The mission of Oaks Christian School is to dedicate ourselves to Christ in pursuit of academic excellence, artistic expression, and athletic distinction while growing in knowledge and wisdom through God’s abundant grace.

The Director of the Global Leadership Institute (GLI) will be the educational, administrative, and Christ-like servant-leader of the institute with responsibility for the students, faculty, programs, and family relations. This position will report directly to the High School Principal and to the Associate Head of School for Academics and the Arts. The person filling this role will have the opportunity to continue shaping an exciting and creative future for GLI while building upon the school’s 23 years of academic excellence, artistic expression, and athletic distinction.  The Director of GLI enjoys the support and benefits of working with an experienced, talented, passionate staff who are dedicated to Christ while growing in knowledge and wisdom through God’s abundant grace.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Dynamic Christ-follower and outstanding leader who sees this role as a calling, not just a job.
• Responsible for overall vision and direction of the Global Leadership Institute. Ability to inspire, adapt, innovate, and build are a must-have. Commitment to making the Institute a unique OCS distinctive.
• Hold quarterly meetings with the GLI advisory council in which the program’s vision is evaluated. Recruit new members to the council as needed.
• Meet monthly with other Institute Heads and administration to coordinate and collaborate with other Institutes.
• Responsible for the recruitment, encouragement, and annual evaluation of all students in the program. Manage application process for prospective students to the program.
• Responsible for creating and communicating an academic plan for each student to the Senior Academic Dean, College Counselor, and family.
• In conjunction with the respective Principal (High School and / or Middle School) and the Sr. Academic Dean, the Director will be part of the team responsible for the hiring of teachers in their department.
• The Director will be the primary observer of teachers in their department. This also includes being an instructional coach. The Director will also work with the Sr. Academic Dean to appoint team leads (for example, Grade Level Coordinators or PLC Leaders).
• The Director is responsible for organizing a monthly Department meeting. This includes creating an environment with conversations centered on student learning, positive employee morale, and school-wide initiatives.
• The Director is also responsible for creating a positive Core room environment.
• Work with the Sr. Academic Dean to project sections, teacher placement, and classroom assignments for the upcoming school year.
• In the case of a member of the Department being placed on a performance review, the Director will come alongside the member and be responsible for resourcing, encouraging, and meeting with the teacher in order to satisfy or surpass the contents of the plan. Any such plan is initiated by the Middle School or High School Principal.
• If applicable, the Director is responsible for organizing and grading incoming student placement exams.
• Organizes and attends guest speaking opportunities (Masterclasses, Distinguished Speaker Series, etc.), both done during normal school hours and evening events.
• Coordinates and manages student Capstone projects, which meets biweekly outside of traditional classroom meeting times.
• Holds monthly meetings with mentorship program coordinator in order to build out student opportunities outside of traditional programming.
• Implement unique opportunities and experiences for students, including short and long-term field trips, internships, and speakers.
• Manage the GLI budget.
• Work closely with marketing, communications, advancement, and admissions in promoting the Institute.
• Serve as spokesperson for Institute for external audiences and prospective students, including hosting visitors seeking to learn more about Oaks Christian Institutes.
•   Attend admission events in order to promote the Institute of Global Leadership to prospective families and students.
• Expected to teach four courses within Institute program (.8 FTE) in addition to administrative responsibilities (.2 FTE).
• Promote a school climate that is safe, supports learning, and emphasizes character development towards the school’s Portrait of a Graduate.

  Skill Requirements

• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• Excellent organizational and presentation skills
• Comfort and confidence in asking questions and seeking support 
• An approachable, empathetic, and down-to-earth disposition, with a healthy balance of humility and confidence
• Possess qualities of enthusiasm, courtesy, flexibility, integrity, gratitude, kindness, self-control, perseverance, and punctuality
• Comfortable using and learning new or best-practice technology
• Ability to set clear priorities and define an appropriate pace of change that balances progress and innovation with reflection and sensitivity to the community
• A deep appreciation and passion for education, particularly in an independent school environment
• Capacity for strategic thinking with the ability to look to the future, anticipate needs, develop new initiatives, and implement short- and long-term plan

Common Qualification Requirements

• Master’s degree or beyond
• At least 5 – 10 years’ educational and/or leadership experience
• Proven success working collaboratively in leadership

About Oaks Christian School

Oaks Christian School located in Westlake Village, California, is a Christian, co-educational, college preparatory school serving grades 5-12. Mission Statement: To dedicate ourselves to Christ in the pursuit of academic excellence, artistic expression, and athletic distinction, while growing in knowledge and wisdom through God's abundant grace.

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