Employment Opportunities

About The Wyndcroft School                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

The Wyndcroft School provides a place where tradition and innovation intersect, in a kind and
collaborative community that believes in creating experiences to promote leadership, creativity, a
love of learning, integrity, determination and respect. As an Early Childhood through 8 th grade
school, we have the privilege of stewarding young minds and hearts through a journey of
discovery, growth and development. Small class sizes foster opportunities to offer a high-quality
educational experience where our faculty and staff develop strong connections with pupils.

Wyndcroft teachers are…
     ❏ Compassionate, pupil-centred educators with an understanding and appreciation of child
          development.
     ❏ Reflective, lifelong learners who pursue and inspire growth.
     ❏ Skilled practitioners who differentiate learning to meet the needs of all pupils.
     ❏ Inspired educators who craft joyful and meaningful learning experiences.
     ❏ Effective collaborators and communicators committed to fostering strong partnerships
          with colleagues and families.

Responsibilities Include
     ❏ Teaching: Maintain a safe, pupil-centred learning environment. Guide whole class, small
          group, and individualised instruction in Latin for grades 5 though 8. Regularly monitor
          and assess pupil learning and growth to inform instruction using a variety of tools and
          means.
     ❏ Curriculum Design: Plan a comprehensive, integrated curriculum that aligns with the
          school mission and grade-level learning goals. Craft thoughtful, engaging units of study
          designed to address the different learning styles of pupils in the class.
     ❏ Collaboration: Work with grade-level colleagues to connect Latin lessons to other
          subject curricula to foster cross-curricular learning. Consistently and clearly
          communicate with colleagues, administrators and parents regarding pupil progress and
          any pupil issues.

Additional Responsibilities
     ❏ Attend and contribute to regular faculty meetings.
     ❏ Collaboratively plan, organise and conduct relevant field trips.
     ❏ Supervise car-line, lunch and recess duty.
     ❏ Lead an Advisory group.
     ❏ Attend and assist with assemblies and special events, some of which occur outside of
         normal school hours.
     ❏ Actively participate in all in-service and orientation days.

Salary and Benefits
Wyndcroft offers a strong benefits package and a competitive salary range.

Ready to apply?
The Wyndcroft School is an equal opportunity employer. If you are interested in joining the
Wyndcroft community, please submit a cover letter and résumé to:

Lisa Dunn
Associate Head of School
The Wyndcroft School
ldunn@wyndcroft.org

About The Wyndcroft School                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The Wyndcroft School provides a place where tradition and innovation intersect, in a kind and
collaborative community that believes in creating experiences to promote leadership, creativity, a love
of learning, integrity, determination and respect. As an Early Childhood through 8 th grade school, we
have the privilege of stewarding young minds and hearts through a journey of discovery, growth and
development. Small class sizes foster opportunities to offer a high-quality educational experience
where our faculty and staff develop strong connections with pupils.

Nature and Scope of Job
The Director of Advancement (DA) reports to the Head of School (HOS) and is responsible for the
overall direction of the institutional advancement of The Wyndcroft School, including short-range and
long-term strategic planning for Development, Marketing, Enrolment Management and
Communications. With a keen awareness of the school’s public image, the DA oversees all
institutional advancement processes that include record-keeping, budget maintenance and events
planning. S/he is responsible specifically for administering Development plans of the School.

FSLA Status
Full-time, Exempt

Main Responsibilities
1. Fully supports the School’s mission and is a highly engaging, positive and assertive ambassador for
the School.
2. Supervises the Director of Admission & Communications, Director of Alumni Relations &
Planned Giving and Associate Director of Advancement.
3. Works collaboratively and supportively with the HOS to develop strategic long and short-term
fund-raising strategies.
4. Creates and manages a Development programme designed to generate maximum monetary support
to the School through management of fund-raising campaigns including: annual fund, annual
auction, major giving, capital campaign, endowments, planned giving, gifts-in-kind and special
events.
5. Cultivates major donors. Develops and maintains personal contact with constituents to develop
their interest in giving, moving prospects through the Development cycle of relationship building,
the Ask and donor acknowledgement.
6. Manages the cultivation, solicitation and stewardship of a specific portfolio of major gift prospects,
including individuals, foundations and corporations. Provides research, background information,
appropriate materials and recommended strategies for dealing with specific constituents and
donors. Writes grant applications and reports as needed.
7. Co-ordinates with the Director of Finance and Operations (DFO) to ensure prudent budget
expenses for all purchases related to development, admission, marketing and communication.
8. Prepares and presents information regarding institutional advancement to the Board of Trustees, as
requested by the HOS.
9. Keeps educated about the life of the school, frequently interfacing with all constituents.
10. Serves as a member of the Wyndcroft Leadership Team (WLT).

Skills and Knowledge
1. Intimate and direct knowledge of institutional advancement in independent schools.
2. Excellent understanding of the principles and techniques of development activities, including
annual giving, major giving, planned giving, event planning, capital campaigns and grant
procurement.
3. Proven ability in fund-raising including writing solicitation letters and designing high quality
appeals. Experience in the design and implementation of cultivation, solicitation and stewardship
strategies for prospective donors.
4. A strong sense of ethics and integrity.
5. Innovative, growth mind-set, futurist-thinking, self-starter who works efficiently to attain goals.
6. Highly skilled in the following areas: verbal and written communication, inter-
personal/relationship building, analytical/strategic thinking, organisation, attention to detail, time
management, delegation, problem-solving, conflict management and decision-making.
7. Demonstrated ability to devise and implement a significant, multi-part, successful programme of
institutional advancement including data analysis, admission processes, techniques of development
activities, marketing and communications.
8. Ability to work on multiple fronts in an advancement operation and deal with frequent deadlines.
9. Adept at public speaking.
10. Thorough knowledge of:
          a. standard office practises and procedures, grammar, punctuation and spelling
          b. use of the Internet, especially for research, travel and purchasing
          c. Microsoft Suite: Word, Excel and PowerPoint
          d. Google Suite.
11. Excellent typing and computer skills; good mathematical skills.
12. Skilled at using a variety of modern office equipment.
13. Ability to speak enthusiastically and persuasively about The Wyndcroft School.
14. Ability to inspire confidence with a high degree of diplomacy and confidentiality.
15. Knowledge of laws and regulations affecting donors and not-for-profit organisations.
16. Impeccable telephone technique and etiquette.
17. Willing to embrace the lifestyle of working in a small independent school by being a team-player
and working the amount of time that is required to model excellence in job performance.

Minimum Requirements
1. Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree or equivalent experience preferred.
2. Three years of development experience, especially with major gifts and foundation/corporate grant
writing.
3. Three years of marketing, admission, sales, or communications experience, including significant
leadership experience.
4. Experience in a not-for-profit and/or independent school environment highly preferred.

Salary and Benefits
The Wyndcroft School offers a strong benefits package and competitive salary range.

To Apply
The Wyndcroft School is an equal opportunity employer. If you are interested in being the school’s
next Director of Advancement, then please submit a cover letter and résumé to:

 Dr Tekakwitha M. Pernambuco-Wise
Head of School
tpernambucowise@wyndcroft.org                                                                                                                                                                                       

 

About The Wyndcroft School
The Wyndcroft School provides a place where tradition and innovation intersect, in a kind and
collaborative community that believes in creating experiences to promote leadership, creativity, a love
of learning, integrity, determination and respect. As an Early Childhood through 8th grade school, we
have the privilege of stewarding young minds and hearts through a journey of discovery, growth and
development. Small class sizes foster opportunities to offer a high-quality educational experience
where our faculty and staff develop strong connections with pupils.

Nature and Scope of Job
The Director of Admission and Communications (DAC) reports to the Director of Advancement (DA)
and is responsible for the short and long-term strategic planning for enrolment management, marketing
and communications of The Wyndcroft School with a multi-media approach that includes verbal, print
and social media communication methods. With a keen awareness of the school’s public image and
mission, s/he co-ordinates with the Director of Advancement (DA) and Associate Director of
Advancement (ADA) to administer the admission, marketing and communications of the school.

FSLA Status
Full-time, Exempt

Main Responsibilities
1. Fully supports the School’s mission and is a highly engaging, positive and assertive ambassador for
the School.
2. Effectively communicates the value proposition of a Wyndcroft education.
3. Works collaboratively and supportively with the Head of School (HOS) and DA to develop
strategic long and short-term enrolment management, marketing and communications strategies.

Enrolment Management
1. Develops strategies for retention of current families and recruiting new ones, conducting special
events to attract families.
2. Develops and ensures a comprehensive Parent Retention Education Programme (PREP) for the on-
going retention of current pupils. This includes parent and pupil ambassador programmes.
3. Leads the application process, communicating clearly with families and references, reading each
file, conducting assessments and evaluating the mission-appropriateness of potential pupils,
selecting those who fit well into the school community. Arranges pupil student visits and
screenings. Conducts school tours for potential families. Collaborates with the HOS, Wyndcroft
Leadership Team (WLT), Director of Athletics (DOA) and faculty/staff regarding visits and
admission events to ensure the best possible connection of prospective pupils and parents with the
school.
4. Leads the Admission Committee, overseeing the process and evaluation of pupils against mission-
aligned admission criteria.
5. Creates and oversees the New Family Welcome Programme.
6. Keeps educated about the life of the school, frequently interfacing with all constituents.                                                                                                              7. Keeps accurate enrolment and admission statistics, managing the school’s admission database.
Provides timely, clear and concise enrolment statistical reports regarding admission and enrolment
to the HOS.

Marketing and Communications
1. Identifies emerging marketing strategies, tests their effectiveness and reports their results.
2. Applies key principles of marketing and public relations to the school’s institutional advancement
programmes.
3. Develops and implements marketing strategies to attract potential families to Wyndcroft.
4. Writes and edits publications designed to inform potential families about the school and the
admission and financial aid processes. Develops communications for the retention of current pupils
and PREP.
5. Responsible for the internal and external marketing of the school through newsletters, magazines,
brochures, flyers, postcards, forms, advertising, press releases, social media, Website content,
Annual Report and other forms of communication to internal and external constituents.
6. Responsible for content management and on-going calendar and other updates on the school’s
Website; re-designs the Website as needed.
7. Responsible for all public relations and publicity for the school including working with reporters
on news stories, ensuring an updated News section of the Website and publishing information on
regional and national sites.
8. Responsible for writing content, photography, collecting relevant information, facilitating
distribution of all publications, invitations, marketing, promotional and all institutional
advancement materials. Edits materials for spelling and grammar, varying writing style to meet
needs; presents numerical data effectively.
9. Manages the production and print schedule of all institutional advancement publications to meet
internal and external deadlines.
10. In collaboration with the HOS, is the main point of contact for the media and external community
on communications.
11. Ensures consistency with school branding across all platforms including print publications and on-
line.

Skills and Knowledge
1. A strong sense of ethics and integrity.
2. Innovative, growth mind-set, futurist-thinking, self-starter who works efficiently to attain goals.
3. Highly skilled in the following areas: verbal and written communication, inter-
personal/relationship building, analytical/strategic thinking, organisation, attention to detail, time
management, delegation, problem-solving, conflict management and decision-making.
4. Demonstrated ability to devise and implement a significant, multi-part, successful programme of
admission processes, enrolment management, marketing and communications.
5. Ability to work on multiple fronts in an advancement operation and deal with frequent deadlines.
6. Adept at public speaking.
7. Thorough knowledge of:
          a. standard office practises and procedures, grammar, punctuation and spelling
          b. use of the Internet, especially for research, travel and purchasing
          c. Microsoft Suite: Word, Excel and PowerPoint
          d. Google Suite.
8. Excellent typing and computer skills; good mathematical skills.
9. Skilled at using a variety of modern office equipment.
10. Ability to speak enthusiastically and persuasively about The Wyndcroft School.                                                                                                                            11. Ability to inspire confidence with a high degree of diplomacy and confidentiality.
12. Impeccable telephone technique and etiquette.
13. Willing to embrace the lifestyle of working in a small independent school by being a team-player
and working the amount of time that is required to model excellence in job performance.

Minimum Requirements
1. Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree or equivalent experience preferred.
2. Three years of admission, sales, marketing, communication experience required, preferably in an
independent school or college, including significant leadership responsibilities.
3. Experience in graphic design, Web-based marketing, Website management and maintaining a Web
presence desired.
4. Proficiency with Adobe Design suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, etc.) and some video
production experience desired.
5. Demonstrated proficiency with data collection and analysis and its utility in influencing policy and
enrolment management strategy.
6. Demonstrated cultural competence and commitment to inclusivity and belonging.
7. Experience in a not-for-profit and/or independent school environment highly preferred.                                                                                                                 

Salary and Benefits
The Wyndcroft School offers a strong benefits package and competitive salary range.

To Apply
The Wyndcroft School is an equal opportunity employer. If you are interested in being the school’s
next Director of Admission and Communications, then please submit a cover letter and résumé to:

Dr Tekakwitha M. Pernambuco-Wise
Head of School
tpernambucowise@wyndcroft.org

Available on an as needed basis, this employee is responsible for carrying out the lesson plans and duties of the teacher for whom he/she is substituting.

Duties of this position include but are not limited to:

1. Programming:

a. Following the lesson plan left by the teacher for whom he/she is substituting

b. Meeting and instructing assigned classes in the locations and at the times designated.

c. Establishing and maintaining order in the classroom.

d. Maintaining a classroom environment conducive to effective learning.

e. Taking all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, materials, equipment and facilities.

f. Assisting in upholding and enforcing school rules, and administrative guidelines.

2. Public Relations:

a. Cooperating with school personnel.

b. Establishing and maintaining cooperative relations with all members of the school community.

3. Reporting:

a. Reporting to the Assistant Head of School or designee at the beginning and end of the school day.

4. Other responsibilities as directed by the Head of School.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Bachelor’s degree

2. Completion of school orientation.

3. PA Clearances: Criminal Background Check; Child Abuse History; FBI Fingerprinting

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Teaching Certification

2. Experience working with students.