Job Description

Carney, Sandoe & Associates, an education recruitment firm, has partnered with a Greek independent school in Brooklyn, NY to find their next School Principal for the 2027-2028 school year.

About CS&A:

Our free job placement service connects educators with independent and private schools that align with their specific needs and qualifications. By getting to know each candidate personally, we match them with the right opportunities—saving time and ensuring the best match. Our mission is to help educators find roles where they can truly thrive. We have positions nationwide and internationally.

Responsibilities/Essential Duties:

• Serve as the school's chief instructional leader, maintaining a consistent focus on excellent teaching, rigorous curriculum, student achievement, and continuous improvement.
• Lead the development, implementation, alignment, and evaluation of curriculum across all grades and subject areas.
• Establish clear expectations for high-quality classroom instruction.
• Conduct frequent classroom visits and formal and informal teacher observations, providing timely, actionable feedback.
• Ensure meaningful and documented faculty evaluation and professional growth.
• Monitor student achievement using standardized assessments, classroom performance, formative assessments, and other appropriate measures.
• Recruit, supervise, evaluate, support, develop, and retain highly effective faculty and staff.
• Establish a professional culture characterized by collaboration, respect, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Develop professional development aligned with school priorities and faculty needs.
• Maintain a highly visible presence in classrooms, hallways, arrival and dismissal, assemblies, school events, and community activities.
• Build a culture in which students and adults feel known, respected, supported, and accountable.
• Advance the school's mission as a Greek Orthodox educational institution serving a diverse community.
• Collaborate with clergy, Greek language faculty, and school leadership to strengthen Greek language, Hellenic culture, Orthodox faith, history, traditions, and values within school life.
• Support excellence in the Greek language program.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors and Masters degree in education, leadership or a related field.
• Minimum of five years of experience in school leadership
• Connected to the Greek Orthodox Church
• Fluent in Greek.

Potential Benefits:

Compensation and benefit packages are competitive but will differ by school and will typically depend on geographic location, your experience, and your level of degree.

Competitive pay

Professional Development Opportunities

✏️ Classroom Resources

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) plan – Employer match

⛱️ Paid holidays, vacation and personal time

Housing (boarding schools)

Carney Sandoe does not discriminate on the basis of physical handicap, sex, race, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national or ethnic origin in administration of its services, consulting, events, professional development, or other programs.

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