Position open: Head of School

Since 1890, the Scattergood Friends School community has focused on personal relationships and personal growth as vital complements to academic rigor and interpersonal success. We use classroom experience, community-wide meetings, a cooperative work program, and daily Quaker worship to educate our 60 high school students, and we exercise Quaker values in and outside our academic classes. The students' experience is also enriched by week- and month-long trips, our organic farm and 40-acre restored prairie, and a one-to-one laptop program. Our students think of Scattergood as a home away from home, and our staff, who live on campus with the students, are excited about Scattergood not only as a job but as a way of life.

We seek a head of school to join in our excitement! The head of the school oversees a faculty and staff of approximately twenty-five people. The head works closely with the Iowa Yearly Meeting School Committee (Board), providing leadership within the school and representing the school to the broader community. Position begins July 1st, 2010.

Please contact headsearch@scattergood.org for more information, or to apply, by November 5th, 2009. To apply, please send a cover letter, resume, and statement of educational philosophy. Thanks!

Click here to download the job description.

Click here to download Scattergood's long range plan.

The School Committee of Scattergood Friends School announces the appointment of Virginia Winsor as Interim Head for the upcoming school year, effective July 1, 2009. A member of Omaha Friends Meeting, Ginny resided in California prior to her move to Scattergood. Ginny brings with her a host of business and management skills that are complemented well by a familiarity with Friends and warm interpersonal skills.

Scattergood Friends School also announces the search for a new Head of School for the 2010-2011 academic year. Scattergood's School Committee has chosen the members of the search committee. This committee will conduct the school's candidate search, screening, and interview processes during the 2009-2010 school year.

Click here for the official statement from the School Committee Introducing Ginny Winsor as Scattergood's interim Head of School.

Click here for the first official statement from Scattergood's School Committee.