Director of High School Placement & Admissions Coordinator

Director of High School Placement & Admissions Coordinator

Start Date: August 31, 2026

Salary: $95,000-$130,000

Structures 

• 12-month role September 1, 2026 - August 31, 2027
• Reporting to the Director of Admissions, in collaboration with the US Division Head
• About Bank Street School for Children

A leader in progressive education for more than 100 years, the Bank Street School for Children provides students, from nursery through 8th grade, an education that engages their natural curiosity, nurtures critical thinking, and helps to develop a sense of community and social responsibility. Through a teaching approach that is fundamentally hands-on and child-centered, Bank Street students develop the courage and confidence to think independently, work collaboratively, understand themselves and others more deeply, and possess the compassion to make meaning of the world around them.

Responsibilities

High School Placement (Grades 7th-8th)

• Plan and present a timeline of the admissions to 7th grade parents about concurrent processes
• Create and ask families to complete questionnaire 
• In the spring, meet one-on-one with individual 7th grade families to begin to individualize and craft a list; strategize test prep and explain options based on 7th grade performance and CTP scores; utilizing data to help inform list; explaining complexities of FA
• Begin work with 7th graders about the process, importance of social interactions with adults: handshakes, eye contact, making small talk
• Present to 8th grade parents about processes: independent day, boarding, parochial, and public school process
• Create mySchools accounts for each 8th grade family; input grades for “groups” in MySchools, manage student accommodations through NYCPS
• Coordinate ISEE testing onsite alongside the Learning Specialist
  • Identity teachers/staff members to proctor the exam(s) based on need
• Facilitate student accommodations for ISEE
• Teach a HS Prep class once/week throughout fall semester covering various topics, depending on groups strength, weaknesses
  • Interview strategies
  • Researching schools
  • Explanation of processes
  • Impromptu writing
  • Math practice
  • Expectations of 8th graders–behavior at interviews, tours, etc
  • How to write meaningful thank you notes 
  • Finding the right fit–moving past name brands
• Conduct mock interviews for 8th grade students providing specific feedback to parents and students (via email)
• Meet with parents throughout the process
• Create and author 6th, 7th, and Fall 8th grade transcripts using narrative reports to translate into numerical grades
• Read/edit all teacher and administrator recommendations 
• Construct each student’s file consisting of: 6th, 7th, & 8th grade transcripts, English, Math, & Administrator Recommendation, any outside recommendations
• Send/upload all student files to all applicant schools (independent, parochial, boarding)
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