Superintendent of Schools

Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States Diocese of Tulsa

Reports To: Fr. Gary Kastl, Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia, who provides day-to-day direction and the annual evaluation. The Superintendent is appointed by Bishop David

A. Konderla.

Direct Reports: Catholic Schools Office staff. The office is small today; including an existing administrative assistant, the Superintendent will also redefine and hire an associate superintendent and additional roles as the office grows.

Key Partners: Pastors, principals, diocesan Human Resources and finance, LRN (Learning Research Network, the diocese's strategic planning consultants), Bishop Kelley High School leadership and board, independent Catholic schools in the diocese, Catholic Charities, and community and philanthropic partners

Schools & Enrollment: nine diocesan PreK-12 parish schools in Tulsa, Broken Arrow, Bartlesville, and Muskogee, Bishop Kelley High School (an independent diocesan high school), and three additional non-diocesan schools (San Miguel Middle School, Cascia Hall, and Monte Cassino), together serving roughly 4,500 students from PreK through grade 12

Education and Experience: Master's degree (any field) with preference for education, educational leadership, or a related field; teaching experience and a record of school leadership. (Strong candidates completing a master's degree may be considered.)

I. Why This Role Exists

The Superintendent role exists to lead the Catholic schools of the Diocese of Tulsa & Eastern Oklahoma as one cohesive system, so that every school is equipped to form its students in faith, knowledge, and virtue. In view of this end, the diocese seeks a leader who brings three qualities together: steady, trustworthy leadership; a sound background in teaching and Catholic school leadership;

and an authentic Catholic faith that shapes how this person leads. Appointed by Bishop David

A. Konderla and reporting to the Vicar General, the Superintendent serves as the chief educational leader of the diocesan school system.

The diocese is halfway through a strategic plan for its schools. Principals, educators, and diocesan leaders have named six priorities, and the next phase will set the goals, timelines, and responsibilities that turn them into a working plan. The Catholic Schools Office has served the schools faithfully with a small staff. As the plan moves forward, the office will need to grow into a team that can support every school in carrying it out.

The next Superintendent will lead both efforts, completing the plan with the principals and building out the office to serve them.

Catholic schools share in the Church's mission to form the whole person (spiritually, intellectually, morally, socially, and physically), guiding students toward the fullness of life in Christ, in partnership with parents as the primary educators of their children. The Diocese of Tulsa & Eastern Oklahoma expects its Superintendent to make that mission the measure of the work. That means ensuring every school teaches with academic excellence in light of the Gospel.

It means serving every student well, from those who need extra support to those ready for greater challenge. And it means keeping Catholic education within reach of families of every financial means. The Superintendent supports each school in carrying out this mission faithfully and achieves a diocesan-wide unification toward this end. The diocese begins this work from real strength. Its schools are led by faith-filled principals who know and support one another, and their teachers are deeply committed to their students.

Over the past year, principals, educators, and diocesan leaders…