About this position
Description:
Spiritual Leadership
- Continue to seek and maintain a personal relationship with Jesus.
- Encourage, nurture, and model godly character for peers, parents, and students.
- Provide spiritual growth opportunities for staff and students through daily devotions, prayer and appropriate participation in weekly chapel services.
- Support, encourage and edify the school community.
Administrative Responsibilities
- Assess student work and record an adequate number of grades per subject in a timely, efficient manner.
- Record student grades in gradebook
- Report student attendance
Academic Responsibilities
- Conduct on-going personal review of the curriculum for any deficiencies.
- Participate in departmental/grade-level meetings for the purpose of reviewing and assessing curriculum and scope and sequence.
- Prepare lesson plans to carry out the educational and curricular objectives set forth by the school.
- Provide individual academic support for successful learning within the boundaries of the established curriculum.
- Use a variety of effective teaching methods to reach students of varying learning styles.
- Partner with parents and administration in order to help each child succeed.
Staff Responsibilities
- Attend daily prayer and devotion time.
- Serve as duty teacher before or after school, at lunch and between classes as assigned by the administration.
- Participate in in-service and staff development opportunities as requested by the administration.
- Teach bell-to-bell and assess your students' academic needs/success continually.
- Keep grade level principal aware of the status of those students for whom the teacher is responsible, giving special consideration to any challenges students may be facing.
- Communicate any maintenance or equipment needs to the administration.
Parental Responsibilities
- Realize that the parent has been given the Biblical mandate to educate, and the school functions as an extension of the Christian home.
- Communicate with parents liberally, giving special consideration to challenges and opportunities to share successes.
Education and Experience
- Excellent technology skills for working with iPads/computers/apple TVs/etc.
- Experience with Google Apps for Education, Canvas, iOS preferred.
- Excellent communication, troubleshooting and customer service skills required.
- Evidence of personal commitment to continuing professional development.
- Must be a member in good standing of a Bible believing church and lead a mature Christian life.
- Expert level teacher in the areas of earth, space, and physical & life science.
- Experience using STEMscopes curriculum.
- Deep level of managing and executing classroom laboratories.
- Ability to work independently and make decisions in accordance with established school policies and procedures, and the school mission and core values.
- A Bachelor's Degree is required with at least 3-5 years of previous teaching experience. A Master's in Mathematics and/or Science and STEAM preferred or related field.
- State certified preferred
- Must be familiar with comprehensible input methods of teaching.
- Experience teaching at the High School level (Biology & Chemistry).
- ACSI certified or secure ACSI certification within a reasonable time after employment.
- Uses acceptable English in written and oral communication. Speaks with clear articulation.
- Must be knowledgeable about the subject matter specific to the teaching position.