on-campus employment interviews. In addition to competitive salary, Stevenson provides a generous benefits package with housing support available for eligible employees. Delicious meals are provided daily for all employees when school is in session.

Stevenson School seeks a Director of Student Activities (DSA) to start August 2023. A key member of the dean’s office, the DSA oversees and coordinates the School’s activities program, advises the Student Council, guides and supports student clubs and school-sponsored community service, oversees and supports the Resident Activities Council (RAC) and related events, and . The Student Council, composed of approximately 30-40 students, is provided with a budget that covers dances (usually three to four a year), Spirit Week, the Spring Carnival, Student Council Awards Assembly, various community service projects, and similar all-School activities. Student Council committees include Community Service, Diversity (in collaboration with DEI), Dance, Activities & Spirit, and Marketing & Communications.

In addition to being highly skilled in the development of community connections that contribute to successful and well attended student facing events, the ideal candidate will have impeccable organizational skills, the ability to provide academic support through a learning support class or the teaching of other community curriculum classes, and the ability and enthusiasm to contribute to co-curricular life through coaching or club advising.

Responsibilities include:

Student Council

• Oversees Student Council and class officer elections, weekly meetings, and committees 
• Counsels committees as they create, conceive, and execute events
• Organizes students to set up, execute, and clean up, as needed
• Attends Student Council events
• Coordinates and provides guidance for faculty chaperones assigned to events.
• Works with the new Student Forum to support communication of suggestions to division administration

Student Activities

• Prepares and maintains budget for all student activities
• Organizes and directs weekly Assembly, and produces the digest following each meeting
• Coordinate special assemblies
• Works in coordination with the Administrative Assistant to the Dean of Students’ Office (AADS) to create and maintain the activities calendar and weekend activities schedule
• Orders supplies and equipment, as needed
• Helps design and implement annual student leadership training
• Oversees RAC in its role to organize Community Days and Community Nights that occur throughout the year

Clubs and Community Service

• Organizes the spring carnival, annual spring and fall club fairs, including annual verification of clubs’ mission statements, bylaws, and faculty sponsors
• Works with club leaders and sponsors to organize and finance their activities 
• Coordinates volunteer and service learning opportunities within and outside the School community, including programs at the Carmel Campus, the Community Partnership for Youth, and the Boys and Girls Club of Monterey County
• Works with the dean of co-curricular education to plan the upper division service day
• Coordinates the annual holiday advisory project 
• Coordinates and oversees the prom with support from the junior class dean and the director of parent relations

Teaching

• Teaches the equivalent of two full sections of community curriculum; study skills, sophomore health class, or the senior transition seminar program

Other

• Assists with administrative tasks in the dean’s office including issuance of weekend and vacation passes
• Contributes to the co-curricular life of the school via coaching and/or club sponsorship
• Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in education or related field, Master’s preferred
• 3 years of relevant professional experience
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite, Google Apps, and capacity to quickly adopt new systems and software
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Superb organizational skills, including the ability to maintain well-organized digital and physical files.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• A positive outlook and sense of humor appropriate to the age group
• Impeccable integrity and extraordinary work ethic
• Highly developed professional judgment and commitment to maintaining discretion and confidentiality
• Ability and enthusiasm to work evening and weekend hours, as needed
• Commitment to being part of a diverse, equitable and inclusive school community

Interested candidates are invited to use the link provided to submit a resume to:

Susan Fahey Khanna, Director of Human Resources

About Stevenson

Founded in 1952, Stevenson School is a selective co-educational boarding and day school with 750 students and 30 buildings on 50 acres of land and two campuses. The 500-student upper division, comprised of grades 9-12, is located on the Pebble Beach Campus, where about 60% of students reside in six faculty-supervised dormitories; the lower and middle divisions, totaling 250 students in grades PK-8, are located on the Carmel Campus. As an American school with a global sensibility, Stevenson is premised on a vision of education as the means by which we discover ourselves in the world and thus contribute to its transformation. We believe that one’s education is best pursued in the company of others, for others’ benefit as well as one’s own. Our Latin motto—Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re (Gentle in manner, resolute in action)—inspires humility and perseverance. Our mission includes three aims: to prepare students for success in college and beyond, to foster their passion for learning and achievement, and to help them shape a joyful life. In keeping with this project, Stevenson seeks to: •Train students in critical academic, intellectual, social, and emotional skills; •H...elp students to develop honor and integrity; •Teach students to engage productively and peacefully with others; •Nurture students’ ambitions and healthy pursuit of excellence; •Balance convention and innovation such that we remain true to our enduring values and relevant to the emerging needs of the present generation of students. We expect all members of our community to be: •Devoted to our tenets of scholarship and citizenship; •Honest, honorable, and empathetic; •Able to examine and be responsible for their beliefs and behavior, respectful of the consequences that attend both; •Willing to risk failure in the pursuit of wisdom; •Committed to global literacy, environmental stewardship, and civic engagement. Stevenson offers its students, faculty, and staff a values-driven community experience influenced by the distinctive beauty, ecological biodiversity, and contemplative culture of the Central Coast.

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