What are the responsibilities and job description for the Latin Instructor position at Culver Academies?
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Culver Academies is a private boarding school. We enroll students and employ faculty and staff from across the United States and around the world. Culver Academies seeks diverse and talented educators who value the core commitments of all Culver faculty, support the Culver mission and principles, and embrace the Culver teaching and learning model. At Culver, we are always looking to strengthen our organizational leadership by adding outstanding talent to our faculty and staff whose passion is to serve our students. Located on the shore of Lake Maxinkuckee, Culver Academies encompasses 1,800 acres of green hills and woodlands, and a historic collegiate-like campus with beautiful Gothic architecture. Our location in Culver, Indiana, offers the best of both worlds; a beautiful, serene setting with access to large cities nearby, including the home of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. We are also less than two hours away from Chicago and Indianapolis.
Culver Academies is seeking a Latin Instructor to join our professional community.
Qualified candidates will hold at least a BA in Latin or Classics, with several years of teaching experience at the secondary school level preferred.
Responsibilities include the ability to teach all levels of Latin language and culture from introductory to advanced topics in a 4 x 4 intensive block schedule. Instructors teach two eighty-minute blocks each day with an average class size of 15. While Culver is not a triple-threat boarding school, all faculty and staff commit to making a significant contribution to the athletic or residential life program of the school, as personal interest and institutional needs dictate.
Culver Academies places a premium on a teaching and learning culture in which faculty routinely talk about practice, observe each other in the practice of teaching, create curriculum together, and teach each other what they know about teaching and learning. Culver Academies uses a spoken Latin approach in a proficiency-oriented department, and a successful candidate would have an interest in collaborating with a colleague to emphasize a communicative and active approach to learning the Latin language and about Ancient Mediterranean cultures with inclusivity and equity.
Professional development is available for all instructors and is born from goals set by individual teachers and goals established within the fine arts department. Opportunities include traditional off-campus workshops and conferences, graduate work, research with students or colleagues, faculty-developed curriculum projects, and regularly scheduled on-campus forums for learning support, educational technology, disciplinary expertise, and culture.
Successful candidates will have a commitment to fostering belonging and inclusion in concert with our student-generated Diversity Statement. Interested candidates who find themselves aligned with Culver’s Teaching and Learning Model and supportive of the Commitments of a Culver Educator should express interest by clicking the Apply Now button to complete an employment application.