A Wonderful Workplace
A Wonderful Workplace
“Iâve worked in places where the expectations and support for students was 100 percent different from the expectations and support for teachers, which I found stressful. Here at McLean thereâs consistent messaging and a growth mindset among administrators, teachers, and students alike.”
Current Employment Opportunities
Immediate Openings
Head Coach for Girls Varsity Basketball
McLean School, a K-12 co-educational independent school in Potomac, Maryland, seeks applicants for the Head Coach for Girls Varsity Basketball position to begin immediately.
McLean School has for 70 years been helping bright students realize their full potential by providing a comprehensive college preparatory program that emphasizes small classes and differentiated instruction. Through our Abilities ModelÂź, we embrace both traditional learners and ones with mild to moderate learning challenges. We recognize and teach individual strengths, responding to areas of challenge, but never defining students by them.
The Head Coach for Girls Varsity Basketball is responsible for planning, organizing, managing, and directing the Upper School Girls Basketball Program.
This position reports directly to the Director of Athletics, Coaching, and Mentoring.
Preferred Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have experience as a Head Coach for Girls Varsity Basketball, College Coach, or Club-Level Coach, effective written and oral communication skills, a connection to the youth and local basketball community, an ability to build relationships and work well with others, a sharp perspective on the role of athletics in the educational experience.
Essential Duties
- Offer positive leadership by coaching the Varsity Program
- Oversee the entire Girls Basketball Program including our Middle School and Junior Varsity Program
- Serves as an Ambassador for the School and the Program by connecting and following up with interested scholar-athletes and families
- Conduct out-of-season programs within league rules such as strength and conditioning, summer leagues, and pre- and post-season workouts
- Connect with Middle and Lower School students and families to promote participation and involvement in the program.
- Embrace the Core Values of McLean School and model behaviors consistent with those values
McLean School is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, disability, genetic status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the recruitment process, please contact Executive Support Manager, Robin Speller.
Interested applicants should fill out an online Application, and upload their cover letter, résumé, statement of educational philosophy, and list of references.
Substitute Teachers
McLean School has for sixty-five years been helping bright students realize their full potential by providing a comprehensive college preparatory program that emphasizes small classes and differentiated instruction. Through our Abilities ModelŸ, we embrace both traditional learners and ones with mild to moderate learning challenges. We recognize and teach to individual strengths, responding to areas of challenge, but never defining students by them.
This position requires a candidate that can teach to a diverse population of students who possess a wide range of learning strengths and challenges. Most importantly, the McLean Substitute Teacher will subscribe to our Core Values, our Mission, and our Philosophy.
The McLean School is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, disability, genetic status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the recruitment process, please contact Executive Support Manager, Robin Speller.
Interested applicants should fill out an online Application and upload their Résumé.
2024-2025 Openings
Director of Technology & Institutional Research
McLean School has for 70 years been helping K-12 students realize their full potential by providing a comprehensive college preparatory program for bright, college bound students, including those with dyslexia, anxiety, ADHD and executive functioning challenges. Through our Abilities ModelÂź, we embrace both traditional learners and ones with mild to moderate learning challenges. We recognize and teach to individual strengths, responding to areas of challenge, but never defining students by them.
McLean School seeks a talented, experienced, and committed Director of Technology and Institutional Research. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience and an understanding of and how to enhance their learning with the use of technology.
The Director of Technology and Institutional Research is responsible for leading all aspects of Technology and Research aligned with the Schoolâs mission, vision, strategic plan and core values. This position directs and manages the Schoolâs technology department including the System Administrator, Technology Support Specialist, Database Manager and Registrar, and K-12 Academic Technologist.
This position reports to the Assistant Head of School for Operations and Finance.
This position oversees the technology infrastructure and operations, institutional research and K-12 technology innovation. The Director will work collaboratively with the Administrative Team, division leadership, faculty, staff, parents, students, outside consultants and vendors.
The person in this role provides thought leadership, project management and oversight. This is done within the context of the School’s annual operating budget and academic priorities.
Essential Job RequirementsÂ
In the capacity of Director of Technology
- Leads the Technology Team to ensure that the Schoolâs technology meets the needs of McLean students, parents, faculty, and staff.
- Works collaboratively with the Head of School and Program Planning Group to develop a vision for 21st Century Learning and Technology Integration at the school.
- Works with the Division Heads and the Assistant Heads of School to identify resources for implementation of technology vision e.g. financial, classroom time, human resources, etc.
- Identify needed technology resources within the Schoolâs overall budgetary constraints (staffing, budget, hardware, software) and work to prioritize these resources in order to meet technology priorities identified with school leadership and stakeholders.
- Oversee the IT budget, E-Rate participation program, outside vendors, ordering, all technology tools, technology related PD and implementation of new technologies.
In the capacity of Director of Institutional Research
- Oversee all institutional research including identifying best practice methodologies, data ETL, reporting and analysis.
- Define a criteria, in partnership with the Administrative Team, for institutional effectiveness and identify opportunities to use data to enhance student and parent experience, and academic performance.
- Design, implement, and monitor data analytics to determine benchmarks for institutional effectiveness and student success.
- Analyze data sets to address strategic questions related to academic performance, enrollment and student retention.
- Identify new opportunities to use data to create evergreen reporting systems for measurement and assessment of all school data including: student, enrollment, teaching and learning, and alumni outcomes.
- Enhance data infrastructure in order to build a robust warehouse of information and reporting to inform data driven decision making.
- Provide thought leadership and knowledge related to AI and other new and untested technologies thinking about the impacts on education, in general, and McLean School, more specifically.
Qualifications and Experience
- Experience overseeing a technology team and infrastructure, preferably in an educational setting.
- Experience in the area of research design, preferably in an educational setting.
- 5 years leading technology teams and overseeing scalable research projects.
- Knowledge of G Suite, Apple products, and Student Information and Learning Management systems. Knowledge of Blackbaud databases and reporting is strongly recommended.
- Strong organizational skills with a close attention to detail and the ability to move among multiple tasks and projects with ease, maintaining multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Ability to communicate verbally and in writing in a friendly, professional, and timely manner with students, faculty, staff, and parents.
- Ability to work collaboratively with all community stakeholders.
- Strong skill set in project management; strategic thinking, and problem solving.
- Skilled in the area of change management to promote technology implementation and adoption.
- A Bachelorâs degree in an appropriate field required. A Masters degree is preferred.
McLean School is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, disability, genetic status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the recruitment process, please contact Executive Support Manager, Robin Speller.
Interested applicants should fill out an online Application, and upload their cover letter, résumé, statement of educational philosophy, and list of references.
Middle School Counselor (Grades 5-8)
McLean School, a K-12 co-educational independent school in Potomac, Maryland, seeks applicants for a Part of Full Time Middle School Counselor (grades 5-8) to begin August 2024.
For 70 years, McLean School has been helping students realize their full potential by providing a comprehensive college preparatory program. We embrace both traditional learners and ones with mild to moderate learning challenges.
McLeanâs mission â and its unique Abilities ModelÂź â embrace the idea that every one of us has a unique learning path waiting to be discovered and tended toward growth. McLean places students at the center of the content and structure of their education, it deploys the skills of talented and expert teachers, provides a pedagogy that is both flexible in approach and academically rigorous, and delivers this to students in a supportive, inclusive culture that unlocks each studentâs core potential.
We are seeking an individual to work with students and offer counseling support with the goal of helping students succeed in Middle School. The Middle School Counselor works as a part of a multidisciplinary team to establish rapport and support wellness with Middle School students and families. Responsibilities include:
- promoting self-advocacy and self-awareness among students;
- supporting the growth of studentsâ interpersonal relationships and skills;
- coping with crisis situations;
- addressing social-emotional issues with students as they arise, as well as proactively working with students to build skills;
- facilitating communication between families, teachers, and administrators regarding students. This includes:
- liaising with health care professionals;
- conferencing with parents;
- supporting teachers; and
- collaborating with the Coordinator of Social-Emotional Programming to implement a pro-social curriculum in the classroom.
An advanced degree in school counseling, social work, or psychology, and a deep commitment to student social-emotional growth, are required. Experience working with students with learning challenges, ADHD, and/or school anxiety is preferred. Most importantly, he or she will subscribe to our Core Values, our Mission, and our Philosophy and will seek passionately to uphold and promote them.
McLean School is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, disability, genetic status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the recruitment process, please contact Executive Support Manager, Robin Speller.
Interested applicants should fill out an online Application, and upload their cover letter, résumé, statement of educational philosophy, and list of references.
Upper School Physics and Chemistry Teacher (Grades 9-12)
McLean School, a K-12 co-educational independent school in Potomac, Maryland, seeks applicants for an Upper School Science Teacher (grades 9-12) to begin August 2024. McLean School has for 70 years been helping bright students realize their full potential by providing a comprehensive college preparatory program that emphasizes small classes and differentiated instruction.Through our Abilities ModelÂź, we embrace both traditional learners and ones with mild to moderate learning challenges. We recognize and teach to individual strengths, responding to areas of challenge, but never defining students by them.
The ideal candidate will be able to teach Physics and some math. The ability to teach introductory engineering electives, as well as an earth science class, would be a positive. They will have an appreciation for students with mild to moderate learning challenges, and ADHD, and seek to build self-confidence in our students as they learn to advocate and to prepare for success in college and beyond. This position requires a dynamic science educator with vision and patience. Most important, the individual will subscribe to our Core Values, our Mission, and our Philosophy, and will seek passionately to uphold and promote them.
McLean School is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, disability, genetic status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the recruitment process, please contact Executive Support Manager, Robin Speller.
Interested applicants should fill out an online Application, and upload their Cover Letter and Résumé.
Associate Director of College Counseling
McLean School, a K-12 co-educational, independent school in Potomac, Maryland, seeks applicants for the position of Associate Director of College Counseling to begin August 2024. McLean School has, for 70 years, been helping bright students realize their full potential by providing a comprehensive college preparatory program that emphasizes small classes and differentiated instruction. Through our Abilities ModelÂź, we embrace both traditional learners and ones with mild to moderate learning challenges. We recognize and teach to individual strengths, responding to areas of challenge, but never defining students by them.
The Associate Director of College Counseling will have an appreciation for students with mild to moderate learning challenges, and ADHD, and seek to help foster self-confidence in our students as they learn to advocate and to prepare for success in college and beyond. In addition to College Counseling, this position involves administrative work, standardized test coordination, and requires an individual with attention to detail who relates well with teenagers. Most importantly, they will subscribe to our Core Values, our Mission, and our Philosophy, and will seek passionately to uphold and promote them.
Qualifications, Experience & Education
- BA/BS degree (MA/MS degree is desirable)
- 2-3 years of previous selective college admissions and/or college counseling experience
- Knowledge of ACT, SAT, PSAT, and Pre-ACT
ResponsibilitiesÂ
- Advising students and families on the Application processes for colleges and universities.
- Writing comprehensive and individualized letters of recommendation.
- Help students to create a college list that encompasses best fit.
- Assisting with programs and workshops for parents, students, and College Admissions Representatives.
- Discussing course selection options with students and parents in order to prepare them to meet university entrance and graduation requirements.
- Help in career testing and guidance in grades 9-11.
- Coordinate interview training and mock interviews each year for grade 12 students.
- Provide information and guidance for summer programs, gap years, and internships.
- Preparing regular communications to parents, students, and fellow faculty members.
- Maintain our news updates on the Mustang Portal, Twitter, and share information with the Communications & Marketing Office.
- Maintaining the Scoir Learning database with student and university information updates, including test results, new students, etc.
- Visiting university campuses and attending conferences for professional development.
- Advising faculty in their writing of college recommendations.
- To have knowledge and understanding of the AP and use that knowledge to help students in course selection.
- Developing a network of contacts both within Admissions Offices and with fellow College Counselors.
- Maintain College Counseling Library and Google Drive Library.
- Organize and take part in occasional school events, outings, and activities that may take place on weekends or in the evening.
McLean School is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, disability, genetic status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the recruitment process, please contact Executive Support Manager, Robin Speller.
Interested applicants should fill out an online Application, and upload their cover letter, résumé, two sample letters of recommendation, statement of educational philosophy, and list of references.
Long-Term Substitute for Upper School (Grades 9-12) Ceramics & Digital Media Arts Teacher
McLean School, a K-12 co-educational, college preparatory, independent school in Potomac, Maryland, seeks applicants for a Long-Term Substitute position for an Upper School (grades 9-12) Ceramics and Digital Media Arts teacher. This position begins on August 14, 2024, and is expected to extend until September 30, 2024. McLean School has, for 70 years, been helping students realize their full potential by providing a comprehensive college preparatory program that emphasizes small classes and differentiated instruction. Through our Abilities ModelŸ, we embrace both traditional learners and ones with mild to moderate learning challenges. We recognize and teach to individual strengths, responding to areas of challenge, but never defining students by them.
The ideal candidate will have a degree and strong background in an art field or art education; teaching experience and/or education coursework is preferred. In addition, the candidate should have experience working with students with learning challenges, including dyslexia, attention and organizational issues, and students who are gifted. Creativity, flexibility, and strong communication skills are a necessity.
We welcome candidates who are committed to student-centered pedagogy, differentiated instruction, and multi-sensory learning. Most importantly, they will subscribe to our Core Values, our Mission, and our Philosophy and will seek passionately to uphold and promote them.
McLean School is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, disability, genetic status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the recruitment process, please contact Executive Support Manager, Robin Speller.
Interested applicants should fill out an online Application, and upload their cover letter, résumé, statement of educational philosophy, and list of references.
Assistant Head of Upper School & Director of Student Life (Grades 9-12)
McLean School, a K-12 co-educational independent school in Potomac, Maryland, seeks applicants for an Assistant Head of Upper School & Director of Student Life (Grades 9-12) to begin July 1. McLean School has for 70 years been helping bright students realize their full potential by providing a comprehensive college preparatory program that emphasizes small classes and differentiated instruction. We embrace both traditional learners and ones with dyslexia, ADHD, and executive functioning challenges. Through our Abilities ModelÂź, we recognize and teach to individual strengths, responding to areas of challenge, but never defining students by themâall within a program that incorporates challenging academics, championship sports teams, performing and visual arts, robotics, service learning, and more. McLean School is proud of its warm and caring, collaborative community of highly trained and experienced educators.
Reaching all corners of the McLean experience, the Schoolâs commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is an extension of its mission to make education accessible, stimulating, and meaningful to a broad range of learners. McLean embraces its DEIJB commitment and work which enriches the community and encourages our students to be better leaders.
The Assistant Head of Upper School is a divisional-level administration position primarily responsible for all aspects of Upper School student life. Areas of responsibility include oversight of the Upper Schoolâs Advisory Program, CORE (Social-emotional development curriculum), Student events and activities (student governance groups, as well as recreational clubs), and addressing student behavioral issues employing the Schoolâs commitment to Restorative Practices. While the scope of the roleâs influence rests mainly within the purview of the Upper School, it also carries some all-school (K-12) responsibilities and partnerships. As such, the Assistant Head of Upper School serves as the liaison to the Admission Office, works with the Middle School on our Grade 8 to Grade 9 Transitional and Retention Programming, and holds a seat on the Schoolâs Program Planning Team.
In coordination with the Head of Upper School and Associate Head of Upper School, the Assistant Head of Upper School & Director of Student Life helps to establish a professional rapport with students, faculty, staff, and parents. Interested candidates should be proactive, highly organized, strong communicators, with a proven track record of building and maintaining positive relationships with students in classroom and non-classroom settings. A Masterâs Degree, and experience supporting students with learning challenges is preferred, though not required.
McLean School is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, disability, genetic status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the recruitment process, please contact Executive Support Manager, Robin Speller.
Interested applicants should fill out an online Application, and upload their Cover Letter and Résumé.
Grade 6 Teacher (Middle School)
The Grade 6 teacher will teach students history, literature, English, math and support a homeroom. The ideal candidate should have experience working with students with learning challenges, including dyslexia, anxiety, attention issues, and students who are gifted, skillfully assessing studentsâ strengths and areas of challenges to craft lessons to meet their academic needs. Creativity, flexibility, and strong communication skills are a necessity.
We welcome candidates who are committed to student-centered pedagogy, differentiated instruction, and multi-sensory learning. Successful candidates must be willing to collaborate, innovate, and grow as teachers. Most importantly, he or she will subscribe to our Core Values, our Mission, and our Philosophy and will seek passionately to uphold and promote them.
McLean School is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, disability, genetic status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the recruitment process, please contact Executive Support Manager, Robin Speller.
Interested applicants should fill out an online Application, and upload their cover letter, résumé, statement of educational philosophy, and list of references.
Grade 5 Teacher (Middle School)
McLean School, a K-12 co-educational independent school in Potomac, Maryland, seeks applicants for a Grade 5 teacher to begin August 2024.
McLean School has for 70 years been helping bright students realize their full potential by providing a comprehensive college preparatory program that emphasizes small classes and differentiated instruction. Through our Abilities ModelÂź, we embrace both traditional learners and ones with mild to moderate learning challenges. We recognize and teach to individual strengths, responding to areas of challenge, but never defining students by them.
The Grade 5 teacher will teach students history, literature, English, math and support a homeroom. The ideal candidate should have experience working with students with learning challenges, including dyslexia, anxiety, attention issues, and students who are gifted, skillfully assessing studentsâ strengths and areas of need to craft lessons to meet their academic needs. Creativity, flexibility, and strong communication skills are a necessity.
We welcome candidates who are committed to student-centered pedagogy, differentiated instruction, and multi-sensory learning. Successful candidates must be willing to collaborate, innovate, and grow as teachers. Most importantly, he or she will subscribe to our Core Values, our Mission, and our Philosophy and will seek passionately to uphold and promote them.
McLean School is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, family responsibilities, disability, genetic status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you need a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the recruitment process, please contact Executive Support Manager, Robin Speller.
Interested applicants should fill out an online Application, and upload their cover letter, résumé, statement of educational philosophy, and list of references.
McLean School Walks the Talk
Many schools talk about the warmth of their community, the collegiality, and the deep sense of caring and trust among and between students, faculty, staff, administration, and parents. At McLean, born from the mission of serving learners that span the range of racial, socio-economic, cultural, and learning strengths and challenges, that deep sense of caring for one another provides bedrock foundation. Many schools talk about their expanding ability to serve students who learn differently, but McLean has been built for that mission from the start. Through its Abilities ModelÂź, McLean teaches to each studentâs strengths, while providing support in areas of need, and McLean never defines students by what they cannot do.
McLean School in many ways looks like the framework of a typical, maybe even traditional college-prep school. But what happens within that framework is anything but traditional. The school has attracted deeply caring and trained educators whose passion is discovering and teaching to the unique abilities of each student in whatever innovative, personal, or progressive manner is best for the student. With close to 500 students in grades K-12, McLean School is delivering on the promise of giving students skills, confidence, tools, and knowledge to succeed in college and beyond.
6 Reasons Why You Should Be Part of our Faculty and Staff Community
Itâs no surprise that McLeanâs teachers and staff are as happy to be here as the students we teach: we all feel supported in our efforts to learn, stretch and grow. Itâs a culture that can be hard to come by⊠which is one reason our faculty tends to stick around! Here are a few of the other reasons:
Reason #1 McLean "Magic"
Thereâs something about this place thatâs hard to put into words, but you know it when you feel it. An energy, a culture, a certain type of confidence that comes from having a job you love and being surrounded by people who feel the same way.
Reason #2 Our Mentorship Program
Youâre always encouraged to change and modify your approach based on what is best for each child. And you donât have to figure that out all on your own. Thereâs a wealth of resources from mentor teachers who support you all the way.
Reason #3 Flexibility in What We Teach and How We Teach It
Teaching the way kids learn requires flexibility you wonât find in most school settings. And itâs one thing to say âhey, do what you need to do,â but another to actually provide the structure and professional support to make that possible. And knowing I have the trust and confidence of my colleagues means everything to me.
Reason #4 Professional Perks
We work hard, but we get to have fun, too. We are fully encouraged to enjoy the weight room, yoga, fitness classes, mindfulness programs, our wonderful lunch offerings, and more. This is a place that supports us fully: mind, body, and soul!
Reason #5 Location
Our proximity to DC opens up experiential learning opportunities and is just a great place in general to live. From the Smithsonian to Congress, free cultural events, and parks, the Greater Washington area is packed with places and programs that enrich my professional and personal experiences.
Reason #6 We Prioritize Professional Development
This is a culture of learning, and that includes the faculty. When it comes to professional development, McLean is generous and encouraging. It creates a sense of excitement, like weâre incubating new ideas all the time and making our best practices even better. As an educator, I couldnât ask for more.
Commitment to Diversity and Equity
McLean Schoolâs commitment to diversity/equity is an extension of our mission to make education accessible, stimulating, and meaningful to a broad range of learners. McLean embraces diversity and values the integrity of all individuals. We offer equitable opportunity to learn from the wealth that diversity renders to all community members in the recognition of differences of ethnicity, race, religion, socioeconomic status, culture, sexual orientation, or gender. This recognition enriches our community and encourages our students to be better leaders and more responsible citizens. We believe that our students will acquire an appreciative sensitivity to different people and cultures and that they will be more secure in themselves and better prepared to enjoy the richness and possibilities of the wonderfully diverse world they will inherit.
Toward this end, McLean School commits itself to:
- Continue to develop a school culture and curricula that will teach our students both the skills and the sensibilities necessary for living in a world of change and difference;
- Achieve an educationally enriching level of diversity in the student body, the faculty, staff, and the Board of Trustees; and
- Provide the resources and support needed to secure the self-esteem of every child.
The School expects that all community members will support diversity/equity at McLean School, just as the School expects that all community members will benefit from that work.
Non-Discrimination
McLean School is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions, including those related to recruitment, hiring, training, retention and promotion on the basis of an individualâs ability and job-related qualifications and without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, national origin, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other classification proscribed and protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.