Beaver Country Day School—an independent day school located just outside of Boston, serving grades 6-12—seeks a creative, innovative, and forward-thinking Assistant/Associate Director of College Counseling. This is a full-time position for the 2025-2026 school year that will report directly to the Director of College Counseling.
We are not your typical independent school. If that’s exciting, keep reading!
The School
While education is not traditionally seen as forward-thinking, Beaver’s dynamic model of education is designed to expand the nature of school for students– we place the student experience at the center of our approach. Our classes are anything but formulaic, we look to the real world for inspiration and input. With a curriculum that is rigorous and responsive, rather than rigorous and rote, we welcome change and seek feedback to continuously improve and evolve what school looks like. Our "Launch, Test, Refine" mindset promotes strategic thinking, flexibility, risk-taking, open-mindedness, resilience, and innovation. With our students as the clients, the product we provide is a future-focused education rooted in real-world context, experience, and readiness.
The People
- Our students are interesting and passionate individuals who take pride in being part of building the culture here. We know happy students thrive, and we prioritize creating an environment that cultivates a sense of belonging and purpose for all of our community members. We believe our students are going to be tomorrow’s changemakers, so, central to our approach is creating opportunities for them to be co-creators of their learning– making it a deeper, more meaningful experience. Our teachers and educational leaders are committed to expanding the nature of school through igniting and fueling the passions of all our students. Our “next practice” approach to teaching and learning encourages continuous improvements and innovative teaching practices so that we can meet all our students where they are.
- Our mindset is to make excellent mistakes, launch/test/refine, and not be defined by binary thinking. Instead, we look to approach things from a both/and outlook: tradeoffs don’t have to be the answer– that’s where creativity comes in. We are a community of creative thinkers and doers.
- Our values include collaboration, partnership, and above all, creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable environment for our community. This work is a priority we are steadfastly committed to. It is never “done”, and we will always make decisions with this at the core of who we are. For all Beaver students to feel a sense of belonging, it’s important that they see themselves reflected in the community, curriculum, and all our programming.
- Our goal every day is to create a school that is making an impact – for our students, and for education as a whole. We don’t take that lightly, we need people who are relentlessly committed and excited to do this work—together.
The Approach
Teaching and learning at Beaver is not a one-size-fits-all model – it is always evolving. The successful candidate will have a commitment to:
- Aligning the work to the BVR Mindset and New Basics as critical to the Beaver Student Experience
- A future-focused education with an understanding of the complexity and ever-changing nature of the world our students are inheriting
- A “next practice” mindset that understands how teaching and learning are changing and how practices should adapt
- Student-centered, culturally proactive, and responsive pedagogy in which all students are met where they are, and see themselves represented and valued
About the Position:
Beaver Country Day School seeks an Assistant/Associate Director of College Counseling to work with students in grades 9-12 in the Upper School.
We are looking for someone who will:
- Collaborate with the team to shape the vision for the college counseling program from grades 9-12 to meet the ever-evolving needs of the college application landscape while maintaining a student-centric, healthy, and future-focused approach.
- Counsel approximately 30 juniors and 30 seniors each year, providing individualized guidance to both students and their families, in both group and one-on-one settings.
- Help students tell their own stories and translate their unique Beaver experiences into compelling narratives.
- Lean into an authentic message to deliver to students, families, and colleagues across the desk, and be willing to embrace changes that could positively influence school culture on an even more global scale.
- Help to actively foster an inclusive community and commit to implementing diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice practices and to ongoing growth in this area.
- Maintain and nurture relationships with a wide and diverse network of college admissions representatives and foster additional ones based on the interests and needs of our students.
- Communicate effectively with students, faculty, and parents/caregivers.
- Teach a college counseling class and work individually with students on essay and narrative writing.
- Write creative, thoughtful, and compelling letters of recommendation.
- Help translate our innovative pedagogical initiatives that focus on student-first, hands-on, experiential learning to a wider audience.
- Collaborate and plan with colleagues across departments in the Upper School.
- Actively participate in professional learning opportunities, as well as in regional and national associations relevant to the college counseling profession.
- Remain knowledgeable of current trends in college admissions and higher education.
- Participate fully in the community.
- Advise a group of 6-8 students.
- Other responsibilities as assigned.
Additional things to know:
- Generous Benefits (Health, Dental, and more). For more information visit our website.
- Breakfast and lunch are provided, as well as coffee and snacks.
- Free parking and close to the MBTA Green Line D.
