Principal

Nativity: Faith & Reason Catholic School serves students in grades Pre-K - 8 in Broomfield, CO. We seek a Principal for this upcoming 2025-2026 school year. The new leader will have the opportunity to continue to celebrate our school's strengths, recognize our needs, and collaboratively work towards nurturing our growth. As a collaborative leader, the principal works closely with the parish leadership team, faculty, staff, families, and other stakeholders to complete the mission and achieve our goals.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
Our principal serves as the school's spiritual, instructional, organizational, entrepreneurial, and community leader.

As spiritual leader, the principal collaborates with the parish and the Fraternity of St. Charles Borromeo & Missionary Sisters in advancing the evangelizing mission of the school. As lead witness, the principal supports faith formation activities for students and their families; and integrates the Catholic faith into all aspects of school life.

As instructional leader, the principal plans, prepares, and evaluates the instructional program to achieve well-defined goals and meet instructional needs; encourages instruction which meets the various needs and abilities of the students; facilitates the professional
growth of faculty and staff, and builds upon a very strong foundation of academic excellence that has been a hallmark of an education at the school.

As organizational leader, the principal selects, supervises, and evaluates staff; provides leadership for school accreditation and strategic planning efforts; ensures effective and relevant use of personnel resources and physical plant; works with the advisory groups to implement policies and practices; plans the school budget in dialogue with parish leadership team.

As entrepreneurial leader, the principal is responsible for sustainable financial planning, human resource/personnel management, professional formation, facilities maintenance and enhancement, institutional advancement, and contemporary communication.

As community leader, the principal works with the faculty and staff to develop and encourage broad family and student participation in the total school program; keeps the parish and community informed about the school's programs; and is responsible for communicating the philosophy of the school to the public.

The successful candidate must be someone who:
-Is a practicing and active Catholic who shows an understanding and commitment to the mission of Catholic education and can embrace the goals of Nativity: Faith and Reason school community
-Has a minimum of a Bachelor's Degree (Master's Degree preferred) and/or demonstrated leadership skills within an educational and/or corporate setting
-Exercises leadership and vision
-Demonstrates superior written and verbal communication skills
-Develops and fosters the unique charism of the Nativity: Faith and Reason community, including the parish, students, faculty, staff, parents, alumni and donors
-Contributes time and effort to institutional advancement: admissions, marketing, and fundraising
-Assures compliance with all laws and regulations, accreditation requirements, and internal policies and procedures

Preferred attributes:
-Experience teaching and administration at the primary or secondary educational level
-Experience in church-related ministry with an understanding of nature of a Catholic education
-Demonstrated record of leadership ability and accomplishments.
-Outstanding poise, presence and communication skills
-Demonstrated experience in planning and supervision of strategic initiatives