ACADEMY GENERAL - Academy Principal

Job Classification

  Executive Admin FT (75-100%)

Position summary

The Principal is Andrews Academy's leader and is responsible for ensuring that the school fulfills its mission and goals.  The Principal will:  provide leadership for Andrews Academy; ensure the continuation of Andrews Academy as an excellent Seventh-day Adventist secondary school; and administer the school consistent with the policies and procedures adopted by the Operating Board. 

Qualifications summary

Required Qualifications:

• Member of the Seventh-day Adventist church in regular standing, who is passionate about Christ and committed to the church and its values


• Strong, visionary and collaborative leader


• Positive Attitude


• Effective interpersonal and communication skills and ability to get along with people


• Ability to articulate and inculcate the mission of Adventist Christian education


• Ability to work collaboratively in a diverse university environment


• Minimum of a masters degree


• Denomination and state secondary education credentials or eligibility to qualify


• Knowledge of current 9 - 12 education environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience as a secondary school principal


• Experience as a secondary school teacher


• Doctoral degree

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

Duties and responsibilities

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provide a personal example of a rich and mature spiritual life


• Oversee the development of strong spiritual programming (e.g., vespers)


• Support and develop Andrews Academy's unique academic curriculum and diverse co-curricular programs


• Seek innovative and creative ways to improve all aspects of the Andrews Academy experience


• Coordiante an effective system of regular communication with and among parents, students, faculty, the Operating Board, university administration and interested consituents


• Work with the finance committee to prepare and implement the annual budget for Andrews Academy


• Ensure that the academy maintains appropriate accreditation from academic and church bodies


• Set a tone of high quality and accountability at all levels of academy life


• Serve as secretary of the Operating Board


• Convene and presiden at regularly-called academy fauclty meetings and oversee standing committees


• Develop a supportive, empathetic and understanding relationship with each member of the academy faculty


• Develop appropriate and caring relationships with students


• Recruit students


• Serve as the chief development officer of the academy


• Additional Responsibilities as Assigned by the Andrews University Provost or the Andrews Academy Operating Board

Supervisory responsibilities

Responsible for all faculty and staff of Andrews Academy.  Ensuring appropriate supervision of all Andrews Academy students.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Member fo the Seventh-day Adventist church in regular standing, who is passionate about Christ and committted to the church and its values


• Strong, visionary and collaborative leader


• Positive Attitude


• Effective interpersonal and communication skills and ability to get along with people


• Ability to articulate and inculate the mission of Adventist Christian education


• Ability to work collaboratively in a diverse university environment


• Minimum of a masters degree


• Denomination and state secondary education credentials or eligibility to qualify


• Knowledge of current 9 - 12 education environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience as a secondary school principal


• Experience as a secondary school teacher


• Doctoral degree

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

Technical competencies

Able to work effectively with Andrews Academy computer systems and programs, inlcuding use of email and Microsoft Office suite. 

Interpersonal interactions

Need to be a strong interpersonal communicator with students, faculty and staff, parents, constiuency, and Board.  For further details see Qualification Summary. 

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.