Lake Center Christian School is seeking a Secondary Assistant Principal for the 2024-2025 school year.
General Objective: To ensure that our school is spiritually, socially, and academically safe for all students, the Dean of Secondary Students will strive to create a structured, positive, and academically focused school culture centered on a Biblical worldview.
Qualifications:
- A deep commitment to Jesus Christ based on a personal relationship with Him.
- An active member in a local church.
- Thorough knowledge of secondary education best practices.
- A unique ability to communicate to peers.
- Minimum of five years of successful classroom teaching experience.
- A life-long learner willing to continue his/her educational and personal development.
- A current subject matter or administrator teacher license/certificate and willingness to pursue ACSI certification.
- A love for students evident in his/her interactions with them.
- A team player who demonstrates creativity and initiative in all aspects of school operations.
- A Master’s degree is preferred.
RESPONSIBLE TO: Secondary Principal
PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS
Steward of School Culture:
- Provide Spiritual leadership for the Secondary School in cooperation with the Campus Pastor and Secondary Principal.
- Supervise students on campus and monitor students during arrival and departure, lunch, passing periods, and other activities; instruct students on inappropriate behavior; discipline students in accordance with established guidelines.
- Administer all student-centered programs in accordance with the Secondary Principal.
- Coordinate all student activities through the Secondary Principal’s office and place them on the master calendar.
- Oversee the implementation of Secondary Class Trips
- Plan and lead faculty meetings with the Secondary Principal.
- Consult with the Director of Special Needs frequently regarding students with special needs and Instructional Specialists and schedules.
- Supervise leaders of all extra-curricular activities.
- Oversee all secondary academic competitions.
- Oversee the planning and implementation of student and class activities, including assignment of class sponsors, class activities, formal dances, and pep rallies.
- Monitors and organizes attendance functions including approval of planned absence forms; prepares letters, calls parents, and attends meetings as needed, regarding absent or tardy students; provides leadership for attendance improvement efforts.
- Develops and administers disciplinary procedures in accordance with organizational policies, and applicable laws ensuring that faculty are supported, a healthy learning environment is preserved, and students are discipled, not just punished.
- Oversees behavioral interventions, including family meetings, mediations, suspensions, and expulsion hearings with the Secondary Principal.
- Maintain visibility in the school through attendance and supervision of planned programs/events.
- Facilitate faculty and staff development related to school culture and consistent enforcement of student discipline.
Site Administration Support:
- Participates as needed in Individual Educational Plan meetings.
- Evaluate programs and personnel and recommend appropriate changes as related to student activities.
- Supports the maintenance of site cleanliness and inspirational and motivational slogans, posters, quotes, and Student Council posters throughout the school and classroom.
- Supervise the consistent and fair administration of school policies regarding student conduct and discipline.
- Assist in developing the LCCS budget; oversee expenditures directly related to the secondary program.
- Participate in long-range planning with the Secondary Principal.
- Review student progress regularly.
- Perform all other duties assigned by the Secondary Principal.
Stakeholder and Community Relations:
- Communicate with parents regarding the school program and events.
- Serves as liaison to parents and facilitates parent education and involvement, including reinforcing the need for parents to support the school’s policies and practices for student discipline, dress code, homework, and events in collaboration with the Guidance Department.
- Models and facilitates good human relations skills; effectively interact with others.
- Maintains communication with the Secondary Principal and Administrative Team in order to keep them informed of school activities and problems such as transportation, special services, discipline, etc.
- Keeps the community informed about school activities through newsletters, news releases, and attendance at parent meetings in collaboration with the Advancement Department.
Materials Required for Submission: Resume with a letter of introduction and a Certified Application, along with approximately 1 hand-written page of your own personal Christian Philosophy of Education.
Completed application materials should be submitted to Human Resources at [email protected].
Posting to remain open until position is filled.
(Posted 03/08/2024)