Principal - St. Stephen’s Lutheran Academy on the campus of Glade Run Lutheran Services, Zelienople, PA 16063
Glade Run Lutheran Services (Glade Run) is located on 325 acres in rural Zelienople, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1854 by William Passavant as, The Orphan's Home and Farm School, the organization has grown through the years to serve more than 2,400 unduplicated individuals on an annual basis in four different local offices. Glade Run serves at-risk children ages 8 to 21 through residential treatment, group homes, and St. Stephen's Lutheran Academy, our private licensed school. Last year, 398 students were served in educational programs including 188 children in therapeutic classrooms in the Pittsburgh Public School system. In-community, outpatient services are provided to more than 1,800 individuals and families each year from our offices in Butler, Beaver Falls and Pittsburgh.
St. Stephen's Lutheran Academy is an educational option for students in grades 1 through 12 who require specialized educational programs due to behavioral health, academic and development issues. Our innovative programs are designed to help students succeed academically and behaviorally. Creating an environment for therapeutic progress is paramount to achieving success for students. Our philosophy is that every interaction with a child is an opportunity to help them learn, grow and heal.
Requirements:
- A Master’s Degree is required, preferably in Education or Human Services field with leadership experience in a non-profit education agency; Principal’s certification, Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction, or Superintendent Letter of Eligibility required; three year’s experience in program administration, and five year’s experience in education.
- Must be able to adapt to job requirements.
- Must have access to a telephone.
- Must be eligible for Act 33/34 and FBI clearances.
- Must be able to identify with the agency Mission Statement and support the agency’s Core Values.
Knowledge Areas:
Strategic Planning
Pennsylvania Department of Education Policies and Regulations
Theories and Strategies of Learning
Theories and Strategies of Career Development
Multi-cultural issues in Education
Quality assessment and outcome-based management
Educational records and recording
Administration and policy development
Preferred knowledge of psychology of development, abnormal, adjustment, learning, children and adolescents
Additional Experience Areas Include:
* Must possess some familiarity with the Sanctuary Model of
Organizational Leadership
* Experience with Professional Development of Teachers
* Experience working with diverse learning populations
* The ability to collaborate and problem solve within a larger system
Send letter of interest and resume to:
Glade Run Lutheran Services
PO Box 70
Zelienople, PA 16063
Attn: Recruiter
Email: lgrinder@gladerun.org
Fax: 724-452-7642
