Position Announcement – Director of College Guidance (Hewitt School NY)

The Hewitt School seeks a director of college guidance. Hewitt’s college office consists of a full-time director and a part-time associate director, with a graduating class averaging 40-50 students. The director reports to the head of upper school/assistant head of school.

In the spring of 2020, Hewitt launched a strategic vision which boldly calls for the school to redesign learning around transdisciplinary real-world challenges; to reimagine where school happens within the greater context of New York City; and to redefine women’s leadership.

In addition, Hewitt is one of the first high schools in the country to join the Mastery Transcript Consortium (MTC), which is currently developing a digital transcript that better reflects students’ “unique strengths, abilities, interests, and histories” and is attempting to rehumanize the college admissions process.

Established in 1920 and located in New York City, The Hewitt School is an independent K-12 girls’ school whose mission is to inspire girls and young women to become game changers and ethical leaders who forge an equitable, sustainable, and joyous future. Hewitt empowers and expects our community members to embrace multiple points of view, to engage others with empathy and integrity, and to champion equity and justice in all areas of our lives. As a community, Hewitt is fully committed to a culturally diverse faculty, staff, and student body.

A full position announcement can be found here.