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Ransom Everglades School

Arts Department Chair

Start Date: August 1, 2025

Coed Day School, Grades 6-12

1,208 Students

3575 Main Highway Coconut Grove, FL 33133

Arts Department Chair Search for Ransom Everglades School

Educators Collaborative is pleased to assist Ransom Everglades School in its search for an Arts Department Chair to  begin August 1, 2025. 

About the School

Ransom Everglades School, an independent, co-educational day school in Coconut Grove, Florida, was officially founded in 1974 through the merger of Ransom School and The Everglades School for Girls. Today the school enrolls 1208 students in grades 6-12 on two campuses. 


The Adirondack-Florida School (Ransom School) was the first of its kind, allowing students to split the year between the mountains of New York and Pine Knot Camp on the shore of Biscayne Bay. This migratory boarding school was dedicated to founder Paul C. Ransom’s ideals of self-reliance, public service and developing multiple forms of intelligence. Each campus offered an education anchored in nature, fostering a relationship between the students and their environment that characterizes Ransom Everglades to this day. In 1949, the Adirondack-Florida School made Coconut Grove its permanent home and was renamed the Ransom School.


The Everglades School for Girls was established in 1955, just two miles from the Ransom School. Founders Marie and Edward Swenson and Headmistress Gertrude Peirce were innovators who believed in experiential learning and shared Paul Ransom’s belief in the value of community involvement as a means of moral and practical education. The Everglades School for Girls was every bit as demanding as the Ransom School and focused on preparing its students for college and professional careers. Unlike many other schools of that era, The Everglades School for Girls welcomed all qualified applicants, regardless of race, religion or social status.


In 1974, the two institutions merged to form Ransom-Everglades School. The Everglades Campus on Silver Bluff became the middle school; the Ransom Campus on Biscayne Bay housed the upper school.

In the years since, RE has become one of America’s preeminent independent day schools, evolving with – and often ahead of – developments in education, technology and culture. Even so, decades-old values characterized by environmental stewardship, public service and community involvement remain unchanged.

Early Childhood and Lower School Head search for Ransom Everglades School

About the Position

The arts at Ransom Everglades are central to the school’s mission to “prepare students for a lifelong journey of learning, the call to service, and the responsibility to lead in an environment that fosters academic and co-curricular excellence as well as social wellbeing.” Beyond the specific responsibilities covered below, the new Arts Department Chair will be expected to elevate the role of the arts across both the Middle and Upper School and in the larger community. Central to this opportunity will be a commitment to work collaboratively with the leaders of all school programs to ensure that students are afforded the opportunity to participate in a wide array of school activities and programs. 


Specifically, the Arts Department Chair is responsible for the management and oversight all the school’s performing and visual arts programs, faculty, and facilities in the middle and upper schools including leadership, support, and development of faculty; coordination of curriculum and programs; representation and promotion of the visual and performing arts departments and their work in the school and the larger community; and teaching 2 courses in the candidate’s discipline.


A competitive compensation is based on the experience and qualifications of the person selected. Ransom Everglades offers a comprehensive benefits package including retirement, health and dental insurance, disability and life insurance, and other benefits. Florida has no state or local income taxes.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit the following materials in a single merged document by December 1, 2024, to Marcus Hurlbut (email below): 

 

  • EC Candidate Summary Sheet (Contact Marcus Hurlbut) 
  • Letter of Interest 
  • Current Résumé
  • A one-page statement on the role and the importance of the arts in a multi-division, independent school
  • Contact information for five professional references with name, relationship, phone number, and email address of each (references will not be contacted without the candidate’s permission)
  • EC Disclosure Form (Contact Marcus Hurlbut) 

Marcus Hurlbut, Partner, Educators Collaborative

mhurlbut@educatorscollaborative.com

Listing Date: October 23, 2024