The Lyceum is seeking an outstanding headmaster to lead the school beginning in June 2009. After six years, founding headmaster, Mark Langley, is returning to New England with his family. We seek inspirational leadership to continue the growth of The Lyceum and to guide the school in the fulfillment of its mission.

Located in a quaint former church in Cleveland’s Little Italy neighborhood, The Lyceum has grown to an enrollment of 41 students, on the way to reaching an ideal student body of 75. Students receive a classical Catholic education using a Great Books approach to the classical Trivium/Quadrivium curriculum. Small classes led by our tutors in seminar discussions allow each student to be heard and to be held accountable for their work. Our goal is to produce graduates who have the academic ability to excel in college, the intellectual depth and character to respond creatively to new challenges our world presents, and who are the bearers and guardians of a culture of life.

Our Mission

The Lyceum is a coeducational, college preparatory school dedicated to providing a classical Catholic education to students in grades seven through twelve.

We offer our students:

• High academic standards
  --Comparable to the most prestigious private schools
• Timeless and universal ideas
  --A one-on-one encounter with the greatest mminds
• Catholic faith and culture
  --Intellectual knowledge and lived faith

The Role of the Headmaster

The Headmaster creates an atmosphere of authentic learning and inspires a search for wisdom that encourages each student to be fully engaged in his own education.

The Headmaster cultivates a family-like environment, models an orthodox Catholic piety, oversees the curriculum and tutors, teaches a full schedule of classes, maintains communication among the students, parents and tutors and manages the operations of the school.

Qualifications

The successful candidate for Headmaster of The Lyceum will:

• Have a Bachelor’s degree. A graduate degree is preferred.
• Be an experienced educator.
• Have exceptional administrative and organizational ability.
• Have the understanding, experience and desire to lead a school based on Catholic Classical Education.
• Be able to build and lead a strong faculty for Catholic Classical Education.
• Have a commitment to and experience in teaching using the seminar method and a Great Books curriculum.
• Have the ability and experience to teach multiple subjects within our curriculum.
• Have a commitment to an exceptional fine arts program, especially in the area of sacred music. The ability to teach in this area and experience doing so will be highly prized.
• Be able to work well with a high-functioning Board of Trustees drawn from the business, education and arts communities.
• Have the dynamic personal qualities and strong communication skills necessary to lead the students, faculty, parents, trustees and supporters of The Lyceum.
• Have a solid personal Roman Catholic faith in consonance with the faith throughout the centuries, and view this faith as the core that makes all the other qualifications possible.

Applicants may send a letter of interest and a current CV to:

The Lyceum School
Attn: Mary Sand
2062 Murray Hill Road
Cleveland, OH 44106

or via email: msand@thelyceum.org