SUSAN ZALAC

• Collaborates with Head of School and leadership team to ensure program consistency and continuity throughout divisions
• Implements and ensures strategic plan progress, including the successful addition of the Capstone Program
• Oversees and manages the Upper School administrative team, faculty, and staff
• Establishes and applies a system for faculty evaluation to inspire faculty trust and growth
• Evaluate and collaborate with teachers to improve lessons and classroom management
• In collaboration with faculty, department chairs, and curriculum coordinator, reviews and restructures academic programs as needed to ensure innovation and relevancy
• Coordinates and implements productive and relevant professional development
• Strategically expands core and elective class offerings in collaboration with department chairs and curriculum coordinator
• Thoughtfully builds and incorporates diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in the school’s programming and culture in partnership with all constituents
• Augments student services with a focus on health and well-being
• Assists the admissions department in recruitment and retention events
• Coordinates and leads assemblies and formal occasions
• Oversees grade-level teams and robust advisory program
• Ensures college preparatory program meets student needs and ambitions
• Partners with advancement team to engage families, faculty, and staff in fundraising opportunities
• Maintains culture and rapport with all constituents through positive and transparent communication
• Recruits, interviews, and retains desirable instructors and staff
• Creates and maintains a comprehensive calendar of school events
• Establishes and maintains budget for the Upper School

Dean of Students

● Streamlined disciplinary system

● Augmented assembly program

● Contributed to the school’s marketing: social media, blog, and student showcases

● Coordinated activities between Upper, Middle, and Lower Divisions

● Grew and improved student club and group activities

Advisory Program Coordinator

● Assisted and motivated students to achieve socially and academically

● Organized and attended annual student retreat

● Prioritized SEL in lessons and activities

● Created discussions and activities that helped facilitate positive school culture

● Built alumni relationships with various initiatives

English Teacher and Department Chair

● Instructed classes: Advanced Placement English Literature and British and American literature

● Observed and evaluated teachers

● Interviewed candidates and assisted in the hiring process of teachers

● Served as curriculum map team leader

● Assured vertical alignment in language arts and English department (grades 5-12)

● Served as FCIS accreditation chair

● Coordinated summer reading program

● Created and implemented a public speaking program

● Served on several FCIS accreditation evaluation teams

● Prepared and coordinated relevant professional development and teacher workdays

● Coordinated school-wide formal writing assessment

● Evaluated and then collaborated with teachers to improve lessons and classroom management

● Organized and directed Professional Learning Committees

● Streamlined, coordinated, and implemented discipline program

● Supervised after-school program

• As dean of grade, led 7th-grade team
• Instructed students in grammar, writing, and literature
• Coordinated writing assessments

• Created and taught literature units for enriched and honors students
• Instructed 6th-grade students in grammar and writing