The Equity and Inclusion Integrator is broadly charged with supporting Packer’s vision of a diverse community of learners in which each person is valued and challenged, in particular regarding students’ academic experience. The Integrator works closely with the Head of Equity and Inclusion–to whom this position reports–to provide leadership around effective culturally responsive, anti-racist, and anti-bias pedagogy. The integrator collaborates with faculty and administrators to foster continuous professional growth in order to realize the school’s commitments to equity and inclusion. The integrator has deep emotional intelligence, centers students, and has a passion for sharing with colleagues best practice pedagogies in any field. 

Responsibilities

• Be a trusted and frequent presence in classrooms and broadly in the life of the school. 

• Work with teachers to further develop the skills necessary to infuse anti-bias, anti-racist, and culturally responsive pedagogy in their curricula and classrooms. This may include observation, coaching, and feedback.

• Collaborate on the creation and refinement of tools that assess curriculum and pedagogy, particularly as it relates to equity and inclusion.

• Collaborate with administrators–department heads, directors, and division heads–to advance institutional and divisional academic initiatives pertaining to equity and inclusion. 

• Design and implement internal professional development for various configurations of faculty and academic leaders.

• Partner with teachers and teams to improve practice at the intersection of social/emotional health, learning, and equity, inclusion, and belonging.

• Serve on Department Heads team and Academic Council, bodies responsible for broad curricular and instructional initiatives and schoolwide programmatic planning.

• Through reading, attendance at conferences and workshops, and networking among equity and inclusion practitioners and other academic leaders, maintain knowledge of current research and best practices in the field.
  

Qualifications and Experience:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree required.

• Work Experience: 

  • Minimum of five years of teaching experience preferably in more than one school level.

  • Strong understanding of curriculum development and pedagogical best practices.

  • Demonstrated experience collaborating, initiating, and managing curricular evolution and change.

  • Previous leadership or administrative experience in an educational setting (preferred).

• Diversity and Equity: 

  • Proven record of relevant training and demonstrated experience translating theory to practice.

  • Ability to apply systems analysis and strategic thinking. 

• Communication Skills: 

  • Superb written and oral communication skills.

• Interpersonal Skills: 

  • Ability to engage effectively with multiple constituents within the school community and to project professional competence, leadership capability, discretion, judgment, and personal maturity.

  • Ability to collaborate and work in multiple group configurations within a complex and dynamic environment.

Reasonable Accommodations: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Packer's values and vision of educational excellence include embracing diversity, fostering community, nurturing a sense of belonging, and ensuring all learners are valued and challenged. We actively embrace the diversity of New York City and seek employees who share Packer’s values of equity, inclusion, and belonging, and who wish to learn from the experiences and perspectives of others. We strongly encourage applications from candidates whose backgrounds and perspectives may be underrepresented.

The Packer Collegiate Institute does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national and ethnic origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy applies to, but is not limited to, educational policies, admission, financial aid, hiring and employment practices, use of school facilities, athletics, and other school-administered programs.

Salaries are determined based on a scale reflecting years of teaching experience and level of education.