Mr. Michael Clark

Mr. Clark serves as the diocesan Associate Superintendent and founding Head of School for Saint Paul.  He joined the Diocese of Worcester in 2018, then appointed by Bishop McManus as the Associate Superintendent of Secondary Schools.

Mr. Clark is a member of the Superintendent’s leadership team, providing strategic planning support to the Catholic Schools Office.  As founding Head of School, Mr. Clark’s responsibilities include planning, organizing, and directing the overall operations of Saint Paul.

A graduate of Saint John’s High School, Mr. Clark returned to his alma mater as a member of the religious studies department, serving as department chair where he oversaw the department’s curriculum redesign and integration of USCCB’s Doctrinal Elements of a Curriculum Framework.  For his teaching contributions to the humanities, Mr. Clark was named to a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Scholars research program on the life of Saint Francis of Assisi based in Italy.

A practiced contributor to school reaccreditation, Mr. Clark has served on several New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) reaccreditation review teams.  His work in the field of curriculum and school redesign brought him to the Southbridge Public Schools where he completed an executive apprenticeship under the state-appointed Receiver’s office, attaining Massachusetts DESE superintendent professional licensure.

Speaking to his educational philosophy, Mr. Clark notes, “We educators in Catholic schools must educate for life, meaning that our students need to learn that doing well means doing good.  If we are successful, we will have equipped our students to go out into the world to live, learn, and serve in meaningful ways well beyond the classroom.  That’s the goal of a Saint Paul education; to educate for life.” 

Mr. Clark holds a master’s degree in Theology from Boston College and a bachelor’s degree in Theology and Politics from Assumption College.  This is his twenty-first year in Catholic education.