What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Superintendent - School Operations and Student Services - Archdiocese of Washington Catholic Schools position at Archdiocese of Washington?
The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington's mission is to spread the light of the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world. In the faithful pursuit of this mission, the Archdiocese is seeking an Assistant Superintendent for School Operations and Student Services. The Assistant Superintendent for Operations and Student Services provides leadership in developing, maintaining, and monitoring relevant school policies and the operational aspects of schools in the Archdiocese of Washington. This role reports to the Associate Superintendent of Catholic Schools.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Serve as the lead and point of contact to Catholic school leaders on school operations and policy implementation,
- Annually evaluate processes and operations at the Archdiocesan level and assist with local implementation of policies to assure compliance and implementation.
- Advise the Superintendent, pastors, and principals on systemic procedures that facilitate school operations and manage issues such as school incidents, immunization exemption requests, parent complaints and school safety matters and discipline issues.
- Oversee counseling service initiatives and student health and safety
- Collaborate with the Office of General Counsel on legal related matters and the Office of Child and Youth Protection Services assuring school matters are managed appropriately.
- Respond to inquiries for interpretation of Policies for Catholic Schools for matters covered by the School Operations Manual, policy, or federal and local legislation, and parent partnership issues.
- Coordinate efforts between principals, pastors, the archdiocese, and vendors for maintaining compliance for federal/state compliancy matters regarding facilities and operations.
- Supervise a full-time Director of Counseling Services providing leadership and professional development to professional school counselors.
- Supervise a full time Director of Special Education Services providing leadership and professional development for Resource Teachers, Nurses, and Med Techs.
- Manage the Archdiocesan crisis intervention team and provides training opportunities for crisis
- Oversee school emergency responses and safety issues, especially with the deployment of crisis response and recovery by providing counseling to school community and resources for successful interventions.
- Serves as a school principal partner, providing direct leadership support to assigned school leadership when needed.
- Responsible for documenting and tracking data relating to school incidents.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
- Practicing Catholic in good standing with knowledge and understanding of the Catholic Church and her mission.
- Able to coach, supervise and direct Catholic School leadership on initiatives and
- Strong leader and collaborator
- Able to coordinate efforts between Pastors, Principals and Archdiocesan
- Outstanding written and verbal communication
- Able to manage and provide timely and accurate guidance on issues when advising on confidential
- Attention to detail and exceptional quality of
- High level of professional maturity, composure, integrity, and strong work
Education and Experience
- Master's degree in educational leadership or a related field
- Experience in Catholic school and/or archdiocesan leadership
- Experience in leading and developing others
- Knowledge and experience in crisis response
- Experience in school operations issues
Work Environment
- This job operates in a professional office This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as systemic technology, phones, photocopiers and filing cabinets.
Physical Demands
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
- Regular full-time employee (40 hours/week); occasional evening and weekend work will be required
