Director of Technology

Benefits:
Medical/Dental/Vision
Flexible Spending Account
401(K) Match Plan
Generous Vacation

Continuing Education: Annual Allowance of $2,500

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Episcopal School of Los Angeles is to create and sustain a campus devoted to nurturing souls and minds in an intellectually rigorous and spiritually curious academic community.

The purpose of the school is to enable young people to thrive in an atmosphere of diversity and to become ethical leaders in communities of faith, the nation, and the world. All work shares the same goal: to manifest and embody what it means to be a person who loves to learn and a person who responds to what they believe in with his/her words, faith and action. In the Anglican academic tradition of honor, respect, integrity and joy we will lift up what it means to be a community at work, study, play and service.

BACKGROUND

The Episcopal School of Los Angeles was founded in 2009 with a rather unusual financial model. Unlike any other school in Los Angeles, we have devoted over 50% of our operating budget to scholarship. 30% of our families receive full tuition support, more than 60% receive some form tuition assistance, and those who are able to pay full tuition are dedicated to being a part of a community that serves the deepest needs of our city.

School uniforms, provision of school-owned technology to students, seated family-style lunch with faculty, a long school day (7:30 a.m. until 6 p.m.), and high expectations for community and personal behavior are all elements of what makes ESLA stand out as both a traditional and modern, innovative institution. Our school has taken Hollywood and the Los Angeles community by surprise and by storm. While we face a myriad of questions around growth, economics, race, and language barriers, the work is a privilege and we believe we are offering a tremendous gift to our community.

This coming fall, we will enter our 5th full-time school year serving students from 6th-12th grade (after adding a grade each year since our inception, we will graduate our first class in 2017). The first three years of ESLA’s life consisted of offering tuition-free STEM programs to children all over the city. Those early days allowed us to partner with public, charter and independent schools and to play with what has become a creative and compelling STEM program in our middle school. We will reengage our tuition-free after school and summer programs in the summer and fall of 2016 and look forward to returning to that work in addition to running our full-time school.

THE POSITION

The Technology Director at the Episcopal School of Los Angeles leads the instructional design processes and administers the online campus component of the school by facilitating technology-rich teaching and learning through collaborative curricular innovation, including new course development, course revision, online courses, faculty training/support, and service reliability and consistency.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Technology - General
o Fully develop JSS/JAMF remote device management software system
o Act as liaison to external technical support group
o Manage ordering and inventory of technology
o Work directly with Apple’s Volume Purchase Program and Device Enrollment Program to ensure all devices are enrolled and tracked
o Manage the student iPad fleet, including collection, cleaning, and re-enrolling in remote management
o Ensure the proper safety controls are present consistently on all devices to which students have access and routinely check all devices to ensure proper management
o Ensure wireless network remains operational at all times
o Oversee creation and distribution of all student and faculty emails
o Manage all technology subscriptions, including, but not limited to Microsoft Word, JSTOR, VPP, DEP, Amazon Whispercast, and JSS/JAMF
o Stay current on all new technology developments and present new ways to address current technology issues

• Faculty Development
o Work with faculty to increase technology use in classroom
o Teach faculty how to use JSS/JAMF device management technology in individual classrooms
o Research and develop new methods to utilize available technology in classrooms
o Review lessons plans with faculty and assist them in integrating technology
o Assist faculty with troubleshooting and technological issues on a daily basis

• Student Management
o Act as primary point of contact for all iPad repair and app troubleshooting
o Oversee dissemination of iPad fleet to all students
o Research and recommend devices, accessories, and applications that would benefit student learning

• Teaching
o Develop and teach electives in your area of expertise

Candidates must have:
• Relevant experience in IS and network technology
• Supervisory experience preferred
• Demonstrated intellectual leadership and curiosity
• Bachelor’s degree
• Master’s degree preferred

Please send a cover letter and Curriculum Vitae:

Maryetta Anschutz
Founding Head of School
Via Walter Thorne thorne@es-la.com
Assistant Chaplain

Schoolhouse
6325 Santa Monica Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90038