Head of School Search

Montessori Center School is conducting a search for its next Long-Term Head of School, to begin July 1, 2027. After learning last winter that our former Head of School would not be returning, the Board of Trustees engaged Educators Collaborative to partner in a comprehensive search for our next leader. Karen Kuse has joined MCS as Interim Head of School for the 2026-2027 school year, providing experienced leadership while the search is underway.

Our search firm spent the summer recruiting and vetting a large pool of qualified applicants and will bring a small group of candidates to the Search Committee in the fall. The Search Committee will interview these candidates and perform reference checks, and reduce the pool to a group of semi-finalists who will visit campus for multi-day interviews later this year. Community members, including faculty and staff, families, students, and trustees, will have the opportunity to listen, to ask questions, and to provide feedback during these interviews.

The Search Committee will then select a candidate to recommend as our next Long-Term Head of School to the Board of Trustees. The new Long-Term Head is expected to begin their role at MCS on or about July 1, 2027.