School Principal

Position Details

Job Begins
June
Enrollment
Approximately students
Grade Levels
Preschool through 8th grade
Demographics and School Culture
At St. Mary Catholic School, our students learn to know, love, and serve God through spiritual development, academic excellence, and community service. We are spreading the Good News; the good news about our Catholic Community School.

St. Marys is blessed by a dedicated faculty and staff and is a recognized leader in the educational market it serves. We are also a regional leader in robotics programming. St. Marys enjoys wonderful support from the St. Mary St. Paul Parish Community as well as from its actively engaged parent community.

St. Marys is located on the northern edge of Big Rapids and the playground home for Ferris State University. We serve students from Big Rapids, Morley, Stanwood, Reed City, Newaygo, and White Cloud areas.
Qualifications

Masters degree in educational leadership or administration with state of Michigan administrator certification or a masters degree in education with a willingness to obtain administrator certification in the state of Michigan within three years.
The candidate must have a current Continuing, Life, Permanent, Professional, Provisional, or Standard Teaching Certificate for the State of Michigan at the elementary and middle school level
A practicing Roman Catholic in good standing
Understands the structures, tenets and institutions of the Catholic Church
Willingness to obtain Advanced Catechist certification
Final approval of the candidate by the Superintendent

Skills

Desire to foster the faith life of the community and advance the mission of the Church
Welcoming and personable
Strategic vision and planning
Ability to engage the community in vision
Collaborative team builder
Excellent communication
Curricular and co-curricular leadership
Operational organization and problem solving
Responsive decision making

Responsibilities

School faith community leadership
Instructional leadership
Student affairs
Personnel leadership
Business affairs
Development/Institutional Advancement
Board Relations
External affairs

Applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled.