Posted: 23-Mar-26
Location: Miami, Florida
Type: Full Time
The mission of Ransom Everglades School is to provide an educational environment in which the pursuit of honor, academic excellence and intellectual growth is complemented by the concern for the physical, cultural and character development of each student.
THE SEARCH
Ransom Everglades School (RE), a top-tier independent day school in the Miami–Coconut Grove area, seeks a forward-thinking, collaborative, and strategic leader to serve as its first-ever Director of Educational Technology (the Director). Blending curricular innovation with IT management, this leader will play a key role in academic life at the school. They will focus on integrating technology in ways that enhance excellent teaching and learning, continue to develop digital literacy among the school community, and regularly evaluate emerging tools in the space. This is an exciting opportunity to partner with key stakeholders across RE to shape educational technology at a rapidly evolving moment in schools
Located on the shores of Biscayne Bay, Ransom Everglades serves 1,246 students in grades 6-12 and is spread across two campuses: a Middle School and an Upper School. This position will work across the entire 6-12 continuum and will ensure an integrated and state-of-the-art experience for students. Over the past few years, RE has introduced several pathbreaking initiatives, including The Constance & Miguel Fernandez STEM Center, recognized as one of the most innovative STEM facilities in the country and a hub for interdisciplinary work. The three-story, 45,000 square-foot, glass-walled center exemplifies future-ready design with smart-building technology, sustainable features, flexible learning spaces, a maker space, and laboratories. The School also launched the Artificial Intelligence Ransom Everglades (AIRE) Task Force, which aims to prepare students for a world in which AI tools are ubiquitous.
The successful candidate will balance a compelling vision with practical implementation. They will be a student?first leader with a record of collaborating across divisions or departments and explaining educational technology to lay audiences and school leadership. Specifically, the Director will: define strategic priorities for educational technology at RE; engage with the school community to advance digital literacy; serve as a partner on AI in the classroom; and collaborate with Technology Services to ensure cohesion between educational technology and general technology tools.
Ransom Everglades School has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, to assist in this recruitment. Please direct all confidential inquiries, nominations, and applications to the search firm as indicated below.
Dan Rodas, Partner
Berkley Braden, Managing Associate
Lehman Robinson, Senior Associate
Nicole Sancilio, Managing Search Coordinator
https://www.imsearch.com/open-searches/ransom-everglades/director-ed-tech
Ransom Everglades School (RE) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, RE complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which RE has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. RE expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.
