Description:
Position Description:
The teacher is to guide students in their quest to discern Godโs will for their lives. This employee must have a vibrant personal relationship with Jesus Christ to enable them to reach students by helping develop their God-given intellectual, physical, and spiritual talents. The teacher will believe that every student has been created by God uniquely and challenge each one to reach their fullest potential.
Requirements:
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelorโs Degree or higher, in Education
- ACSI Teaching Certification or ability to meet criteria
- Demonstrate role-specific knowledge and expertise
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Proficient in technology aligned with expectations
- Exemplify innovative, forward-thinking
Teacher Expectations:
Learning Process
- Pedagogy: Demonstrates mastery of content knowledge immersed in Biblical truths with strong consideration of standards, resources, and technology within a classical hybrid approach
- Preparation: Adept in planning aimed to meet goals through developing rigorous learning experiences that appeal to learner needs and present opportunities for learners to discover their Unique Design
- Delivery: Engages students through a variety of learning strategies while building upon prior knowledge, making content relevant, and empowering students to develop higher-order thinking skills
- Assessments: Crafts a variety of assessments that align with course goals and accurately measures student progress, providing feedback to students throughout the learning process
- Reflection: Utilizes summative and formative data to both evaluate student mastery level and refine instruction
Learning Environment
- Culture: Cultivates a Christ-centered, respectful learning environment where students are encouraged and empowered to feel confident in their learning as they strive towards excellence
- Management: establishes consistency in holding students accountable to policies and expectations through utilizing an array of classroom management strategies, within a positive learning environment
- Stewardship: attentive to classroom cleanliness, design, and management of resources, ultimately fostering an environment conducive to learning
Professional Responsibilities
- Personal: exemplifies Christlike character in and outside the classroom, striving for excellence in conduct, ethics, and growth
- Administrative: punctually attends and contributes to meetings, maintains accurate records, including lessons and grades, meets deadlines for reports, and adheres to policies and duties outlined by administration with fidelity
- Students & Parents: Cultivates positive relationships with students and partnerships with parents to align with school mission and to encourage students to strive for excellence in all areas
- Staff & Leadership: collaborates with staff and leadership, maintaining positive relationships built on transparency, trust, and integrity, in order to contribute to the success of students, department, and school.
Growth
- Actively promote the school in the community
- Support the school culture through attendance at employee meetings, chapels, devotions, in-services
- Follows the biblical conflict resolution process as detailed in the Employee Handbook when addressing concerns or disagreements
- Holds a growth-mindset to be mentored or mentor others
- All other duties as assigned
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Matching 403B retirement
- PTO
- Paid holidays according to our school calendar
- Free tuition for applicable children
- Professional development supported financially
Physical Activities & Demands
- Ability to remain stationary for extended periods of time while delivering instruction, working at a desk, or using a computer
- Ability to move about the classroom and school building, including standing, walking, bending, and reaching as needed to support student learning and classroom management.
- Ability to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds occasionally (such as books, classroom materials, or small equipment).
- Ability to communicate clearly with students, parents, and staff in both verbal and written form.
- Ability to supervise students in various settings, including classrooms, hallways, outdoor areas, or during school events.