Principal

Job Summary

Lead a Christ-centered collaborative learning community and manage resources in order to advance the effectiveness of the school.

Duties:

• Spiritual Leadership
  • Seek, by personal example, to inspire students and staff in Christian faith and living.
  • Clearly articulate to all constituents the spiritual mission of the school and enable staff and students to achieve that mission.
  • Promote Christian service inside and outside the school community
• Instructional Leadership
  • Ensure the fidelity of the written curriculum
  • Seek to inspire teachers to maximize student learning
  • Oversee the site’s professional development program
  • Oversee the implementation of effective discipline
  • Collaborate with other administrators to facilitate system-wide improvement
• Personnel Leadership
  • Collaborate with the Director of Human Services to make hiring and re-hiring recommendations to the Superintendent
  • Provide staff supervision
  • Promote a caring community among staff
• School Administration
  • Administer the school in accordance with policies and procedures
  • Oversee budgets and resource allocation
  • Oversee proper stewardship of facilities
  • Coordinate the development of the campus’s master schedule and campus calendar.
  • Oversee crisis management preparation and implementation, in consultation with the Superintendent
• Community Relations
  • Oversee the admissions and registration process
  • Coordinate campus public relations and fundraising activities
  • Conduct regular Parent Advisory Committee meetings.
  • Communicate frequently with all constituencies of the school
  • Promote parental involvement in the school
• Fulfill other duties as assigned by the Superintendent.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrate a continuing sense of God’s direction in working at Morrison Academy.
• Demonstrated evidence of spiritual maturity as demonstrated by the fruit of the Spirit.
• Appropriate interpersonal and social skills when relating to students, parents, and teachers.
• Academic requirements including a Masters degree in an educational field and school administration certificate.
• Administrative experience in an elementary, middle/junior high, and/or high school is preferred.
• Previous teaching experience.
• Have skills in goal setting, long-range planning, budgeting, curriculum, evaluation, assessment, and day-to-day operations oversight.
• Ability to maintain and carry out an effective discipline program.
• Intermediate level of spoken Mandarin Chinese language preferred.
• Maintain necessary ROC government requirements for employment as a teacher at Morrison Academy.

Work Requirements:

• 40 hours per week minimum, based on a 5-day week.
• Teacher workdays as specified on the school calendar, plus at least one week preceding teacher prep week.
• Oversight of school administration during holidays and summer vacation.