School Administration Leadership Opportunities, 2026-2027

The Archdiocese of Baltimore is accepting applications for the Principal and Assistant Principal positions for the 2025-2026 school year.

Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore provide a Christ-centered education that is academically excellent and empowers students to reach their full potential - spiritually, intellectually, physically, socially, and morally. There are currently 40 elementary and middle schools, including: Baltimore City, Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford, Howard, and Washington Counties - with 24,000 students! The National Blue Ribbon Schools' award is the highest honor bestowed upon schools by the United States Department of Educations. Five Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore have achieved this award!

Essential Functions:

Principals

Our Principals oversee the total educational program of the school and are directly responsible for the day-to-day operations of the school. They assure programs that deal with the Catholic identity of the school are planned, implemented, and evaluated. They ensure that instruction is consistent with the mission, philosophy, goals, and objectives of the school. Our Principals directly report to the Pastor/Superintendent who review performance annually.

Our Principals implement the Roman Catholic Church's educational ministry for the school and the community it serves, insuring its Catholic identity. As such, the Principal provides leadership that attracts and retains excellent faculty and staff, ensuring that academic goals are achieved, and the school's accreditation is maintained. It is important that our Principals be fully supportive of parish activities, ensuring that school activities are integrated with other parish activities outside of the normal school week (e.g., key events where school families are present) whenever possible.

Assistant Principals

As a member of the School Leadership team, our Assistant Principal assists the Principal with all day-to-day operations of the school, overseeing that instruction is consistent with the mission, philosophy, goals, and objectives of the school. In conjunction with the Principal, the Assistant Principal assures that programs that deal with the Catholic identity of the school are planned, implemented, and evaluated as directed by the Department of Catholic Schools.

Compensation and Benefits

Base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, experience for this role, and/or internal equity of our current employees as part of any offer. Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus, which is determined upon company and individual performance.

We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package with this position, including health, dental, and vision coverage; emploer-paid life and disability insurance; automatic enrollment in the 403(b) plan and employer contribution (whether or not the employee contributes); and generous paid holiday, sick and vacation leave.

Position Qualifications (include but may not be limited to):

• Practicing Catholic, fully able to model Christian values and adhere to the teachings of the church and participate in the sacramental life of the Church.
• Master's degree from an accredited institution in educational administration, supervision, curriculum development, or education.
• Minimum of five years teaching experience at the appropriate level (elementary or high school). Three or more years of experience in a Catholic school preferred.
• Ongoing faith formation.
• Demonstrated leadership ability in an educational environment that includes the ability to inspire the school community, i.e., students, faculty and stall parents, board, and clergy.
• Appropriate MSDE Certification.
• Prior experience in school administration.
• Must be comfortable with technology including GSuite, Google Classroom, preferred school management programs such as Power School.
• Demonstrated commitment to the mission of Catholic education.
• For Principal Role: Minimum of 3+ years of leadership (Principal/Asst. Principal) experience in a Catholic preferred.
• For Principal Role: Maryland certification as a Principal (ADMIN II)

Base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, skills, education, experience for this role, and/or internal equity of our current employees as part of any final offer. Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus, which is determined upon company and individual performance.

We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package with this position, including health, dental, and vision coverage; employer-paid life and disability insurance; automatic enrollment in the 403(b) plan and employer contribution (whether or not the employee contributes); and generous paid holiday, sick and vacation leave. Please use this link for more detailed information.