Headmaster (K-12)

Reports to: Board of Directors

About Ville de Marie Academy

Ville de Marie Academy is a private, independent Catholic academy, providing students in grades K-12 with a truly outstanding education in the classical liberal arts. Loyal to the Magisterium of the Church, and grounded in the method and principles of St. Ignatius of Loyola, our purpose is to cultivate wisdom and virtue by nourishing the souls of our students on all that is true, beautiful, and good, so that, in Christ, the student is better able to attain the noble end for which he was created to know, love, and glorify God.

Founded to assist parents in their sacred duty as primary educators, the school seeks to form young men and women who think clearly, reason virtuously, and live wholeheartedly in service of God and neighbor. Ville de Marie takes very seriously its mission to pursue excellence in education, providing students with the best spiritual, intellectual, moral, social, and physical formation and ordering all things to the greater glory of God. The school enjoys a deeply committed board and parent community, a joyful and contemplative Catholic culture, and a strong faculty animated by shared mission.

Position Overview

Ville de Marie Academy seeks a mission-driven and experienced Headmaster to serve as the school's chief steward, bringing clarity, order, and joyful conviction to every aspect of school life. The next Headmaster will be responsible for fostering a faculty culture marked by excellence and charity, ensuring curricular consistency and fidelity, communicating the mission with grace, and stewarding the school's day-to-day operations with foresight and discipline. Finally, the Headmaster will guide Ville de Marie with humility, presence, and confident leadership, ensuring that every dimension of the school reflects its Catholic identity and classical character.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the school's spiritual, academic, and operational leader, ensuring every aspect of school life reflects its mission.
• Model professional excellence in speech, tone, presence, and communication; set clear expectations for faculty conduct, leadership decisions, and institutional culture.
• Strengthen faculty culture through mentorship, regular observations, and meaningful professional development grounded in the school's classical Catholic identity.
• Reinforce curricular consistency and academic excellence across grades; address any gaps in instruction, recordkeeping, or course delivery.
• Maintain strategic oversight of the academic program and long-term vision, while equipping the Dean of Academics with the structure and support needed to lead curriculum implementation, faculty development, and academic planning.
• Build order through effective operational systems (calendars, hiring protocols, internal communication) and reduce the board's operational burden by fully assuming day-to-day leadership.
• Lead proactive faculty recruitment efforts and build a long-term pipeline of high-quality, mission-aligned teachers.
• Develop and support internal teacher-leaders to serve as mentors and department heads, forming the foundation of a faculty leadership team.
• Clarify and communicate the school's distinctive mission to families; cultivate trust and alignment across the community.
• Foster strong relationships with both long-time and newer families; walk with families pastorally while maintaining clarity and consistency of mission.
• Represent Ville de Marie with grace to prospective families, donors, and Catholic and classical education networks.

Core Competencies & Character

Catholic and Liturgical Leadership

• Practicing Catholic of deep conviction with a love for Jesus Christ, the teachings of the Church, the sacred liturgy, and the life of virtue.
• Embodied love for the Holy Eucharist, the Church, sacred tradition, sacred music, the liturgical and devotional life of the school, and devotion to the Blessed Mother.
• Committed to forming students to praise, reverence, and serve our Lord, so as to be with Him in eternity.

Vision and Intellectual Leadership

• Clear and compelling advocate for classical Catholic education; fluent in Catholic anthropology, the Great Books tradition, the Trivium, and the liberal arts tradition.
• Able to articulate how Ville de Marie's mission integrates faith, reason, virtue, and joy in learning.

Relational Intelligence and Communication

• Present, approachable, and highly relational; able to build trust with parents, faculty, students, and staff.
• Mature and tactful; understands the proper relationship between board governance and school leadership.
• Strong communicator in writing and speech; clear, gracious, and confident.

Operational and Organizational Capacity

• Experienced in hiring, faculty evaluation, and daily school operations.
• Skilled at planning and executing systems with attention to detail, clarity, and follow-through.
• Leads through systems and structures rather than personality alone.

Disposition and Temperament

• Joyful, humble, and grounded.
• Brings gravitas and gentleness in equal measure.
• Unites rather than divides and is not afraid to lead through necessary change.

Qualifications & Experience

• Willingness to uphold the Magisterium of the Catholic Church.
• Minimum 5 years of school leadership experience, preferably in a Catholic or classical setting.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and develop faculty; experience with professional development and academic leadership structures.
• Operational competence in school management, including communication, planning, and administration.

To Apply:

Please submit a resume and cover letter outlining your fit with the mission of Ville de Marie Academy and how your experience has prepared you for this role to Edi Denton: edenton@arcadiaed.com.