Ravenscroft School
Head of Upper School
Start Date: July 1, 2027
College preparatory day school
Grades PK-12
1,250 students
7409 Falls of Neuse Rd., Raleigh, NC 27615
Educators Collaborative is pleased to assist Ravenscroft in its search for a Head of Upper School to begin July 2027.
About the School
Ravenscroft School, a premier PreK–12 independent school of 1,260 students in North Carolina’s Research Triangle, seeks a Head of Upper School to lead its 480-student Upper School beginning July 2027. Guided by its mission to nurture individual potential and prepare students to thrive in a complex and interdependent world, Ravenscroft is entering an exciting period of development and evolution grounded in a new strategic vision.
Ravenscroft’s Upper School builds from considerable strength: talented and committed faculty, an ambitious academic program, extensive opportunities in the arts, athletics, leadership, and extracurricular life, and a community deeply invested in student growth. The opportunity for the next Head of Upper School is not to reinvent that experience, but to bring even greater coherence, consistency and intentionality to it.
Community feedback points to opportunities to strengthen alignment across the academic program; establish clear and consistently applied expectations for student behavior, integrity and responsible independence; and ensure that the breadth of opportunities available to students is matched by an equally strong experience of belonging and well-being. The next Head of Upper School will also have an opportunity to build trust through visible leadership, clear communication, and meaningful partnership with students, families and faculty.
At its best, Ravenscroft combines academic challenge with strong relationships and extraordinary opportunity. The next Head of Upper School will be charged with helping the division realize that promise more consistently for every student—preserving the breadth and ambition that distinguish the School while creating a coherent, joyful, accountable and deeply student-centered Upper School culture.
Search Timeline
- Full Information for Candidates document, including Leadership Profile: Now available
- Initial Application deadline: Oct. 25, 2026
- Semifinalist interviews (Online): Nov. 2–3, 2026
- Finalist campus visits: Nov. 11-12 , 16-17 & 18-19, beginning late afternoon on Day 1 and through 6 p.m. on Day 2
- Anticipated appointment: Before Thanksgiving break, or early December 2026, if additional time is needed
Application Process
Given the tight schedule, interested candidates should reach out right away to Lisa Lyle, Search Consultant and Partner at Educators Collaborative, to learn more. A complete application will include the following materials, merged into a single pdf, in this exact order:
- EC Candidate Summary Sheet (Lisa will provide this form upon request)
- A letter of interest addressed to Liz Helfant, Associate Head of School for Academic Affairs, and Members of the Search Committee
- A current resume
- An educational leadership philosophy statement (or a different writing sample in response to a prompt you like)
- A list of five professional references with a brief description of your working relationship to each, along with email and phone contact information
- EC Disclosure Form (Lisa will provide this form upon request)
Lisa Lyle, Partner, Educators Collaborative
Listing Date: September 30, 2026
Ravenscroft’s Equal Opportunity Employment Statement
Ravenscroft welcomes people of diverse backgrounds and beliefs. We are committed to creating an environment of respect for our faculty, staff and students. Ravenscroft is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a policy of nondiscrimination for applicants and employees. We make employment decisions based on the qualifications of each applicant. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national or ethnic origin, age, veteran status, or the presence of disability.
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