Principal of All-girls High - Jamaica, United States - The Mary Louis Academy

Description

Overview:


Mission and Background

The Mary Louis Academy in Jamaica Estates, NY is a Catholic college preparatory school for young women sponsored by the Sisters of St.

Joseph of Brentwood, NY, and rooted in their charism of unity, reconciliation and inclusive love that embraces all of creation.

In an atmosphere that fosters academic excellence and respect, we seek to empower young women to realize and value their own unique gifts - spiritual, intellectual, social - and to use their gifts as leaders in creating a just society.

We are a community that celebrates cultural diversity and continues the Catholic tradition of service.

As a single gender school, we are aware of our unique opportunity to help our students appreciate their womanhood and to develop their gifts in an atmosphere which fosters academic excellence and respect.

As educators, we provide an environment shaped by Christian ideals that nurtures the whole person by integrating faith and life.

We foster an awareness of an active engagement in ecological stewardship.

We recognize that shared partnership with parents and guardians in developing young women who will take responsibility for their life choices and value service to their community.

In a world increasingly impersonal, we endeavor to empower each student to realize and value her own unique spiritual, intellectual, physical, emotional and social potential as a leader in today's society.

Scope of the Position:

The Mary Louis Academy has adopted a president-principal model of school governance.

The principal reports to the president, who is responsible for carrying out the guidance and direction of the Board of Trustees.

Responsibilities:

Organizational Leadership and Administration

The principal at The Mary Louis Academy is responsible for the academic quality and mission focus of the school.


The principal:

• Serves as the academic leader responsible for the development, implementation, supervision, and evaluation of a comprehensive educational program and extracurricular offerings for approximately 425 students
• Sets, exemplifies, and promotes the highest standard and expectations for academic performance among the assistant principal and 70 faculty and staff members across10 academic departments
• Cultivates an educational environment that maximizes students' opportunities for growth and success
• Prioritizes excellence, creativity, and innovation in all school endeavors
• Provides clear educational, faithbased and moral leadership by consistently communicating the mission of TMLA as a Catholic educational institution sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph
• Supervises and works collaboratively with the assistant principal
• Assigns administrative and teaching duties while overseeing the supervision for 10 chairpersons who directly manage teachers and report to the principal
• Establishes an organizational structure through which working relationships, lines of accountability and responsibility, and communication channels are clearly defined
• Fosters positive morale among faculty, staff, and students
• Implements clear and consistent policies for addressing student discipline, school safety and security, and interactions among teachers, administration, and parents. Collaborates with the guidance department to ensure students' daily social and emotional wellbeing
• Visits classrooms regularly to oversee the implementation of an observation process administered by chairpersons to manage the progress of teachers and students
• Establishes academic and organizational policies that are aligned with the CSJ Mission
• Meets regularly with the president and reports to the Board of Trustees on academic matters

Faculty, Staff and Curriculum


The principal:

• Sets educational programming priorities that emphasize college readiness
• Collaborates with the faculty to develop and coordinate an educational program that accommodates the diverse needs, abilities, talents, and interests of students to ensure that all students are challenged appropriately
• Evaluates and ensures that course offerings, curriculum, and guidance support student's college placement needs
• Creates a culture of innovation that fosters the ongoing improvement of learning and teaching for students and staff
• Oversees the updating of curriculum to comply with NY State Curriculum, Diocesan requirements, and the current needs of the students
• Provides the faculty with an environment and resources necessary for effective teaching
• Handles the hiring and termination of all employees reporting to the principal, in consultation with the school's president
• Approves the master schedule, annual calendar, and daily schedule, as well as coordinates the scheduling of all schoolrelated activities
• Facilitates ongoing professional development of the faculty and staff
• Conducts evaluations of each chairperson and the assistant principal to measure individualized pedagogical growth
• Evaluates each te