Upper School Teacher – Quadrivium Arts

Position Description

Job Title:

Upper School Teacher – Quadrivium Arts
Position Type:
Faculty, Exempt, Full-time

Reports to:

Upper School Dean
Salary:
Dependent on Experience – Salaried, paid monthly over 12 months

Whitefield Academy is a classical Christian School for students Kindergarten Prep – 12th grade. We are a nondenominational, private, day school accredited by the Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS).

Portrait of a Whitefield Teacher
At Whitefield Academy, we believe that teaching is both a calling and art. Whitefield teachers are committed followers of Christ, and they experience teaching as a missional calling. They delight in offering an education that is formative for their students, not only imparting knowledge and skills, but discipling them to know, love, imitate, and be like God. They invest in the lives of their students and know them as individuals.

As an art, Whitefield teachers are committed to growing and developing their skills. They embrace and champion classical pedagogy and seek to deepen their understanding and mastery of it. Whitefield teachers are passionate about conveying a love for learning as well as a desire for God, and they model this love through an excitement for their lessons and a delight when students engage and learn.

• Bachelor’s degree in science related discipline (Biology, Chemistry, Physics) required as a minimum
• Teaching experience preferred
• Graduate work in a relevant field (Medicine, Engineering, etc.) preferred
• Familiarity or experience with the classical Christian education model preferred, and a willingness to fully embrace a classical pedagogy
• Member of an evangelical church able to affirm the school’s biblical, faith, and ethical standards as delineated in the school’s Statements of Faith and Affirmations of Faith and Practice

• Consistently and joyfully demonstrate excellence in work, punctuality, speech, attitude, dress, and attention to administrative duties.
• Communicate with parents regularly, getting to know them and letting them know what is happening in the classroom. Parents should feel welcome to visit the classroom and meet with the teacher.
• Cooperate with administration in professional development goals and annual evaluations.
• Cheerfully comply with all applicable policies in the Employee Handbook and with all administrative directives.
• Cheerfully attend to assigned or volunteered collateral duties such as lunch and recess duty, attendance at school programs and events; others as prescribed by the school administration.

• Consistently exhibit love, joy, peace, and spiritual maturity before students and the rest of the school
• Be a student and lover of the Bible, God’s only written Word
• May teach a range of courses including General Science, Physical Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics for 7th-12th grades
• Teach utilizing the objectives, materials, priorities, and methods prescribed in the Curriculum Guide
• Encourage students to see how all subjects are interrelated, as parts of God’s integrated universe
• Use clear language and appropriate vocabulary, mentoring students in using the English language correctly
• Use a variety of teaching methods
• Stimulate and maintain the students’ interest in the material
• Recognize and make reasonable accommodations for individual needs
• Mentor students to a higher level of maturity in intellectual pursuits and in displaying virtues and manners
• Use a variety of techniques (in addition to testing) to measure student progress
• Use the Curriculum Guide as the basis for measuring the overall progress of the class and individual students
• Annually review Curriculum Guide(s) to ensure curricular alignment
• Maintain a neat, organized, clean, and stimulating classroom environment for students, enlisting student’s help to take an active part in cleaning and maintaining their room’s appearance
• Establish simple and manageable class routines to accomplish basic tasks, (i.e. taking attendance, homework collection, daily cleaning, schedules, materials storage and distribution, etc.)
• Be very familiar with and able to apply the spirit as well as the letter of school rules
• Ensure that students are…