English Teacher

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Mankato Christian Academy prayerfully seeks a gifted, Christian educator who is passionate about English language arts, revealing God’s truth, beauty, and wisdom through the power of language, literature, and storytelling while discipling high‑school students in a biblical worldview. You are someone who:

Loves teenagers and believes the Christian home, the local church, and the Christian school partner to shape the next generation of faithful servant‑leaders.

Is spiritually mature and able to mentor students and families from a variety of backgrounds with warmth, grace, and clarity.

Has a contagious enthusiasm for English and literature—delighting in the exploration of great works that reflect God’s gift of language, human creativity, moral truths, and the human condition—and can teach it with clarity, rigor, and joy to 9th–12th graders.

Excels at helping students develop strong reading comprehension, writing proficiency, critical thinking, and effective communication skills while connecting literary concepts, themes, and texts to a Christian worldview (e.g., truth, redemption, virtue, stewardship of words, and the power of story to point to God’s grand narrative).

Enjoys fostering a classroom culture where students grow not only in literary and linguistic proficiency but also in character, empathy, discernment, and wonder at God’s design for language and creativity.

Believes English studies equip students to glorify God through wise use of words, thoughtful engagement with ideas, and clear articulation of truth.

Models humility, teaching literature and language arts in faithful alignment with biblical truth, while equipping students to engage thoughtfully with diverse texts, worldviews, and contemporary ideas from a firm foundation in Scripture.

If you are passionate about English and literature and desire to disciple teenagers as they grow in faith, critical thinking, analytical skills, and eloquent expression, we want to talk with you.

The teacher shall prayerfully help students learn attitudes, skills, and subject matter that will prepare them for the future in Jesus’ name. This faculty member will work with the English department to help guide students learn in accordance with the academic programs of MCA and its curriculum. Based on education, experience, and interest, this position will teach a combination of some of the following classes:
English 9, English 10, English 11, English 12, Composition, Yearbook, Drama, Speech, and other courses in the candidate’s repertoire; additional experience with journalism, creative writing, drama, yearbook, or debate a plus.

Faculty at Mankato Christian Academy will be asked to commit to the following:

• Acknowledge Christ as Savior and seek to live his/her life as His disciple.
• Believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, authoritative, and inerrant Word of God, our standard for faith and practice.
• Demonstrate a desire for spiritual growth as evidenced by his/her prayer life, Bible study, and commitment to a bible‑believing church.
• Commit to uphold the core beliefs and philosophies defined in the MCA Statement of Faith and Social Position Statement.
• Display application of biblical truth, providing a spiritual example for students.
• Instruct from foundation of biblical truth that integrates faith and learning, using Teaching for Transformation as a shared MCA framework for this goal.

Plan a program of study that meets the learning objectives for each course with attention given to meaningful learning and student abilities.

Integrates biblical principles and Christian philosophy of education throughout the…