Elementary Principal General Pool, Archdiocese of Los Angeles - LA Catholics : Job Details

Elementary Principal General Pool, Archdiocese of Los Angeles $69,788-$101,865

Department of Catholic Schools (Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara counties)

Expires

03/08/2025

Description

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles (ADLA) welcomes applications for the 2025-26 principal general pool. This pool encompasses all five pastoral regions; Our Lady of Angels, San Fernando, San Gabriel, San Pedro, and Santa Barbara. Prospective candidates seeking priority consideration applying for school-specific openings once posted are encouraged to submit their application to the general pool as soon as possible.

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles Department of Catholic Schools is committed to recruiting, placing, and empowering visionary, transformational school leaders. Catholic schools provide young people with an academically rigorous and doctrinally sound education program. A Catholic school leader has a tremendous impact not only on the school but on the life of the community.

Consider investing your talents with us in our Los Angeles Archdiocesan Catholic Schools.

Attributes

Catholic School Principals must seek to fulfill priorities in the following areas of the National Standards and Benchmarks for Effective Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools (NSBECS):

• Rooted in a well-formed Catholic identity and grounded in a Catholic worldview.
• Imagines, articulates, and executes an innovative vision.
• Practices critical reflection, and makes mission-driven and data-informed decisions.
• Seeks innovative options to provide Catholic school education to all interested.
• Demonstrates solid operational vitality for financial management and planning.
• Recruits and motivates faculty to achieve educational excellence.
• Assesses and adjusts, creates, and advances a collaborative culture.
• Prioritizes action items in order to achieve the organizational mission.
• Leads the school community in delivering the highest quality curriculum yielding academic successes and holistic achievements for all students.
• Values, engages, and communicates appropriately and effectively with all stakeholders in supporting programs and opportunities.
• Ensures students are seen as people whose intellectual growth is harmonized with spiritual, religious, emotional, and social development.
• Develops, implements, and oversees academic, co-curricular, faith-formation, and service/ministry programs to educate the whole child.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of teaching experience OR 3 years working at a non-profit organization in a leadership role
• Earned Master's Degree OR State Approved Teaching Credential
• Catechetical Certification to be completed by the first two years of leadership
• The job of principal is an on-site and in-person position

Salary/Benefits

$69,788-$101, 865; Compensation commensurate with level of experience, relevant professional certifications, and/or degrees earned. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles offers health benefits including medical, dental, and vision and all employees are enrolled in pension benefits from the time of employment and considered vested after five years of full-time employment.

Application Process

Qualified candidates should send a cover letter stating why they want to become a Catholic school leader to:

Ivania [email protected] Assistant, Leadership Formation Team Department of Catholic SchoolsArchdiocese of Los Angeles3424 Wilshire Blvd. 2nd FloorLos Angeles, CA 90010

Information/Application Contact

Department of Catholic Schools (Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara counties)

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