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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - RMES-Principal

Job Classification

  Executive Admin FT (75-100%)

Position summary

Andrews University is searching for a principal who has a strong vision for Seventh-day Adventist education in the twenty-first century and will provide spiritual and academic leadership at the Ruth Murdoch Elementary School. Ruth Murdoch Elementary is a K – 8 school with a rich national and ethnic diversity. The successful candidate will be someone who is a role model to teachers and students; is adept at working in a rich multicultural environment; has demonstrable excellence as a classroom teacher and an experienced administrator; understands NAD curriculum, good teaching, and policy; and has a philosophy of being visible and available to teachers, students, and parents. The principal will work with the teachers and staff to develop each student spiritually, academically, artistically, socially and physically in a nurturing environment that promotes living faith, academic excellence, leadership and service within the Church community and society.

Qualifications summary

Minimum Qualifications



Preferred Qualifications




Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Duties and responsibilities

Major Duties and Responsibilities



Supervisory responsibilities



Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications



Preferred Qualifications




Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.

Technical competencies

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities



Interpersonal interactions



Physical demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential responsibilities and functions of the job and are not meant to be all inclusive. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential responsibilities and functions of the job.


  1. Use strength to lift items needed to perform the functions of the job.

  2. Sit, stand and walk for required periods of time.

  3. Speak and hear.

  4. Use close vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception along with the ability to focus vision.

  5. Reach with hands and arms and use hands and fingers to handle objects and operate tools, computers, and/or controls.



Work environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.


  1. Exposure to a variety of childhood and adult diseases and illnesses.

  2. Occasional exposure to a variety of weather conditions.

  3. Exposure to heated/air conditioned and ventilated facilities.

  4. Exposure to a building in which a variety of chemical substances are used for cleaning, instruction, and/or operation of equipment.

  5. Function in a workplace that is usually moderately quiet but that can be noisy at times.