Principal Lansdale Catholic High School

The Archdiocese of Philadelphia Office of Catholic Education seeks a mission-centered, dynamic, innovative, visionary, team-oriented, results-driven academic leader for the position of Principal of Lansdale Catholic High School.

Overview We are a Catholic community serving a diverse student population. God enables us to educate through care grounded in faith. Through a rigorous and varied course of study each individual is presented with the necessary tools to succeed as lifelong learners.

We provide a safe, nurturing, and challenging environment to prepare our students for college, career, and beyond as conscientious world citizens.

COMPASSION commands us to embrace the diversity of our community, treat everyone with respect, and give our full support to those in need

COURAGE enables us to accept the challenge and responsibility to meet the needs of a diverse community in an ever-changing world and gives us the strength to act with patience and forgiveness both towards ourselves and others.

COMMITMENT to the Catholic faith and rigorous academics will lead our students to strengthen their own faith-lives and achieve excellence as lifelong learners.

The Principal has both the authority and responsibility for the school’s academic success and continuous improvement along with our mission of fostering a safe and caring environment that produces future leaders by providing an outstanding school experience. The primary focus of the role is centered on the following characteristics, duties and responsibilities:

• Catholic Identity: Responsible for fostering and role modeling a culture of academic excellence and Gospel values. Advances a spirit conducive to prayer and study across the school community.
• Leadership: Provides personal and visible leadership to all members of the learning community and seeks continuous school improvement in a student-centric environment. The Principal ensures equity in educational opportunities, supports academic programs and enhancements, and demonstrates a strong commitment to 21 st century learning and awareness while providing a safe, rigorous, relevant, quality education for all students. Reports to President.
• Academic Affairs: The Principal is the curriculum and instructional leader who understands that the business of school is school. He/she also designs the academic program of the school ensuring program enhancement using the most current research and best practices available to education; provides for the teaching assignments of the teachers, requisitions instructional materials and equipment, and approves the master roster for the school.
  
  Inspires and coaches teacher to excel in their respective area of expertise. The next principal of Lansdale Catholic understands that a tier one academic program will attract students and families to Lansdale Catholic.
• Enrollment and Advancement Management: Collaborates with the President and the School’s Board of Directors in enrollment and advancement initiatives aimed at increasing enrollment and retention, and cultivating alumnae and institutional partnerships.
• Student Affairs: Oversees the successful implementation of all student activities in providing co-curricular and extracurricular opportunities for students. Student leadership development is key in student development.
• Student Services: Provides for the student-centric climate; enforcement of the local school code of conduct, for the availability of guidance and counseling services, and for the delivery of other services that are offered to students. Provides leadership, life and social emotional learning (SEL) opportunities which are essential in today’s ever-changing world.
• Student Admissions: Along with the President’s staff, assists in the developing the criteria for admission to the school that are consistent with archdiocesan guidelines and makes certain that these criteria are consistently utilized in making decisions concerning admissions to the school. Co-coordinates admission process for international students and their agencies.
• Supervision: Directs the hiring, supervision, and evaluation of the teaching faculty and support staff; the Principal also provides for…