Village School Teacher

Responsibilities

• participate in curriculum selection
• receive training in teaching the Seven Liberal Arts (provide by CiRCE)
• receive training in teaching in an age-integrated classroom (provided by CiRCE)
• promote the school within the community
• be responsible for administrative tasks
• teach in the Village School

Village School teachers will function as headmasters and teachers, and possibly also as secretary. While contemporary schools are developed from the outset to decrease each teacher’s autonomy, and in doing so dilute the harm they might inflict, the village school grants each teacher great authority, equips them to exercise it, and holds them accountable for how they use it, multiplying the good they might do.

The form of the village school assumes trustworthy, capable teachers.

• piety
• humility
• creativity
• intellectual studiousness, wonder
• kindness
• calmness/resolve under pressure
• independent learner
• comfort with trying new things and adjusting based on feedback
• able to receive criticism well
• adaptability
• reliability
• yearning to grow into the Orthodox phronema (or be willing to teach in an Orthodox setting)

• classroom management
• lesson planning
• basic skills in all 7 liberal arts
• basic Latin skills (can be learned after hiring through CiRCE training, teachers must agree to continue studying to fluency)
• mimetic teaching (can be learned after hiring through CiRCE training)
• Socratic teaching (can be learned after hiring through CiRCE training)
• learning and research
• writing
• speaking

• Completed the CIRCE Teacher Apprenticeship (exceptions made for excellent candidates who have completed one year upon the opening of the school)
• at least two years teaching experience either in the home, school, or coop
• at least two years working with kids
• 3+ years of regular church attendance
• leadership roles in a variety of contexts (can include non-professional settings)

The position will be in the area of Concord/Kannapolis, NC. It is a full-time position, and it requires the teacher to relocate to the area. Relocation expenses may be reimbursed. Health benefits are available. A generous discount for the teacher's child(ren) to attend the village school is also available.