Campus Minister Admin/Religion Teacher - Maryknoll School

Campus Minister Administrator 

 

 

Responsible to:  Pastor  

 

The campus minister ensures the effective operation of a Catholic education program by providing leadership in curriculum and retreat development, religion programming, financial and personnel management, student/teacher/program evaluations, church relations and planning, and public service development. 

 

 

Campus Minister as Spiritual Leader  

Job Description: 

The campus minister maintains the school as a mission of the parish following the Maryknoll charism: 

• Works with the Pastor and staff to ensure that this mission and charism is understood and articulated 

• Meets with parish ministry team as needed or requested 

• Identifies and works with spiritual needs of staff, departments, and other at-large constituents 

• Gives spiritual state of the school report annually to the school leadership and school board 

• Plans and provides in-service opportunities for Maryknoll faculty and staff 

• Coordinate and plan with liturgical ministers all liturgies and prayer services to include monthly Mass and special celebrations 

 

Role/Characteristics: 

The Campus Minister: 

• Is committed to the Lord Jesus as a believing and practicing Catholic 

• Is prayerful, faith-filled and committed to spiritual growth 

• Is loyal to the Church and accepts its authentic teaching 

• Creates an environment where the process of faith and moral development can be applied 

• Creates an environment where the content and methods of religious education can be applied across content areas 

• Knows and applies Church documents and other religious resources that relate to schools 

• Provides opportunities which foster the spiritual growth of faculty, students, and other members of the school community 

• Leads the school community in prayer 

• Links the school and the diocesan school community 

• Integrates gospel values and Christian social principles into the curriculum and the life of the school 

• Articulates the Catholic educational vision and directs its accomplishments 

• Recognizes and provides for cultural and religious differences within the entire school community. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Campus Minister as Instructional Leader  

Job Description: 

• Provide leadership in religious instruction and religion curriculum development 

• Coordinate faculty and group meetings to study religion curriculum areas 

• Work with the Pastor and principals to plan and preparea school religion instructional program to achieve well-defined goals which meet instructional needs 

• Encourage religion instruction, which meets the various needs and abilities of the students 

• Provide leadership for faith-formation professional growth: 

• Improve quality of religion instruction through continuous supervision 

• Train and develop leadership capacity of student and staff ministersand retreat leaders 

• Facilitate the professional growth of staff by initiating, providing, and participating in weekly religion meetings and curriculum in-service days 

• Work with religion staff on both campuses to achieve consistently high standards  

• Provide leadership for school accreditation and strategic planning: 

• Develop processes that develop the school’s Campus Ministry Strategic Plan 

• Assess student religion and faith formation programs and their impact on learning 

• Develop a Campus Ministry improvement program based on identified needs 

• Monitor the accomplishments of the Campus Ministry Strategic Plan 

• Lead Religion and Campus Minister Committees during accreditation 

• Teach Religion classes to help cover religion department teaching lines 

 

Roles/Characteristics 

The Campus Minister: 

• Is committed to the philosophy of Catholic education that underlies Catholic schools; 

• Promotes staff morale and a sense of Christian community among teachers; 

• Shapes, shares, and implements a school philosophy which reflects the unique Catholic character of the school; 

• Provides leadership in curriculum development in general, including the integration of Christian values; 

• Initiates and conducts appropriate staff development activities; 

• Models life-long learning by possessing an advanced degree and updates his/her knowledge; 

• Shows a general variety of educational pedagogical skills; 

• Initiates and conducts evaluations of students, staff, and innovative programs; 

• Provides effective instructional leadership and supervision of staff and provides programs that reflect the unique Catholic nature of the school. 

 

Campus Minister as Leader: 

Job Description: 

• Provides leadership for long range (strategic) planning and development activities; 

• Manage student activities: 

• Work with staff and students to develop and encourage broad participation in total Campus Ministry Programs 

• Sustain our commitment to and coordinate (and accompany if necessary) students to mission in Majuro. 

• Keep students informed concerning the school's aims and objectives, policies and procedures, rules and regulations, events and activities 

•  Plan and provide crisis intervention when appropriate 

• Seek to acquaint individuals with appropriate agencies for resolution of problems 

• Plan for effective and relevant use of religion and campus ministry resources  

• Participate in planning the school budget in dialogue with principal and president 

• Oversee and share ACRE testing and establish school culture goals based on findings 

 

Roles/Characteristics 

The campus minister: 

• Demonstrates good process in decision making 

• Is accountable and has high expectations of those with whom s/he works 

• Works collaboratively with a faculty, staff, parents, and other groups 

• Plans and supervises the religion and campus ministry financial resources 

• Is sensitive to the demands of justice in making decisions, especially as they relate to the Church's social teachings 

• Effectively uses technology is all aspects of the job 

• Knows current school law as it applies to the Catholic school 

• Develops emergency procedures 

• Provides leadership for the school's public and community relations activities 

• Provides an orderly event school environment that promotes student self-discipline consistent with Gospel values and Christian principles 

• Represents and supports Diocesan norms and policies 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Campus minister as Communicator 

Job Description 

• Provide leadership in school and community relations: 

• Interprets diocesan and parish religion and faith-formation policy to the staff, parish, and community 

• Keep the parish and community informed about the school's programs and activities 

• Be responsible to translate the religion and Campus Ministry philosophy of the school to the public 

 

Roles/Characteristics 

The campus minister: 

• Articulates Catholic Christian values 

• Articulates educational values 

• Knows and can apply appropriate group dynamics, conflict management, problem solving, and other organizational development skills 

• Knows how to delegate responsibilities appropriately and does so 

• Knows how to relate the service dimension of the school to the civic community 

• Is capable of ensuring the publication of appropriate handbooks 

• Provides weekly updates for constituents 

• Provides opportunities for faculty and staff to interact with religious education staff