"Director of Educational Technology & Chair of the Computer Science Department"

Director of Educational Technology & Chair of the Computer Science Department

Ransom Everglades School
Miami, FL

The mission of Ransom Everglades School is to provide an educational environment in which the pursuit of honor, academic excellence and intellectual growth is complemented by the concern for the physical, cultural and character development of each student.

THE SEARCH

Ransom Everglades School (RE), a top-tier independent day school in the Miami-Coconut Grove area, seeks a forward-thinking, collaborative, and strategic leader to serve as its first-ever Director of Educational Technology & Chair of the Computer Science Department (the Director). Blending curricular innovation with IT management, this leader will play a key role in academic life at the school and, as a teacher by training, will simultaneously chair the Computer Science Department; they will split their time relatively evenly across both roles. In particular, they will focus on integrating technology in ways that enhance excellent teaching and learning, further developing digital literacy among the school community, and regularly evaluating emerging tools in the space. This is an exciting opportunity to partner with key stakeholders across RE to shape educational technology at a rapidly evolving moment in schools.

Located on the shores of Biscayne Bay, Ransom Everglades serves 1,246 students in grades 6-12 and is spread across two campuses: a Middle School and an Upper School. This position will work across the entire 6-12 continuum and will ensure an integrated and state-of-the-art experience for students. Over the past few years, RE has introduced several pathbreaking initiatives, including The Constance & Miguel Fernandez STEM Center, recognized as one of the most innovative STEM facilities in the country and a hub for interdisciplinary work. The three-story, 45,000 square-foot, glass-walled center exemplifies future-ready design with smart-building technology, sustainable features, flexible learning spaces, a maker space, and laboratories. The School launched the Artificial Intelligence Ransom Everglades (AIRE) Task Force, which aims to prepare students for a world in which AI tools are ubiquitous.

The successful candidate will balance a compelling vision with practical implementation. They will be a student-first leader with a record of collaborating across divisions or departments and explaining educational technology to lay audiences and school leadership. Specifically, the Director will: define strategic priorities for educational technology at RE; engage with the school community to advance digital literacy; serve as a partner on AI in the classroom; collaborate with Technology Services to ensure cohesion between ed tech and general technology tools; and teach students and lead faculty as Inaugural Chair of the Computer Science Department.

Ransom Everglades School has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, to assist in this recruitment. Please direct all confidential inquiries, nominations, and applications to the search firm as indicated below.

Dan Rodas, Partner
Berkley Braden, Managing Associate
Mia Carpiniello, Senior Associate
Nicole Sancilio, Managing Search Coordinator

https://www.imsearch.com/open-searches/ransom-everglades/director-ed-tech