First Grade Teacher

Are you a new college graduate looking to start your teaching career? Are you a veteran teacher looking for smaller class sizes and fewer headaches? Are you looking for opportunities to embrace your Catholic faith and help form disciples of Christ? Blessed Sacrament School is a high-performing K-8 Catholic school in the heart of Providence. We are looking for a 1st Grade Classroom Teacher with a growth mindset and who believes that all children can reach the highest levels of learning. Whether you're a veteran teacher, new teacher, or new-to-teaching, Blessed Sacrament can offer you small class sizes, professional support, and the opportunity to help create a student-centered curriculum that develops the whole child. As a member of our Elementary School faculty, you will work and learn with veteran educators on a highly successful team where 75% of students are reading and performing math at or above grade-level proficiency. Our goal at Blessed Sacrament is to create a fun, rigorous educational experience for our students and a fun, stimulating experience for our faculty so everyone can arrive at the school excited and happy and leave at the end of the day feeling that they accomplished something meaningful. While the salary of a Catholic school teacher is not huge, you will have health, dental, and vision insurance, 10 days paid time off, snow days, small class sizes, and the most adorable group of kids you've ever met. Plus you'll have the opportunity to earn extra money through paid PD, tutoring, etc. Submit your resume, cover letter, and two letters of recommendation to: William Klements, Superintendent of Schools wklements@dpvd.org You should have considerable content experience with either math, science, or ELA. You should have a growth mindset and be a continuous learner. You should have excellent communication skills in both speaking and writing. You should have a tremendous work ethic and enjoy the "heavy lifting" of teaching. You should have strong character and be worthy of being a role model for children. Interest in art, music, mock trial, coaching a plus Conversational and academic Spanish also a plus