School Principal K-8

St. Michael Parish , Grand Ledge is seeking a full-time principal as a servant leader. The Principal will enthusiastically share a zeal for learning and a passion for the Gospel, while embodying the school's mission, values, and vision within the lens of the Catholic faith. As a disciple of Jesus Christ, the Principal will develop relationships of sincere care, trust, and leadership, supporting staff, parents, families, and students.

Above all, the Principal will demonstrate the love of Jesus Christ in teaching, serving, and living a sacramental life. The Principal will shepherd students by helping them to live in the light of our school mission, by partnering with parents to root students in the Gospel teachings of Jesus Christ, modeled by Mary our mother, encouraging a virtuous life following the Catholic faith and pursuing academic excellence.

The principal will exhibit administrative competence and efficiency in ensuring that the school's finances and records are maintained in good order, budgets are met, and timely and accurate communication is maintained. The principal will carry out the mission of the school: to shape each individual to be in union with Jesus Christ by creating a learning community built upon a foundation of Catholic faith.

St. Michael Catholic School exists to serve parents in their duty as primary educators to form young people in knowledge, wisdom, and virtue so that they develop into happy, holy adults who fulfill their God-given potential in this world and become saints in the next. The school is to be a prayerful community of witness, evangelization, and discipleship, where the distinctively Christian way of life is modeled, taught, and lived.

In every respect the school is to be grounded in truth and Christ who is the Truth.

We, the members of St. Michael Parish, are disciples of Jesus Christ. We are a welcoming community in the greater Grand Ledge area, belonging to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lansing. With the help of the Holy Spirit, we nurture our faith and life-long formation through Word and Sacrament. We grow in holiness by faith-sharing, prayer, worship, stewardship, and service. We live by the Gospel, sharing our faith through witness and compassion.

We resolve to reach beyond ourselves, dedicated to the spiritual enrichment and needs of each other, our neighbors, and the world.

Our mission hael Catholic School is to shape each individual to be in union with Jesus Christ by creating a learning community built upon a foundation of Catholic faith.

• Provide for each student’s spiritual, intellectual, emotional, and physical growth.
• Demonstrate a personal commitment to the academic success of each student and the continued education of staff.
• Foster a supportive, safe, and loving environment based on mutual respect for all of God’s creations.
• Create opportunities for serving the greater community.

The mission of the schools of the Catholic Diocese of Lansing is the mission of Christ and of his Church – to educate and form young people as disciples who reach their full spiritual, academic, emotional, and physical potential. The schools are to be prayerful communities of witness, evangelization, and discipleship, where the distinctively Christian way of life is modeled, taught, and lived.

In every aspect the schools are to be grounded in truth and Christ who is the Truth.

The principal is the leader of a community of administrators, faculty, staff, volunteers, parents, students, benefactors, and friends. The principal is the close collaborator of the pastor or, if a regional school, with the pastors of the region.

• Involves members of the community in regular prayer and liturgy.
• Gives priority to distinguish the Catholic identity of the school.
• Fosters quality interpersonal relationships in an atmosphere of Christian love.
• Establishes a service-oriented culture for students and teachers.

• Represents school staff within parish leadership.
• Communicate…