Teacher; Kindergarten – 3rd Grade

Position Description

Job Summary

A teacher will be able to draw the various fields of study from a subject that is presented before students. A teacher will be able to develop number sense in students, a teacher will be able to foster a love of God’s Creation. A teacher will serve the student and the families through communication, encouragement and loving sacrifice. A teacher will serve the school through solid lesson plans, and an engaging teaching style.

The teacher will engage the students through animation, lecturing, coaching and facilitating a classroom. A teacher will be able to create curricula developed from study in the subject and study of the student and his or her learning ability. A teacher will be able to manage a classroom by loving students through discipline.

A Primary School Teacher is ready to fulfill the Mission of Christian Crossroads Academy in the following ways:

• Disciple Children
• Teach all that God has commanded
• Train in discernment
• Provide robust Liberal Arts academic instruction that is distinctly Christian
• Use the Trivium
  * to train in the art of words
• Use the Quadrivium
  ** to train in the art of numbers
• Inspire wonder at God and love for His creation
• Meet academic objectives
• Tailor learning to the individual child
• Equip students in critical thinking
• Engage with families
• Communicate effectively
• Give timely feedback on academic progress
• Give timely feedback on discipline

Duties/Responsibilities

• Create an annual mapping for all courses of instruction
• Submit weekly lesson plans
• Consistently assess students for progress through approved means
• Study all material deeply to become a “living curriculum”
• Facilitate deep study of various subjects in the classroom
• Animate material to engage students
• Coach students in a tailored approach to education, helping them invest the talent God has given
• Enter grades within 48 hours for timely feedback
• Attend all designated faculty trainings
• Attend all designated faculty meetings
• Observe struggling students and make recommendations to the administration for suggested learning goals
• Foster a well‑ordered atmosphere through classroom discipleship
• Maintain a well‑organized classroom
• Ensure students are active learners both mentally and physically.

Qualifications

• A heart for the gospel
• A heart for children
• A robust background in humanities and or willingness to study intentionally
• An understanding of numbers
• A love of God’s creation that is communicated effectively
• A natural intuition in the classroom
• Flexible in delivery methods
• Able to lead a small classroom in a loving and disciplined manner
• Able to patiently mentor through discipleship
• Elementary Education Degree or
  *** Classical Liberal Arts Education or equivalent experience
• North Dakota Teaching certificate or willingness to complete to meet state requirements.

* The Classical Christian model moves the student from knowledge to understanding to wisdom. This is known as the “trivium,” which involves the stages of learning known as grammar, logic, and rhetoric.

** The quadrivium complements the trivium by training students to understand God’s created order through number and proportion, encompassing arithmetic, geometry, music, and astronomy.

*** Applicants that do not have a robust Liberal Arts Education are welcome to apply but must be willing to engage in rigorous training to prepare for the first academic year.

Summary of Statement of Beliefs

WE BELIEVE in the Scripture of the Old and New Testament as inspired by God, and inerrant in the original writings, and that they are our supreme and final authority in faith and life.

WE BELIEVE in one God, eternally existing in three persons:
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

WE BELIEVE that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary and is true God and true man.

WE BELIEVE that man was created in the image of God; that he sinned, and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also spiritual death, which is separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature, and in the case of those who reach moral responsibility, become sinners in word, thought, and deed.

WE BELIEVE that the Lord Jesus died for our sins according to the Scriptures, as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice, and all who believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood.

WE BELIEVE in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord, in His Ascension into heaven, in His present life there for us as High Priest and Advocate.

WE BELIEVE in the personal and imminent return of our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ.

WE BELIEVE that all who receive faith by the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God.

WE BELIEVE in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost.