Headmaster

Nashville, Tennessee, United States JE Classical Academy

Start Date: Summer 2027

Reports To: Board of Directors

Direct Reports: Assistant Headmaster, Faculty Leads

Key Partners: Faculty leads, Admissions, Board Development Committee

Twenty minutes outside of Nashville, tucked inside of 26 acres of poplar and maple sits one of the most compelling leadership opportunities in classical Christian education today. North Nashville is home to thousands of families hungry for something beyond the failed progressive model and mere credentialing but have yet to discover the profound opportunity Christian classical education offers for the formation of their children.

This is a mission field rife with potential, and it needs an electric leader fueled by a passion to see Christian families anchored in a metaphysic deep and robust enough not merely to withstand a meaning-starved culture with their faith intact, but to become the very catalyst for revival.

JECA has already built a refined K–12 scope and sequence and has a culture of low faculty turnover. It recently attained accreditation through SCL and developed a parent community engaged in the mission. The board is ambitious, committed, and ready to be a true partner in growth. They are not looking for a leader content to manage what exists but eager to galvanize the city around a life of virtue and meaning and build one of the premier flagship schools in classical Christian education in the country.

The Headmaster exists to produce these six results. They are the fruit by which this role will be evaluated.

• Unified Mission & Leadership Culture — The board, leadership team, and faculty operate from a shared, clearly articulated understanding of JECA's mission. The Headmaster fosters a culture of trust, candor, and shared purpose across every constituency, and models the character the school expects of its students.
• Faculty & Academic Excellence — Teachers are recruited, developed, and retained at a high standard. A functioning observation and feedback system is in place. Faculty feel genuinely equipped and supported and the classical program is delivered with consistency and rigor from K through 12.
• Student Formation & Outcomes — Students graduate having been genuinely formed in wisdom, virtue, and faith. The academic program produces measurable growth in literacy, reasoning, and subject mastery. Senior thesis defenses reflect the depth of formation that the school promises.
• Enrollment Growth & Family Retention — JECA grows from 150 toward 250 students over the coming years. Re-enrollment rates are strong. New families, including those from the broader north Nashville community who have not yet discovered classical education, are finding and choosing JECA.
• Advancement & Donor Development — The Headmaster personally cultivates major donor relationships and builds a giving base that extends meaningfully beyond the current parent community. Annual fundraising grows toward a target established with the board. The foundation is laid for a future capital campaign.
• Financial Stewardship & Operational Integrity — The school operates within its budget, with accurate reporting and sound HR and compliance practices. The Headmaster partners transparently with the board on financial health, and the organization runs with the clarity and discipline that honors donors, families, and staff.

Key Partnerships

• Board of Directors — governance partner, primary accountability relationship; the Headmaster brings fiscal, academic, and personnel clarity to board meetings
• Assistant Headmaster — day-to-day academic and operational executor; the Headmaster-AHM relationship is the school's most important leadership partnership and should be explicitly structured
• Faculty — the Headmaster shapes culture through presence, observation, genuine commendation, and hard conversations; this relationship is the engine of academic quality
• Parents & Families — especially re-enrollment and mission-alignment; the Headmaster is the face of the school Donors & Community Partners —…