The Loomis Chaffee School announces a search for a full-time Director of Financial Literacy to begin in August of 2023. Education of all students in matters of financial literacy is a top priority for the school, and the hired Director will ensure that financial literacy becomes a hallmark of a Loomis Chaffee education. The Director will bring creativity and fresh ideas and will maintain and initiate programs, both inside the classroom and out, that embed financial literacy into the fabric of the Loomis experience.

In addition to serving as the Director, the hired candidate will teach economics. The preferred candidate shows excitement for collaboration and intentionally makes diversity, equity, and inclusion foundational to their curriculum and teaching. The candidate ideally has a minimum of three years of teaching experience and has the interest in and the ability to teach and build curriculum for a diverse suite of courses and electives in both financial literacy and economics.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Student Facing (80 percent)

• Teach economics within the Social Sciences Department and assist in economics curriculum development to ensure that financial literacy. becomes integral to course offerings.
• Develop and deliver a curriculum of financial literacy for students, including programming for the Norton Family Center for the Common Good’s seminars for ninth- and tenth-graders and through the Center’s targeted programming for eleventh- and twelfth-graders.
• Work with other Centers and affinity groups on campus to develop additional, specific programming on financial literacy.
• Manage the annual stock market game.

Faculty Facing (15 percent)

• Serve on the fiduciary committee overseeing faculty retirement accounts.
• Work with the new faculty cohort to develop financial literacy programming for incoming faculty members.

Alumni Facing (5 percent)

• Assist in the cultivation of alumni relationships for student networking opportunities.
• Develop relationships with alumni to serve as potential guests and partners for academic courses, including those focusing on economics, entrepreneurship, and the Innovation Trimester (I-Tri), the spring-term, seniors-only Pearse Hub for Innovation (PHI) offering.

Loomis Chaffee is a boarding school and in addition to the directorship and teaching responsibilities, other responsibilities might include dormitory residence or association and participation in the afternoon program at the school in a manner commensurate with the candidate’s skills.

Candidates should attach a cover letter, a resume, any letters of recommendation available, and a list of references to their application.

We offer a competitive and comprehensive benefit package including but not limited to; medical insurance, dental insurance, vision plan, retirement with match up to 10% of salary, life insurance, short-term and long term disability and more.

PLEASE NOTE:

Given the persistent risks of the spread of the Covid-19 virus - risks that are heightened due to the emergence of more highly transmissible variants - all employees of the school are required to be fully vaccinated by their first day of work as a condition of employment and booster required if eligible. Employees who are unable to receive the vaccine due to disability, medical condition, or a sincerely held religious belief may request an exemption, which will be reviewed by the school to determine the availability of any reasonable accommodations.

The Loomis Chaffee School is an independent, coeducational boarding/day school of 725 students and 180 faculty members, located in the historic town of Windsor, Connecticut. Chartered in 1874, the school provides an academically challenging curriculum within a supportive community that affirms individual beliefs and differences. Need-based financial aid is currently awarded to 33 percent of the student body.

Loomis Chaffee does not discriminate against employees on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, or disability. This policy applies to, but is not limited to, admission, financial aid, employment, use of school facilities, and participation in school activities.