What are the responsibilities and job description for the Humanities Faculty position at Trinity Classical Academy?
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SUMMARY
Trinity Classical Academy seeks a candidate for Faculty in its Humanities department. Qualified candidates will be models in their lives and abilities in the Upper School Humanities Department (grades 7-12).
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.
CULTURAL VALUES
Trinity Classical Academy's cultural values include peacemaking, honest humility, patient zeal, habitual excellence, intentional relationships, and kingdom service. These values inform how the organization operates and should be reflected in all aspects of work at the school. The cultural values at Trinity Classical Academy encourage a commitment to learning, excellence, and the well-being of all members of the community. The school is dedicated to providing an elite Christian, classical education that serves all members of the body of Christ and works to grow the classical, Christian education movement.
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.
Qualifications:
Education and Experience
Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts Degree (Education Major preferred) (Teaching credential a plus)
- Previous experience is preferred
Essential Skills and Abilities
- Proficiency in the liberal arts of grammar, logic, 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.)
- Excellent organizational skills
Qualifications
- A strong commitment to the emphasis and philosophy of Trinity Classical Academy
- 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
- Must successfully pass a background investigation
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 calm 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.
Salary : $45,000 - $80,000