DEPUTY HEADMASTER K-12

Liberty Common School is seeking a deputy headmaster to begin Wed 1 JUL 2026.  LCS is a public, tuition-free school chartered by the Poudre School District in Fort Collins, Colorado utilizing the Core Knowledge© curriculum and timeless principles of classically oriented education.  LCS enrolls over 1600 students grades k-12.

LCS is consistently among Colorado’s top-performing academic institutions.  The school spans four campuses.  The curriculum encompasses language arts, mathematics, science, history, geography, fine arts, and physical education; and is characterized by direct instruction, cumulative knowledge, content-specific lessons, and coherent sequencing.

The school’s mission is to provide excellence and fairness in education by teaching a contextual body of organized knowledge, the skills of learning, and the values of a democratic society.  For more information about LCS, visit http://www.libertycommon.org.

The deputy headmaster will assist the headmaster to provide leadership, direction, supervision, and accountability in the areas of instruction, curriculum, academic development, student achievement, premises safety, security, staff development, supervision, community building, fundraising, school advocacy, industry engagement, and professional leadership.  The deputy headmaster is second-in-command, assumes headmaster duties in her/his absence, serves as the headmaster’s primary designee, and is part of the k-12 leadership team. 

The position is new to the LCS organization.  It is a senior-executive-level opportunity for an accomplished leader to shape a flagship institution and serve as the headmaster’s indispensable partner in securing LCS’s legacy for generations to come.  Liberty Common School is among America’s preeminent classical-charter networks—four thriving  campuses, nationally recognized outcomes, and intensifying external policy challenges. The school requires a proven internal and external leader who can lock in daily excellence and multiply leadership capacity and assist the headmaster in advancing broader public-square victories for educational freedom and classical renewal.

FLSA CLASSIFICATION: Salary Exempt
EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Regular, Fulltime
WORK HOURS: 40 hours per week 
SALARY: $80,000 - $176,000.00

REPORTS TO: Headmaster

REVISION DATE: December 2025

Minimum Requirements: 

• Desire and willingness to learn about Liberty’s history and philosophy and to uphold and promote the mission and values of the school,

• Ten years progressive leadership in classical or high-performing charter schools, or equivalent.
• Prior principal, superintendent, senior academic-leadership role, or equivalent.
• Proven capacity to sustain mission integrity and operational excellence amid pressure and growth.
• Unapologetic conviction in classical education, parental primacy, individual rights, limited government, and public-charter autonomy as bulwarks for self-governance.
• Superior judgment, emotional intelligence, and executive-communication skills.

• Experience providing direct support to a head-of-school, superintendent, academic staff organizations, and reporting to a board of directors.
• Successful record working with teams and effectively managing others.
• Successful experience hiring, managing, coaching, and evaluating classroom instructors. 
• Demonstrated ability to represent the school in a professional and courteous manner to parents, students, and visitors.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a dynamic, customer-driven, public-school setting.
• Experience with successful tactics in school discipline. 
• Excellent leadership and organizational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Preferred Characteristics: 

• Deep understanding of Liberty Common School’s history, philosophy, curriculum, Charter, policies, mission, and values.
• Administrative experience spanning grades k-12. 
• Familiarity overseeing junior-high and high-school athletics programs.
• Familiarity with Poudre School District and Colorado Department of Education reporting requirements.
• Experience implementing a merit-pay strategy for classroom-instructor compensation.
• Experience facilitating interaction with public officials, parents, students, donors, and staff.
• Experience with Colorado’s mandated academic assessments and other assessments relevant to Liberty Common School. 
• Facilities-management experience.
• Drop-off/Pick-up traffic-management experience.
• Considerable administrative experience at Liberty Common School or another like it. 
• Experience with Special Education.
• Familiarity and experience administering CRS Title 22, relevant sections of Title 19, a Colorado public-school Charter contract, all relevant federal titles.
• Familiarity with LCS School Policy and the LCS/PSD Charter.    

Job Responsibilities

• The deputy headmaster supports, assists, and serves the headmaster in accomplishing all duties of the headmaster as described in School Policy 3.2 (https://www.libertycommon.org/about/governance/policy-manual)    
• Fidelity to maintaining confidentiality regarding personnel matters, personally identifiable student information, family situations, and other sensitive management matters.
• The deputy headmaster is second-in-command, assumes headmaster duties in her/his absence, serves as the headmaster’s primary designee, and is a central figure of the k-12 leadership team.  This includes serving as a coach and strategic partner to four campus principals ensuring consistent depth in classical instruction and fidelity to the school’s curriculum. 
• Preserve, clarify, maintain, communicate, and project the school’s mission, vision, philosophy, and School Policy.
• Other duties as assigned.

Physcial Requirements:

• The ability to move safely in business workspaces.
• The ability to walk, sit, or stand for long periods of time (up to eight hours).
• The ability to lift 10-20 pounds when needed.
• The ability to maneuver uneven surfaces.
• The ability to work in occasionally loud environments.
• The ability to frequently use office technology including computers, copiers, and printers.
• The ability to physically cover four distinct campuses. 

 Benefits:

• Enrollment in Colorado’s Public Employees Retirement Association including employer contributions to PERA retirement account. 
• Health, dental, vision, longterm-disability, short-term-disability insurance. 
• Earned sick leave in accordance with Colorado’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act.

EEO STATEMENT
Liberty Common School is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It provides a workplace free from discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and school needs without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Liberty Common School complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws ensuring fair and equitable treatment for all employees and applicants.

AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT
All employment with Liberty Common School is voluntary and is subject to termination by you or Liberty Common School at-will, with or without cause, and with or without notice, at any time. There is no guarantee, in any manner, Liberty Common School will continue employment for any set period of time. This applies to all aspects of employment at Liberty Common School including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, promotion, placement, discipline, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and access to benefits and training. 
 
ADDITIONAL DUTIES
Please note this job description is not an exhaustive list of activities, duties, and responsibilities that are required of this position. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice with direction from Liberty Common School.

A complete application includes nothing less than the following items:

1. Letter of application
2. Resume 
3. Statement of educational philosophy
4. Transcripts (a true photocopy will suffice) 
5. Three references (including e-mail addresses and phone numbers)
6. A signed statement of attestation disclosing whether generative Artificial Intelligence has been used in composing any of the other five required application documents.  If so, include unambiguous and precise indication(s) as to which segments contain AI-generated words or passages, which AI tool(s) is used, and the extent to which AI-generation is represented in your six-part application. 

This job posting will remain open until the position is filled.

Mail a complete application to:  

Mr. Bob Schaffer, Headmaster

Liberty Common School 

1725 Sharp Point Dr.

Fort Collins, CO 80525