The chaplain’s duties are diverse and are colored by the individual’s particular gifts and the changing needs of the community. As a result, the position changes from year to year, but generally falls within these areas:
Worship
Plan, conduct, and oversee weekly chapel services and morning prayer services.
Collaborate with chaplains, students, faculty, staff, and administration to create and conduct chapel services and special services and events, e.g: Convocation, Christmas, Easter, Episcopal School Sunday, Commencement and other special divisional services and events.
Steward and model our school community’s Epsicopal identity by teaching and living NAES’s four pillars: Worship, Religious Education, Social Justice, & Relationships.
Promote the spirit of Christ’s love in the school and beyond the school.
Academic Instruction & Leadership
Maintain the continuing development of the religion curriculum for Primer - Fourth Grades.
Teach year-long Christian Education classes to Primer - Fourth Grades.
Attend faculty meetings, all-school events, division events, curriculum meetings, chaplain’s meetings, professional development, etc.
Attend biennial NAES conference and utilize NAES resources.
Participate in and support Service Learning experiences.
Participate in International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme.
Pastoral Care
Provide pastoral care for students, families, faculty, and staff of all faiths, including pastoral needs that may develop on weekends, evenings, or early mornings.
Provide a personal, visible, engaged presence – “see and be seen.”
Gather and communicate prayer concerns with members of the community.
Attend Lower School Student Wellness meetings and collaborate accordingly with colleagues in support of students.
Partner with the Lower School Counselor to care for individual student needs and community needs.
Attend conferences with administrators, staff, and faculty, as needed, concerning students with social, academic, or personal challenges.
Address community issues as appropriate: for example, alcohol and drugs, parenting, child abuse, and safety.
Administration
Collaborate and meet regularly with other division chaplains.
Meet with Division Head and administrative team on a regular basis.
Help anchor all institutional decisions and policies in our Epsicopal identity.
Partner with school administration to strengthen our school’s commitment to inclusion and belonging.
Other administrative duties including strategic plan, task forces, retreats, Religious LifeCommittee, etc.
Communicate religious life events and opportunities with CCES community.
Take an active role in supervisory responsibilities i.e., carpool, lunchroom, student projects, etc.
Attend student performances, athletic competitions, and parent meetings.
Report to Senior Chaplain and Head of the Lower School.
Help care for and keep the Chapel of the Good Shepherd maintained, organized, and orderly to preserve sacred space.
Desired Qualifications
Ordained Episcopal priest or lay Episcopalian with a Masters of Divinity preferred or equivalent degree.
Mature and personal faith in Jesus Christ who feel called to Epsicopal school chaplaincy, especially with elementary students.
Equipped to serve a pluralistic community and who are responsible to everyone, regardless of faith, sex, race, color, national or ethnic origin, and sexual orientation.
Candidates with classroom teaching experience preferred.
High energy and a creative spirit, who has pastoral, pedagogical, and liturgical skills.
Relates well to young people as well as adult faculty and parents.
Effective in a classroom setting and chapel as well as in pastoral situations within a school environment.
Qualified, through experience and study, to teach Lower School classes in both the Old Testament and New Testament.
Maintain and model healthy boundaries in the school community.
Champion for our Baptismal Covenant, someone who will “strive for justice and peace among all people” and “respect the dignity of every human being.”
This is a ten month position reporting to the Senior Chaplain and the Lower School Head. The salary is competitive with a generous benefits package. To apply, send a cover letter, resume, and references to Mr. David Johnstone, Lower School Head, at johnstoned@cces.org.