Director of Technology

Applicants should supply the following materials:
Resume and cover letter

The school anticipates a part-time opening for director of technology for the 2016–17 school year.

The Friends School of Atlanta is an independent, co-educational, Quaker school providing an education to 175 students in a pre-kindergarten through eighth grade program. Our mission is to provide challenging academics in a diverse environment, drawing on the Quaker testimonies, or values, of simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality and stewardship to empower our students to go out into the world with conscience, conviction and compassion.

The Friends School of Atlanta continues a 325-year Quaker tradition of education based on the belief that there is that of God or goodness in every person, which Friends have historically referred to as the Light. We believe that all students have within themselves unique capacities for learning and achievement. We provide a caring, cooperative atmosphere encouraging students to support each other as equals, and discourage that which would set one student above another.

Quaker values, based in the worth of each person, are reaffirmed in the school by listening and negotiating in the spirit of unity. These same values lead us to strive for diversity among students, families, faculty and staff, the Board of Trustees and in all areas of school life. As students incorporate the value of human respect into their lives, we believe they will take their wisdom and turn it toward social issues that extend beyond the immediate community to the world at large.

Job Summary: Supports the faculty and staff by caring for and maintaining technical systems and by implementing new technology as needed and in alignment with the Technology Strategic Plan. Supports the educational technology systems and provides upgrades and maintenance as needed, facilitates training of teachers and administrative staff.

Job Responsibilities
•    Researches and specifies new hardware, software and third party services that support the school’s administration and instructional goals.
•    Manages the school’s Google Apps for Education account including user management, group permissions and third party applications.
•    Works with administrative staff in determining reliable, secure and efficient electronic data management of all school records; reports recommendations to the head of school.
•    Schedules budgeted, approved service necessary for installation or relocation of hardware, upgrades and cabling or third party technical support, as needed.
•    Provides support, and facilitates faculty and staff training for all hardware and software.
•    Manages the automated backup procedure of electronic files stored on network servers.
•    Manages code changes and backups of school WordPress website.
•    Maintains system security (anti-malware) software, firewall and content filters.
•    Keeps inventory and records for hardware and software, provides routine maintenance.
•    Works with network infrastructure provider to maintain reliable wireless and wired network communications; develops access policies and procedures
•    Assists Head of School in achieving the goals of the Strategic Plan
•    Serves on at least one faculty committee.
•    Follows the policies and procedures in the Parent and Faculty and Staff Personnel Orientation Handbooks
•    Participates in parent community by attending FSPATA meetings and other parent-sponsored activities
•    Attends all faculty/staff meetings unless excused in advance by Head
•    Holds in confidence issues relating to other faculty, staff, students, and parents. Information may need to be shared among other faculty/staff for the well-being of the student
•    Performs other appropriately-assigned tasks requested by the Head of School and Education Heads

Relevant Skills necessary for this position include, but are not limited to:
•    Experience managing and deploying Google Apps for Education
•    Familiarity with Cisco Meraki cloud based networking appliances or other L2 TCP/IP networking configuration
•    Working knowledge of Blackbaud or similar School Information System
•    Microsoft Server 2008 or newer certification or similar experience
•    Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows 10 administration experience

Bachelor’s degree or higher is required for applicants to this position.