Careers

Key Responsibilities
Enrollment

• Develop and implement enrollment vision and strategy, designing a multi-year roadmap to build demand, increase mission alignment of new admits, grow enrollment, and build the school’s brand in the
• community.
• Use data and research to establish and track progress toward enrollment goals, including optimal school and class size, retention, and new admits.
• Routinely report to the HOS and Board on progress to goals.
• Review and refine the school’s approach to engaging prospective families through tours, direct marketing, etc.
• Refine the school’s financial aid strategy in service of enrollment goals and mission delivery.
• Lead the Admissions team in attracting, evaluating, and selecting a diverse and appropriately talented student body.
• Ensure that tours and other admissions events embody
  and express the school’s value proposition.

Marketing and Communications

• Translate McGehee’s mission, curriculum, and educational philosophy to a clear, distinct value proposition that is then translated to prospective families, current families, and the broader community.
• Develop and oversee implementation of the school’s marketing and communication strategy in service of enrollment goals, ensuring that the School’s “brand” and value proposition are clearly, consistently, and strategically marketed across all digital and non-digital platforms.
• Oversee the creative design and production of the school’s merchandise and marketing items.
• Ensure that all school communications are clear, targeted, and supportive of the school’s mission and brand; review and approve newsletter content, social media posts, and website content.

Building and Managing a Team and Community

• Manage enrollment, admissions, and communications staff, bringing coherence and mutual reinforcement to these functions and teams.
• Hire and manage a Community Engagement Director, actively shaping this role, which is focused on catalyzing and supporting the school’s constituencies, including the Parents’ League and a to-be-established Booster Club.
• Review and refine the Parents’ League’s focus, approach, and responsibilities, ensuring that PL leaders are well supported and that promising, aligned ideas from the parent body are brought to life.
• Work closely with other administrative departments, including academics and development, to ensure alignment of goals and priorities.
• Foster strong relationships with prospective students, parents, educational consultants, educators, and feeder schools.

To Apply

McGehee School has retained The Baker Group/Carney Sandoe & Associates to assist in the recruitment of the Associate Head of School for Enrollment and Strategic Initiatives. Interested and qualified candidates are invited to contact the consultants in confidence. Candidates should submit the following materials as separate PDF documents.

• A cover letter expressing their interest in this position;
• A current and thorough résumé of no more than four pages.

As the process moves forward, selected candidates may be asked to submit:

• Responses to writing prompts specific to this search
• A list of five professional references with name, relationship, phone number, and email address of each (references will not be contacted without the candidate’s permission)

The Louise S. McGehee School is open to all qualified girls regardless of race, religion, national or ethnic origin.

 
Heather Flewelling
Consultant, Chief Talent Officer,
Carney, Sandoe & Associates
[email protected] 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Communicates clearly and openly with parents
• Is detail oriented
• Knowledgeable about developmental milestones and able to document and communicate this knowledge to parents
• Sets up classroom in a developmentally appropriate manner
• Incorporates story and song into daily routines
• Offers age appropriate innovative and exploratory play
• Knows and understands the importance of exploring the outdoors with young children as an extension of the classroom
• Prepares weekly online newsletters to parents
• Maintains the class Brightwheel or Seesaw blog page
• Creates individual and group documentation pieces that are reflective of development and special moments
• Knows or is willing to learn licensing guidelines and proper procedures
• Maintains a collegial relationship with a co-teacher and a positive attitude within our program
• Attends weekly after school faculty meetings
• Participates in professional development provided by the administrative team
• Participates and engages in a faculty feedback and goal-setting program that focuses on individual professional growth 
• Meaningfully and honestly engages with a mentor teacher during and after school for the first two years of employment
• Remains flexible within the contracted hours to ensure that the transition between the classroom and the next environment has been completed
• Sets up and changes the classroom environment with materials for different daily interactions. 
• Sits on the floor with the children to offer open ended questions that facilitates deeper thinking regarding interests shown in play
• Engages in play with children to help extend learning opportunities sometimes requiring sitting, kneeling or standing for periods of time.
• Transitions children to various environments throughout the day depending on the daily schedules 
• Sits at the children's level on the floor to execute a morning meeting. 
• Assist children with putting away their bags, cups and nap mats as needed. May require reaching overhead or bending over at the waist. 
• Rotate with your co teacher for carpool, helping to transition various children from car to classroom including lifting children out of the car.
• Set up, execute and clean up snack 
• Set up, execute and clean up lunch 
• Respond to emergencies related to health or safety- potentially bring them to the nurses office as needed, escort down the stairs or out of the building. 
• Help settle children for nap as needed- potentially sitting next to them, patting backs or giving verbal reminders that it is rest time. 
• Help children with shoes, jackets as needed as well as change the clothes of any children who have had a potty accident. 
• Assist children with wiping in the bathroom as needed. 

Department: Little Gate 
Reports to: Head of Little Gate 
FLSA Classification: Exempt (Salary)
Hours: 40+ hours a week 
Start Date: August 1, 2024

About McGehee School:
The Louise S. McGehee School, founded in 1912, is an Independent PreK-12th all-girls school located in the historic Garden District neighborhood of New Orleans. Louise S. McGehee School is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is open to all qualified candidates regardless of  race, color, sex, sexual orientation, creed, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, veteran status or other applicable protected classification. For more information, please visit www.mcgeheeschool.com. 

About Little Gate Program: 
Little Gate is a play-based program, inspired by the Reggio Emilia philosophy of early childhood education.  We view the child as capable and curious.  This natural inquisitiveness leads children to explore, discover, question, experiment, and construct their own knowledge about the world they live in and their role in it.

Position Description:
The Little Gate program is looking for a dedicated educator for its infant program. The ideal candidate should love infants and should be able to remain calm at all times. Little Gate hires educators who are curious, flexible and nimble thinkers and collaborative problem solvers. 

Essential Functions: 

• Communicates clearly and openly with parents
• Is detail oriented
• Maintains daily sheets for each individual child
• Knows individual feeding and sleep schedules
• Preps bottles and food
• Sets up classroom in a developmentally appropriate manner
• Knows developmental milestones
• Incorporates story and song into daily routines
• Offers age appropriate innovative and exploratory play 
• Knows and understands the importance of  exploring the outdoors with infants daily
• Knows or is willing to learn licensing guidelines and proper procedures
• Maintains a collegial relationship with a co-teacher

Qualifications/Experience:

• A bachelor’s degree is preferred.
• Have at least two years of classroom teaching experience.
• A passion for teaching children.
• A commitment to continuous improvement.
• Applicants must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States.

Physical Requirements and Work Environment:

• Able to walk up 3 flights of stairs  
• Lift and/or move between 10 pounds up to 45 pounds  
• Must be comfortable being in and around water 
• Regularly uses close and distance vision, including working at a computer and phone screen for extended periods of time.
• Repetitive tasks  
• Attention to detail  
• Frequent combinations of sitting, climbing, standing, walking, balancing, bending, kneeling, and crouching  
• Combination of indoor and outdoor environments  
• Exposure to; high noise levels, bodily fluids, infectious illness/diseases, occasional inclement weather
• Attend, facilitate and oversee outdoor play in multiple environments for approximately 1 to 2 hours per day 
• Ability to maintain appropriate boundaries with students, fellow staff and community members. 
• Ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations. 

Technical Skills:

• Proficient in Google Suite  (such as: copy/paste, creating documents, creating links, transferring photos, etc.)
• Ability to operate all classroom management software and systems

Physical Stamina
Most children have plenty of energy and need physical activity to stay healthy. Expect to be in motion during most of your time around children, whether you're participating in outdoor playtime or cleaning up after activities. Physical stamina allows you to stay engaged with children in a multitude of ways, providing a healthy, safe environment where you are able to react in the moment to each individual situation and its needs.

If you have questions, please email [email protected].

EEO Statement
Louise S. McGehee School is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. McGehee does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, gender or gender identity, age, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.