The full-time Director of the Peer Education Collaborative (PEC) will be responsible for launching, leading, and executing a pilot program focusing on the delivery of peer health and leadership education in a partnership among Thayer Academy and other private and public schools.  This 12-month position is grant-funded for at least two years by the EE Ford Foundation and will report to an administrative team including the Head of School, Assistant Heads of School for Student Engagement/Well-being and Academics, the School Psychologist, and the Director of Global Engagement. The PEC Director will build and/or curate curricula, teach/train student leaders, collaborate with leading experts, and initiate and support partnerships with other schools and scholars to ensure this first-of-its-kind initiative is successful and impactful. 

• Plan, develop, and teach an honors-level course(s) focusing on training Thayer and other area high school students how to effectively deliver peer education, focusing on two domains: (1) health education and (2) leadership, civic engagement, and civil discourse
• Work closely with Thayer administrators and key consultative partners, including adolescent psychologist and author Dr. Lisa Damour and Harvard professor Dr. Timothy McCarthy, to build, assemble, curate, and deliver training/curricula to student leaders who are accepted into this pilot program as peer educators
• Mentor/advise/supervise peer educators in their roles
• Create and manage partnerships with peer schools, including supporting and coordinating the delivery of peer educator training to high school peer leaders AND the delivery of peer education classes by those leaders to middle school students at Thayer and other partner schools.
• Project manage all aspects of this program, including peer leader recruitment, and regularly report progress to the Thayer administrative team and partner schools
• Regularly assess and document program progress and outcomes, and communicate to stakeholders at and beyond Thayer 

• $85,000 - $95,000

• 5+ years of experience in health education; CHES (Certified Health Education Specialist) credentialing is preferred
• Master's degree in public health, social work, education, or a related field
• Strong experience and record of excellence in developing and managing programs and teaching in an academic setting, ideally focused on health/wellness, leadership, and public service
• Experience working with grades 5-12, particularly in an independent school setting, preferred, but not required
• Demonstrated history of excellent communication and relationship-building skills with students, families, colleagues, and organizations
• Exceptional project management skills with a history of starting/building successful new ventures
• Passion for service and working with adolescents, and a desire to build relationships
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering inclusive learning environments in which students are meaningfully engaged and known 
• High level of comfort and experience with technology in an educational setting
• Willingness to work both collaboratively and independently as needed to launch a new project/program
• Exceptional attention to detail, adaptability, and the ability to manage multiple projects  

• Thayer Academy has engaged DovetailED to lead this search. Interested candidates should email a cover letter (addressed to Jed Wartman, Assistant Head of School for Student Engagement and Well-being), a resume, and a list of at least three professional references consolidated as a single PDF document to Victoria Jones at victoria@dovetailedsourcing.com. Please do not contact the school directly. 

• Equal Opportunity Act: Thayer Academy is an equal opportunity employer. The Academy complies with and adheres to all state and federal anti-discrimination laws with respect to its employment practices. Thayer Academy does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, or any other category protected under state or federal law. This policy extends to recruiting, hiring, compensation, benefits, assignment, working conditions, promotions, transfers, termination, re-employment, education, tuition assistance, employee treatment, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. All employment-related decisions are made on a nondiscriminatory basis so as to further the principle of equal employment opportunity.

• Americans with Disabilities Act: Thayer Academy complies with all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state disability laws. This means that we will not discriminate against qualified individuals with a disability in any phase of the employment relationship, including application for employment, hiring, promotion,s and/or advancement opportunities, termination, compensation, training, and any other conditions or privileges of employment.

About Thayer Academy

About Thayer Academy Thayer Academy's mission is “to inspire a diverse community of students to moral, intellectual, aesthetic, and physical excellence so that each may rise to honorable achievement and contribute to the common good.” In its hiring practices, Thayer Academy seeks candidates who come from a broad range of backgrounds and can contribute to a diverse community, who love working with young people, who thrive when engaged in multiple arenas of school life, and who welcome professional growth. Located next to Braintree's historic district and just up the hill from the MBTA’s final Red Line stop is the historic 34-acre campus of Thayer Academy. Since 1877, our coeducational day school for grades 5-12 has been a dynamic learning environment in which each student is affirmed, supported, and challenged to grow and meaningfully achieve as young scholars, athletes, artists and leaders. Thayer continues to be a place where tradition and innovation meet, and where students form lifelong relationships with one another and with inspiring teachers who care deeply about their students' personal growth and academic success. Thayer is rooted in the intentionally holistic education of ...our students, who are viewed as whole individuals with affinities and talents in many areas. Unique to Thayer, because of deliberately coordinated scheduling, it is possible to be both a varsity athlete and sing on stage in the school musical--students here are not forced to choose one path or another. There is a supportive and collaborative camaraderie that pervades our halls and campus--one where students view their classmates as partners, encouraging one another to discover their hidden talents and develop them into lifelong strengths. When you work at Thayer Academy, you join a warm community of students, parents, and colleagues who value not only academic achievement but also a supportive environment in which continual growth and learning is encouraged and supportive through a robust array of professional development opportunities

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