Director of Lower School

Westmark School • Encino, CA

Over the past forty years, Westmark School has earned acclaim for transforming the lives of Grades 2–12 students with dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, and other diagnosed language-based learning differences (LBLD). Situated in Encino, California, about ten miles north of UCLA, it currently serves approximately 225 students. Westmark School is seeking a Director of Lower School (Grades 1–5) to join a forward-thinking team that specializes in serving LBLD students and seeks to deepen the School’s commitment to early intervention and a research-based approach to instruction. With the recent opening of a new, state-of-the-art Lower School Campus and an admission expansion to include first grade, this is a very unique and exciting time in the School’s history. The Director of Lower School works creatively and collaboratively with the Associate Head of School, the Directors of the Middle School and Upper School, and the Head of School to sustain and enhance all mission-aligned programming in the Lower School.

This position reports to the Associate Head of School and starts July 1, 2024.

Applications are due March 31, 2024. For application instructions and the full job opportunity statement, please visit: www.westmarkschool.org/about/careers