CFS Alumnus Jon Swider '14 Selected as Dean of Students

Church Farm School is pleased to announce that Jon Swider ’14 has been selected as its next Dean of Students, succeeding longtime faculty member (and his former advisor) Art Smith who recently retired after 47 years at the all-boys boarding and day high school in Exton. 在这个职位上，乔恩将作为学生的主要倡导者，负责所有非学术学生事务。 他将向学生生活和体育主任苏尼·布莱克威尔报告，并将与十大正规买球APP下载的行政部门、教师和学生密切合作，以建立和支持一个健康、安全的社区。

 

Jon于2014年毕业于CFS，并就读于巴尔的摩的古彻学院（Goucher College），在那里他获得了中学教育和历史学士学位，以及教育学硕士学位。 在学校改善领导。 最近，他是马里兰州哥伦比亚市哥伦比亚学院小学和中学的校长。 Prior to this role, he was Columbia’s Dean of Students and Faculty. 在这些职位上，乔恩帮助将学校转变为一个以技术为导向、以数据为中心的环境，以提高学生的参与度和情感结果； 设计了支持SEL和心理健康的咨询方案； 通过每周一次的领导力委员会集会，赋予学生领导能力； 制定并实施行为管理系统； 指导教育工作者加强师生互动和课堂文化； 重新设计《学生行为准则》； 还有许多其他成就。

 

"Returning to Church Farm School is more than coming back to a place — it’s coming home. This community shaped who I am, and I’m honored to now help shape the next generation of young men. My passion for education has always been rooted in purpose, and there’s no greater purpose than serving the school that first believed in me," he says. 

 

“We are so thrilled to have an alumnus of the school in this critical student-facing role, especially one with such vast accomplishments in schools. We are certain that Jon will model our core values, and lead with as much integrity and grace as his predecessor,” says Dr. Troy Baker, CFS Head of School.

 

Jon came to CFS in 7^th grade a year after his brother, Kelly ’13, joined the community. An honors student, Jon was a member of the school’s INTERACT Club, played soccer and received the school’s Social Studies Award. 作为CFS的一名明星摔跤手，乔恩在哥伦比亚大学创立并执教了青少年摔跤队，鼓励学生运动员团队合作、适应能力和学校自豪感。 Jon will join fellow CFS alumni currently working at CFS Tom Johnstone ’09, Omar Vicente ‘14, Asa Sams ’17, Tumi Tyndall ’18 and Kharnel Swans ‘20.