U-High has hired a dean of teaching and learning to help teachers design and structure curriculums to follow current educational practices. 

Noah Rachlin, currently a history and social science teacher at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, will hold this position starting July 1.

Mr. Rachlin will be an academic administrator and will primarily support and collaborate with U-High faculty and department chairs, according to Principal Stephanie Weber. He will work with these groups to design the modern curriculums.

Mr. Rachlin brings experience from his time as a fellow at Phillips Academy Andover’s Tang Institute, which according to its website is “an ideas lab dedicated to developing and sharing innovative approaches to teaching and learning.” 

As a fellow, Mr. Rachlin helps students cultivate tools to be better learners as well as structures professional development for faculty.

“There has been a lot of change in the the U-High community in the last several years,” Ms. Weber said, “and I think Mr. Rachlin is going to help us focus in on the academics and excellence that makes U-High unique.”