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Company Description
Who We Are
City Academy of Atlanta is a Christ-centered hybrid homeschool community serving families in the Atlanta area. Our mission is to glorify God by educating children to think, believe, and live biblically. We partner with parents to provide an academically rich education rooted in a biblical worldview while cultivating wisdom, character, and faith in every student.
What We Do
City Academy blends on-campus learning with guided home instruction through a unique hybrid model. Students attend classes on campus several days each week and continue their learning at home using lesson plans and support from our teachers. Our curriculum integrates faith and learning across all subjects while encouraging curiosity, critical thinking, and joyful discovery.
What It’s Like to Work Here
Working at City Academy means joining a mission-driven community that is passionate about Christian education and discipleship. Our faculty and staff partner closely with families, collaborate with one another, and invest deeply in the spiritual and academic development of students. Together, we seek to equip the next generation to love God, pursue truth, and live lives of purpose and service.
Job Description
City Academy of Atlanta is seeking a warm, wise, and mission-driven 4th Grade Teacher. The ideal candidate will be deeply committed to nurturing students’ growth in wisdom and skill in all academic areas within a nurturing Christian environment, fostering both intellect and character.
Aligned with our Evergreen Educational Framework, this teacher will design and deliver instruction that is conceptually rich, developmentally appropriate, and rooted in relational discipleship. Instruction should be centered on deep understanding over memorization, supporting students in becoming clear thinkers, joyful problem solvers, and thoughtful stewards of their intellectual gifts.
Key responsibilities of the 4th Grade Teacher include but are not limited to:
- Plan and deliver engaging lessons in core subjects: Reading/Language Arts, & Math; integrate Science, Social Studies and the Bible
- Integrate Christian values and Biblical worldview into everyday learning
- Provide individualized attention, differentiation, and support for diverse learning needs
- Integrate the Evergreen Framework’s vertical (God, others, created world) and horizontal (Seeds to Mature Plant) lenses (you will receive training on this)
- Build a classroom culture that values humility, curiosity, perseverance, and mutual care
- Collaborate with colleagues across disciplines to support integrated learning experiences
- Foster a safe, inclusive, and orderly classroom characterized by respect and kindness
- Design formative and summative assessment to monitor growth
- Offer constructive feedback to students and communicate progress to parents consistently
- Support home based learning through regular updates, guidance and resource sharing
- Participate in faculty discipleship, professional development, and community events
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education or related field, and/or relevant work or educational experience
- At least 2 years of teaching experience, ideally in a Christian or hybrid homeschool setting
- Eagerness to work in a covenant Christian community
- Commitment to partnering with parents and honoring the God-given design of each child
- Agreement with City Academy’s Statement of Faith and educational philosophy
- Active Christian faith aligned with City Academy’s Testimony and Lifestyle Statement
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to partner effectively with families
Teaching Schedule
On-campus teaching: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:45AM - 3:00PM
Desired Attributes
- Values formation over performance
- Honors developmental readiness
- Partners with parents as co-cultivators
- Loves children’s literature
- Sees teaching as both discipleship and academic excellence
Additional Information
City Academy of Atlanta (CAA) employees come from a broad range of church backgrounds. All employees are expected to be members in good standing of a Christian church whose doctrinal convictions are not in conflict with CAA’s beliefs. To ensure unity in our theological foundations, employees must affirm CAA’s Statement of Faith and the Testimony and Lifestyle Statement and seek to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the biblical beliefs and values expressed in that statement.
City Academy of Atlanta is both an equal opportunity employer and a Christian nonprofit religious organization. CAA makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, marital status, parental status, or disability of an otherwise-qualified individual. As a religious organization, CAA reserves the right to hire employees who affirm and support the school’s Christian mission, Statement of Faith, and religious beliefs, which are central to our identity and daily operations.
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