New Administrators at Ross
The Ross School on Monday announced the appointment of two new administrators following what its current leadership described as “two very thoughtful and exhaustive searches.”
Chris Angell, who has extensive experience as a teacher and administrator in private schools in Florida and Massachusetts, will succeed Patty Lein as the head of Ross Upper School. Bryan Rosenberg, a former Ross Global Academy teacher in New York City, has been appointed to the newly created role of assistant head of the lower school.
Mr. Angell currently serves as assistant head of school for academics at CATS Academy Boston, a high school for international students. According to the Ross School announcement, Mr. Angell previously held several positions at Saint Edward’s School in Vero Beach, Fla. During his 22 years there, he taught language arts and history for 4th through 12th grades, coached boys’ varsity basketball, served as director of college counseling, worked as the head of the social sciences department, and served as head of the middle school. He has also taught English and American history and culture in China. He holds degrees from the University of Vermont and New York University.
According to the Ross School announcement, Mr. Rosenberg was a founding faculty member at the School at Columbia University, where he taught the third and fifth grades. He later joined the Ross Global Academy, where he held positions including lead middle school teacher and director of curriculum. Mr. Rosenberg is working on a doctoral degree at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, where he researches “the political economy of schools, the politicization of popular cultural spaces, and the mobilization of youth.” He has also held doctoral research assistant positions and is co-writing a book on the connection between lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender social change and pop culture.
Future meet-and-greet opportunities will be scheduled with both new administrators, the Ross School said.