The Brook Hill School Boarding Parent Job Description
Position: Boarding Parent for a Boys Boarding House - this person needs to be male (spouse and family okay, as long as primary Boarding Parent hired for this role is male)
Grades: 8th-12th
Classification: Full-time, exempt
Mission Statement: The Brook Hill School provides excellence in college preparatory education, affirms the gifts and challenges the potential of each student, and encourages students to honor God through Christ-like character.
Faculty Profile: The Brook Hill faculty/staff member should possess spiritual characteristics that reflect:
- Acceptance without reservation of The Brook Hill School Statement of Belief
- A strong clear Christian testimony
- A mature, godly spirit
- A person of faith and prayer
The Brook Hill faculty member should demonstrate a personal lifestyle that reflects:
- Biblical integrity
- A spirit of dedication, commitment, flexibility, and responsiveness
- The ability to listen and respond to counsel
- An authentic godly demonstration of love for students and a desire to personally invest in their spiritual, emotional and social maturation
Qualifications:
- Bachelor degree from an accredited college or university in education
- Knowledge of and experience with relevant technology
- Solid biblical and theological foundation and understanding
- Must be 25 years old or older
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Seamlessly and deliberately integrate Biblical truth and Christian values into day to day work
- Manage the daily care and supervision of up to twenty (20) boarding students
- Work with the team of boarding parents and on-duty Residence Life team members to share responsibility and oversight of all boarding students
- Interact with and develop relationships with boarding students
- Guide and support the students in their school activities and decisions
- Enforce Residence Life Handbook policies and guidelines
- Facilitate shopping and recreational trips and activities for students
- Communicate and interact with Residence Life Team
- Take an active role in ensuring the school’s effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range issues that must be addressed; providing pertinent information and commentary to deliberations; recommending options and courses of action; implementing directives
- Consistently partner and communicate with parents in the shared desire of student growth and success by providing academic information, suggesting educational and social resources, and addressing parents’ concerns
- Engage in ongoing communication and collaboration with Brook Hill team members in order to strengthen student performance and support
- Participate in the broader ministry of Brook Hill by contributing time, talent and treasure beyond assigned role and responsibilities
- Continue professional and technical growth by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional organizations
- Maintain a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules and regulations
- Other duties as assigned by the Director
- House Parents are on every other day and every other weekend. House Parents come back on duty at 10:00 PM each night, if they are off-duty that particular day. All House Parents are required to obtain a Commercial Drivers License, enabling them to drive a Brook Hill bus.
Key Competencies:
- Self-motivation
- High energy level
- Verbal and written communication skills
- Healthy conflict resolution skills
- Attention to detail
- High work standards
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Organizing and planning
- Critical thinking
- Stress tolerance
- Flexibility and adaptability
- Initiative
- Willingness to ask for help or information if needed to be successful
Compensation, Benefits, and Perks:
- Free housing (including utility bills)
- Health insurance premiums for employee
- No-cost dining in the Commons
- Basic cable
- Access to school Wi-Fi
- Access to school fitness rooms (and possibly other fitness facilities with proper permissions)