Associate Head of Teaching and Learning UWC Montezuma, NM

Primary Position Objectives

The UWC-USA program - a two-year experience that integrates our Academic, Co-curricular, and Residential curricula - prepares a highly diverse group of students to serve as catalysts for greater unity, peace and integral sustainability in the world. We support students in the practice of our mission during their two years on campus and challenge them to live our mission for a lifetime.

The Associate Head for Teaching and Learning contributes to the school’s mission across the full program. Within the IBDP, the Associate Head for Teaching and Learning supports the leadership of the President by creating the conditions for an excellent, equitable, and inclusive UWC mission- and values-aligned teaching and learning environment. The Associate Head for Teaching and Learning partners with the President in leading and innovating within the education division, specifically managing curricular innovation, integration, and implementation;

providing pedagogical resource development and coaching; recruiting, reviewing, growing and retaining mission- and values-aligned faculty; and stewarding the conditions for student achievement. The Associate Head for Teaching and Learning administers the curriculum (IB subjects and IB core) in keeping with UWC mission and values, UWC-USA’s strategic plan and foundational documents, IBDP authorization, ISAS accreditation, best practices in experiential education, and collaboration with the NM Public Education Department.

As the leader of teaching and learning, the Associate Head models excellence in leadership, teaching, and learning. As a member of the Educational Leadership Team and the Student Success Team, the Associate Head supports and contributes to an integrated student and faculty experience across the academic, experiential, and residential curricula. As a member of the Strategic Leadership Team (SLT), the Associate Head for Teaching and Learning contributes to the ongoing development and implementation of the school’s strategy, budget, and overall institutional ethos goals while working across the school with the Board, President, SLT colleagues, direct reports, faculty, staff, and students.

As the face of UWC-USA’s commitment to teaching and learning, the Associate Head for Teaching and Learning models to staff and students excellence in leadership, commitment to the UWC mission and values, and a clear grasp of UWC-USA’s strategic and communal commitments including especially our focus on integral sustainability and constructive engagement of conflict.

• Consults closely with and advises the President on matters integral to faculty excellence and student experience in the curriculum
• Collaborates with President and Heads of Faculty to plan and execute full faculty meetings and assemblies for students and/or faculty
• Leads Heads of Faculty, IB Coordinator, and the Registrar to coordinate the academic program in fulfillment of the IB Diploma and UWC-USA High School Diploma
• Leads on diversity, equity, inclusion, and access measures related to teaching and learning
• Leads on sustainability and constructive engagement of conflict as pertains to teaching and learning
• Oversee and manage cross-departmental interfaces, focusing on initiatives that impact the student experience.
• Leads hiring for academic faculty in consultation with the President on final hiring decisions
• Provides pedagogical leadership across the program, with support from other designated curriculum coordinators (e.g., Heads of Faculty, IBDP Coordinator, Director of Co-curricular Learning)
• Serves on the Strategic Leadership Team
• Serves on the Educational Leadership Team
• Serves on the Student Success Team
• Serves on the Education Committee…