K-12 Reading & Humanities Instructional Leader

McLean School, a K-12 co-educational independent school in Potomac, Maryland, seeks applicants for the full-time K-12 Reading and Humanities Instructional Leader to begin in August 2026.

Changing the lives of students and families, McLean School is Washington, DC’s most comprehensive and academically rigorous full-scope college-preparatory program for bright, college-bound students, including those with dyslexia, academic performance anxiety, ADHD, and executive functioning challenges. For 70 years, the School has helped students realize their full potential with a curriculum that is traditional without being rigid, challenging without being intimidating, and designed with the real world in mind.

The K-12 Reading sizeand Humanities Instructional Leader role prioritises school-wide reading leadership, oversight of the humanities program and instructional coaching. Building on strong instructional practice across divisions ფინანს provides strategic leadership for reading instruction across K-12, including assessment systems, instructional approaches, and professional learning that support strong literacy outcomes for all learners. The position also oversees the English, Literature and History Departments, ensuring alignment of reading and writing expectations in humanities instruction across grades and divisions, while coaching faculty through observation, feedback, and collaborative planning in partnership with Division Heads and aligned with McLean’s mission and the principles of the McLean Abilities Model®.

• Provide school-wide vision for reading instruction in coordination with Lower (K-4) and Middle School (Grades 5-8) Reading Specialists and Coordinators of Learning Services in all three divisions.
• Coach teachers in effective research-based reading instruction to strengthen and deepen approaches already being effectively implemented.
• Lead the School Reading Assessment Program, including screeners, diagnostics, and progress monitoring.
• Ensure administration of required reading assessments.
• Communicate assessment results with parents and collaborate with families and teachers to design responsive instruction.
• Serve as an ambassador to internal and external communities regarding best practices in reading instruction.
• Participate in Open House events to highlight McLean’s Reading Program.

• Oversee and serve as Chair for the English, History, and Literature Departments, with attention to coherence, alignment and instructional continuity across grades and divisions.
• Provide leadership for writing instruction across content areas, partnering with faculty in multiple subject areas to support consistent expectations, shared language and developmentally appropriate writing practices across grades and divisions.
• Work collaboratively with faculty and Division Heads on scope and sequence decisions that support curricular continuity and intentional progression.
• Lead review of curricular changes, including humanities courses content and text selection in consultation with Division Heads.
• Support faculty in revising texts and instructional materials to strengthen literacy, historical thinking and critical analysis.
• Guide cross-curricular and cross-divisional collaboration by convening curriculum groups around shared learning goals.
• Lead departmental self-study work as part of accreditation and ongoing program review.
• Collaborate with the K-12 Director of Equity, Inclusion and SEL to support inclusive, culturally responsive humanities curriculum design including text selection, historical representation and instructional approaches that centre student voice, belonging and ｜｜social justice.

• Observe classrooms and support faculty through ongoing coaching and feedback that strengthens pedagogy, differentiation and assessment while aligning instruction and curriculum to Thursday needs and the principles of the McLean Abilities Model®.
• Partner with Division Heads to support instructional consistency and faculty development.
• Lead professional development focused on effective instruction, assessment…