Title: Teacher

Reports to: Principal

Work Year: 10 months

Position Focus: Education and care for the whole student, guided by policies set forth in the Faculty/Staff Manual, the school’s Mission Statement and School Board of Trustees Manual.

Spiritual:

• Seek to role model in attitude, speech, and action a consistent daily walk with Jesus Christ

• Motivate others to accept God’s gift of salvation and grow in their faith

• Follow the Matthew 18 principle in dealing with students, parents, staff and administration

• Lead others to a realization of their worth in Christ and cultivate their growth in Christ-like character

• Subscribe to and promote the statement of faith

• All staff are ministers of Christ.

Position Parameters:

• Demonstrate love for God

• Express specific knowledge of the Bible and its application to subject area(s)

• Practice daily devotions of prayer, reading of God’s Word, and meditation

• Provide Christian service to others both within and outside the school

• Model an exemplary Christian walk in speech, attitude and actions

• ubmit to authority out of obedience to Christ

• Demonstrate love for students

• Treat each child as uniquely gifted by God for the purpose of serving others (I Peter 4:10)

• Show through actions that each child is made to reflect God Himself

• Discipline all students fairly and firmly out of love for them

• Encourage all students persistently (catch each of them “doing good”)

• Guide all students in helping other students learn

• Evaluate students’ progress in learning with announced criteria fairly applied

• Demonstrate professional competence and vision

• Show a strong knowledge of learning theory, curriculum design, and subject area(s)

• Construct and/or use courses, units, and lessons that integrate this knowledge

• Select materials and lesson designs that specifically carry out the goals derived from the school’s mission statement

• Use evaluation instruments that match the school’s goals and specific objectives, that allow each child to show well what he/she has learned, and that help students meet high expectations of learning

• Implement 21st Century best practices in the classroom

• Utilize teaching methods that require student to think critically

• Pursue further learning of subject area(s) while seeking the best pedagogy for the school’s goals

• Communicate effectively according to biblical standards

• Speak clearly, honestly, and with great concern for the audience

• Use fresh analogies to connect new concepts to student’s experience

• Relate stories of God’s faithfulness, personal and communal, with clarity and enthusiasm

• Guide students to view life through a Biblical worldview perspective

• Vary the means (visual, audible, tactile) and language (abstract, concrete, metaphorical, etc.) depending on the subject and the needs of all children

• Encourage each child’s expression, and help students to adopt biblical principles for making choices

• Model awe for the destructive power of sin and God’s restoration of creation and human beings

• Communicate with parents and encourage their participation in their child’s education

• Communicate with parents when a student is only working at a “D” or “F” level at the earliest possible opportunity

• Build Christian community within and outside the school

• Give help to fellow teachers and support staff

• Assist student beyond the classroom: playground, hallways, extracurricular sponsorship, personal guidance, etc.

• Meet with staff members to listen, learn, worship, and exchange advice for helping students meet the goals of the school

• Contact parents for help in educating their child

• Provide a classroom atmosphere (displays, warmth, arrangement of furniture etc.) that fosters Christian community

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree from an accredited college or university

• Current certification in this state in the subject area or grade level for which the teacher is hired or obtain certification within two years of employment

• Committed Christ-follower

• Active member of a local Bible believing church

• Demonstrated ability to teach children well

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Grade levels:

• High school

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Work Location: In person