Thank you for your interest in The Foote School
Foote is a vibrant place where teachers and staff strive to balance exuberance with reflection. Every effort is made to help children achieve their potential with limited class size, small group instruction, and attention to the individual in an encouraging atmosphere.
Teachers provide careful grounding in verbal and mathematical skills while fostering creativity and self-confidence. These skills are integrated into a rich and imaginative curriculum of literature, history, mathematics, science, technology, writing, foreign languages, the arts and athletics.
Foote cultivates an atmosphere of mutual consideration and respect through close relationships among teachers, students, and parents. We emphasize the necessity for cooperative effort, accountability for one’s actions, the value of service to the school community and the world beyond, and the many satisfactions of kindness to others.
OPENINGS FOR FALL 2009:
TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SPECIALIST
EIGHTH GRADE ENGLISH TEACHER
Foote is no longer accepting applications for this position
updated 6/18/09
REGISTRAR AND ASSISTANT TO DIVISION HEADS
Foote is no longer accepting applications for this position
updated 6/18/09
TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT SPECIALIST
The Technology Department at Foote fills a dual role as both a technical services group and an educational department. The school has 120 adult and 450 student users requiring all levels of support and technical help across an array of academic disciplines and administrative departments. Our network consists of a LAN of 250 Mac computers and a variety of network services.
This 12-month, full-time position reports to the Director of Technology.
Function of the Position:
The Technology Support Specialist provides desktop troubleshooting support for faculty; phone support; the maintenance, installation and upgrades of software and hardware in labs, classrooms and offices on campus; audiovisual support for weekly assemblies and for special events such as reunions, fund raising events and theater productions; and close work with administrative offices to ensure effective technological support.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate will have a bachelor’s degree, solid help-desk experience and certification (or willingness to obtain certification within one year) demonstrating his or her ability to provide user-friendly assistance in the areas listed below.
The candidate should also demonstrate a balance of energy and even-mindedness, the ability to work positively and respectfully with challenges presented in an educational environment. He or she should be able to clearly demonstrate in writing and verbally the responsibilities and proficiencies listed here.
Responsibilities:
- Provide desktop assistance for Mac OS X (10.4 & 10.5) – Apple Certified Help Desk proficiency desired.
- Build, test, manage, & deploy workstation images using Netboot, Netinstall, or similar for new builds and major software updates.
- Install, operate, maintain, and manage Mac 250+ desktops.
- Manage peripherals such as still and video cameras, scanners, projectors.
- Support a wide range of educational classroom and administrative software.
- Interface directly with key database users weekly to design, maintain and modify layouts or reports as needed.
- Manage network resources: Mac OSX server AFP & Windows file sharing, VPN, DNS, DHCP, user account creation and management.
- Support printing: setup, troubleshooting, driver management & installation.
- Manage help-desk tasks while supervising Upper School Lab, setup and assist with large public AV presentations, as well as a variety of after-hours functions.
- Maintain equipment and software inventory.
Proficiencies: in the following:
- MS Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac
- FileMaker Pro support
- Mac OS hardware and software settings
- Working knowledge of network infrastructure: connectivity, TCP/IP, firewall, switching, routing, & VLANS.
- Retrospect backup procedures
- User management & home directory services (OS X server)
- FirstClass support
- Network file sharing services and file management
- Working knowledge of Image Management systems (Portfolio or similar)
Please email a resume and a separate one or two-page document explaining how you feel your qualifications make you an ideal candidate for this position to:
TechHiringCommittee@footeschool.org
posted 5/8/09
ASSOCIATE TEACHER FOR GRADES FOUR AND FIVE
Foote is no longer acceptng applications for this position
updated 5/27/09
ASSOCIATE TEACHER – ART
We are no longer accepting applications for this position.
(5/19/09)
KINDERGARTEN TEACHER
We are no longer accepting applications for this position.
(4/17/09)
FIFTH GRADE TEACHER
We are no longer accepting applications for this position.
(4/9/09)
SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS
Resumes for substitute teachers in all grades are always welcome; they may be sent, with a cover letter, to the Office of the Head of School as outlined below.
How to Apply
Individuals interested in being considered for any of the above positions should send a letter of interest, resume, and three references via mail or e-mail to:
E-mail: employmentinquiries@footeschool.org
Fax: (203) 777-2809
Mailing address:
C. Dary Dunham
Head of School
The Foote School
50 Loomis Place
New Haven, CT 06511
Foote considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, or physical disability.
