Principal, Christian ​/ Catholic School

Job Details:

Job Location:

Crean Lutheran High School - Irvine, CA 92618, Salary Range: $ - $ Salary, Position Summary

Name of Position:
Principal

Position Location:

Irvine, California

Employment Type:

Full-time;
Exempt; 12-Month, unless otherwise designated by employment agreement or contract documents

Work Schedule:

Typically 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; morning, evening, weekend, break, summer, worship service, student-event, parent-meeting, athletic, performing arts, international, counseling, accreditation, and special-event hours may be required according to ministry needs

Education Required:

Doctorate required, preferably in education; administrative services credential preferred

Years of

Experience:

A minimum of five years of school leadership experience required, with demonstrated strength in Christian leadership; a minimum of three years of teaching experience required

Starting Salary: $155,172 to $185,281; commensurate with experience, education, leadership responsibility, and ministry needs

Travel:
Local, regional, national, and international travel as required for school-related meetings, conferences, and other assigned responsibilities

Religious Affiliation:
Member in good standing of a Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod congregation required; call-eligible worker in The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod preferred but not required

Reports to:

Chief Operating Officer

Supervises:
Vice Principals and assigned directors, committees, programs, and areas as reflected in the organizational chart and as directed by the Chief Operating Officer.

The Principal provides Christ-centered leadership for the educational, spiritual, relational, cultural, academic, and student-facing life of Crean Lutheran High School. The Principal helps ensure that CLHS remains faithful to its mission of Proclaiming Jesus Christ Through Excellence in Education by strengthening the programs, people, expectations, and systems that shape the school's daily life.

• Active Christian and local church member.
• Demonstrates a heart for Jesus Christ:
  o I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. I Corinthians 2:2
• Demonstrates personal character:
  o In everything, set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness and soundness of speech... Titus 2:7-8
• Demonstrates a passion for excellence worthy of Christ:
  o Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord... Colossians 3:23
• Demonstrates a passion for the unity in the Body of Christ while maintaining faithful fidelity to scripture, salvation by grace through faith, and Jesus’ once-for-all atoning sacrifice and resurrection:
  o It is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God -- not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:8-10
• Exemplifies a Christ-like attitude in both written and verbal communication.
• Approachable, with an appropriate balance of high expectations, patience, and mentorship.
• A team player who is willing to listen to the ideas, concerns, and solutions of others.

• Displays an ability to clearly, professionally, and persuasively articulate Crean Lutheran’s positions regarding its philosophy of education, its educational and co-curricular programs, its intentional Christ-centered and Biblically-based worldview, and its unapologetic mission as a Lutheran school serving a constituency consisting of a diverse sampling of the broad Christian family and also the possibility of students and/or families who do not yet know and trust Jesus Christ…