San Antonio Christian School

Job Requirements

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities for this position, but are not limited, to:

Leadership

• Nurture the spiritual formation and support of our students alongside the Spiritual Life Team in a deep love and devotion to God.
• Mentor, disciple, and equip students through various vehicles, including student groups, student organizations, service learning, spiritual formation disciplines, services, ceremonies, co-curricular teams, and other aspects of student life.
• Shepherd the faculty, families, and students in a counter-culture atmosphere of biblical worldview teaching and learning.
• Mentor faculty to achieve personal growth through identifying and developing gifts and talents that open additional opportunities for areas of ministry on campus.
• Facilitate consistent and clear communication of expectations, school culture, and discipline with students, staff, and families and gracefully resolve challenges.
• Facilitate through dynamic leadership team building and collaborative with parents, faculty, and staff to support school initiatives.
• Help to provide leadership and oversight for all athletic programming.
• Help supervise athletic events, evening school functions, and attend school-related community events on and off campus as needed.
• Help manage field trips, out-of-state trips, and related transportation requests.

Academics/Learning

• Instill an academically creative faculty community in the student’s faith, character, and academic excellence.
• Continually build upon a strong knowledge of best practices for secondary programs, assessing current level of programming, instruction, class offerings, technology, and curriculum to ensure students are prepared well for college.
• Provide research, input, and vision into the design and development of our current programs, to develop a plan that ensures high levels of student growth and achievement for every student at all learning levels.
• Provide new and outside-of-the-box thinking to support the goals of the school using technology and digital integration in the classroom.
• Advocate for high levels of learning for all students, including students identified as gifted, students with disabilities and at-risk students.

Culture

• Promote and value a healthy balance across all school programming including academics, fine arts, and athletics.
• Create a positive, nurturing, and enjoyable learning environment rooted in Christian beliefs for all high school students.
• Work closely with parents, faculty, resource, and counseling staff to assess the needs and plan of action for all students under his/her care.
• Manage relational and redemptive student discipline that seeks an inward transformation heart change and not just an outward compliance.
• Skilled at Biblically based conflict resolution.
• Develop and grow relationships with students, staff, and families, understanding their perspectives, needs, and how to best support and encourage them.
• Develops a culture that equips, supports, and develops leadership skills for staff, faculty, and students.
• Instill confidence in qualified staff to perform their responsibilities, develop staff ownership, and ensure a balance in the distribution of duties focused with a focus on professional collaboration.

Professionalism

• Serve as a collaborative member of the senior-level leadership team.
• Be visible to the SACS (San Antonio Christian School) and San Antonio communities, developing positive relationships and partnerships with all stakeholders.
• Facilitate the articulation and realization of a shared vision of continuous improvement.
• Provide input to the formation of the school’s long-range strategic plan.
• Help to create a shared vision and clear goals for their schools and ensure continuous progress toward achieving the goals.
• Faithful steward of the schools’ budgetary expenditures and provides input to the CFO for the annual budget.
• Understand, uphold, and model professional ethics, policies, and legal codes of professional conduct.
• Work with HR and the Leadership Team to help recruit, hire, and orientate new employees.
• Ensure that all personnel files are current, treated with appropriate confidentiality, and adequately safeguarded.
• Provide a good learning environment by keeping the proper discipline on the school premises.
• Manages school safety and security processes including crisis management procedures.

Support the school’s mission and leadership and is active in the life and culture of the school community.

• Comply with the conditions as stated in the employee contract, code of conduct, and employee handbook.
• Show support and high esteem for San Antonio Christian School, its Staff, and the Board of Directors.
• Represent the school and its philosophy in a favorable and professional manner to the school family and the public.
• Participate in the school’s development programs and activities in constituency relations, fundraising, and student recruitment and retention.
• Maintain and build relationships to serve as a Biblical/spiritual mentor.
• Support and help lead efforts of diversity and cultural awareness from a Biblical worldview.
• Attend staff meetings and training programs as deemed necessary by the school administration.
• Other duties as assigned.