Regional Superintendent - Department of Catholic Schools

Department: Catholic Schools

Status: Exempt, Full Time 

 

POSITION SUMMARY

Under the leadership of the superintendent of schools, the regional superintendent of schools is an executive member of the superintendent’s cabinet (regional superintendents and function area chiefs) and holds varying degrees of responsibility for the TK-12 Catholic schools and their students in a distinct pastoral region of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles (ADLA). Collaborating, planning, and executing projects, duties and tasks with peer regional superintendents, function area chiefs in the Department of Catholic Schools (DCS), pastoral regional bishops and their staff, and ADLA Chancery departments, the regional superintendent leads a team which oversees schools with specific focus in areas such as, but not limited to: student and staff spiritual formation, student academic performance, curriculum and instruction, school budget and finance, student affairs, personnel relations, facilities, advancement, board development, and ADLA policy compliance.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Because all Archdiocesan employees represent the Roman Catholic Church, they are expected to conduct themselves according to the goals and missions of the Church in performing their work.

The regional superintendent is responsible for leading the vision, strategy, and execution of an integrated series of services and supports to schools designed to increase sustainability, promote academic achievement, advance Catholic formation, and advance school leader accountability so all children served receive a high-quality Catholic education.

Team Leadership and Management

• Building, developing, managing, and supporting a high-performing and inclusive team of professionals, including assistant superintendent(s) and administrative support personnel.
• Supervise the assistant regional superintendent.
• Setting a vision and goals for the team and its members, including defining what success looks like, establishing outcome-based goals, and planning and managing execution to meet those goals.
• Facilitating internal professional development with the team to support ongoing learning and strong team culture.
• Promoting cross-functional collaboration within the department, peer regional superintendents, and with departments in the Archdiocese.
• Managing resources, including philanthropic resources, budget, and staff, and ensuring delivery of program goals on budget.
• Leading cycles of strategic planning, implementation, analysis, and evaluation of results to monitor and continually improve student outcomes and achievement.

 

School-Level Supports and Stewardship

• Principal Leadership: Motivate, inspire, and steward school principals to be apostolic leaders in the image of Jesus Christ to amplify and advance student achievement. Conduct regular and routine school campus visits in coordination with regional assistant superintendents, pastors and/or principals with a standardized campus walk-through protocol including classroom observations and a feedback loop that ensures follow-up and close-out. Establishment of annual evaluation protocol in partnership and support of pastors (parish schools) and directly with principals and/or presidents (ADLA schools).
• Catholic and Administrative Formation: Supports the Catholic and administrative formation in coordination and planning with function area chiefs to ensure on-boarding and on-going professional development of new and existing school principals and leaders.
• Academic Excellence: In collaboration with principals and the DCS Academic Excellence team, analyze, monitor, and identify strategies to advance student achievement to align instructional and curriculum programs to meet student needs. Form standards with principals for evaluating classroom implementation of academic Actualize goals for school improvement through area-wide planning, direction, program initiatives, benchmarking, and focus on continuous improvement.
• Recruit, Recommend, Hire: In collaboration with pastors, superintendent of schools, regional superintendents, and function area chiefs, identifies vacancies, potential candidates and supports the search process for new school principals in elementary and high schools.
• Annual Calendar: Collaborating with regional superintendents and function area chiefs, contributes and supports the formation of the annual calendar for school and departmen