Director of Faith Formation - St John Paul II Catholic High School

St. John Paul II Catholic High School is seeking the next member of its distinguished faculty. Currently we are seeking a formation director for the 202526 school year a crucial and pivotal role for the success of the schools mission. The formation director plans and leads the schools Catholic formation programs and supports students in their spiritual lives through conversations example and schoolwide formation opportunities.

** EXPERIENCE WITH HIGH SCHOOL FORMATION WITHIN A SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT IS PREFERRED but not required. **

NOTE: An ideal candidate also has the ability to teach theology courses if needed. Theology teaching candidate needs to have a Masters Degree in Theology from a Catholic university.

The school seeks to maintain a fully and authentically Catholic environment. Teacher candidates must be practicing Catholics in good standing.

The formation director leads the following programs:

• Solidarity Program: small faith groups for all students
  • Form the group of student Solidarity Leaders to lead the Solidarities (groups of about 15 students that meet 23 times a week for human and spiritual formation lessons)
  • Implement the 4 year rotating curriculum of lessons updating and enhancing as needed
  • Communicate clearly with teachers on upcoming lessons and expectations
• Liturgy
  • Communicate with and schedule priests to celebrate Mass weekly and hear confessions biweekly
  • Coordinate Mass each week including recruiting Mass helpers from Solidarities training the helpers and setting up the chapel
• Service
  • Monitor students service hours in School Information System
  • Post service opportunities on the weekly newsletter
  • Create and implement a 4 year service learning program
• Retreats
  • Coordinate retreats for each grade level each school year including:
    • Booking retreat sites and communicating accordingly based on meals times etc.
    • Maintaining a budget
    • Planning schedules and all details of the retreat
    • Forming studentbased retreat teams
    • Communicating with parents students and faculty chaperones
  • Plan and run retreat followup sessions for each retreat
• Theology of the Body
  • Using the curriculum from Ruah Woods implement 4 year curriculum with lessons for each grade level (quarterly lessons for each grade level split into gender groups)
  • Create prework for each lesson share out with correct grade level grade and enter into Theology gradebook
• Faculty Formation
  • Plan and coordinate the annual Faculty Retreat at the start of each school year
  • Provide monthly spiritual formation to faculty

A Bachelors Degree or higher in a field relevant to the position (theology pastoral ministry are examples)

Technology Proficiency (word processing spreadsheets databases multimedia presentations and internet use for educational purposes)

Qualifications

• Be an active Catholic with a desire and ability to lead young people by example into a deeper communion with our faith our Blessed Mother and her Son Jesus Christ
• Have the ability to manage a groups of students along with student behavior
• Promptly address student needs through conversations observations and formal feedback
• Have the ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with students parents and coworkers
• Be a lifelong learner of his/her practice and have an openness to selfreflect receive and implement feedback on improving their teaching skills.