Description

To apply, please visit https://www.trinityclassicalacademy.com/about/careers

*Salary is commensurate with experience

Mission

The Mission of Trinity Classical Academy is to offer a challenging education grounded in the Christian faith and the Classical tradition to produce young men and women of virtue, wisdom, purpose, and courage.

Qualifying Characteristics

The candidate is a Christian with an authentic and a mature personal relationship with Jesus Christ in both their professional and personal life with a calling and commitment to Christian education. Qualified candidates will support our School’s Mission, while representing our Cultural Values.

Summary

Trinity Classical Academy seeks candidates for a full-time teaching position in its Upper School (Grades 7-12). Qualified candidates will be models in their lives and abilities of what they teach. They will demonstrate a commitment to improving their craft as a teacher and stewarding our school’s culture and academic program.

Working Conditions

• Working Environment: indoors in a comfortable temperature-controlled classroom environment and is typically free from dust and hazardous materials.
• Generally works in a group environment; noise level is typically low with the exception of times between class periods.
• Requires standing for long periods of time; will include frequent walking and sitting
• Able to make visual and auditory evaluation of students work and performance
• Physical Demands: Must be able to sit for extended period of time, repetitious hand and body movements, simple grasping, fine and gross motor skills. Stand and walk when administering care. Must be able to bend, squat, kneel, push, pull and lift up to 20 pounds. Must be able to climb one flight of stairs.
• Mental Demands: Ability to work well under pressure; ability to maintain a level of professionalism and clam when others are behaving inappropriately;
• Use of computer/monitor screen; projector and other classroom equipment;
• Travel: Travel will be required for local field trips

Work Schedule

School Calendar: Monday – Friday, 7:20 a.m. – 2:55 p.m. or as needed beyond these hours. Training days and parent teacher conferences may be longer workdays.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Bachelor of Arts Degree
• Previous experience is preferred.

Essential Skills and Abilities

• Proficiency in the liberal arts of Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric
• Competence in the Humanities disciplines of history, literature, rhetoric, and Bible.
• Commitment to the classical, Christian tradition and its pedagogy.
• Well-read and conversant in the classical, Christian canon of literature
• Commitment to education as Christian discipleship
• Excellent oral and written command of the English language
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, faculty, and students of diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds
• Competence in educational technology (Word processing, online management software, etc.)
• Ability to compose, proofread and edit correspondence
• Excellent organizational skills

Qualifications

• Integrates knowledge and skills across disciplines as part of a holistic education.
• Teaching shows care for students and subject matter.
• Positive support of the school's policies and practices
• Service oriented and able to interface with many people
• Truthful, positive, and purposeful when communicating with others
• Flexible and adaptable in dealing with new, different or changing requirements
• Multitasking in an environment with many distractions is a must
• Must successfully pass a background investigation