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Job Description
The mission of The Classical Academy (TCA) is to cultivate Christian piety by directing students’ minds and hearts toward Christ, in whom all truth, goodness, and beauty hold together. We seek to develop a culture of joy, wonder, and gratitude through a classical education in the liberal arts tradition.
TCA seeks to hire faculty members who will hold a central role in helping us fulfill our mission. The teacher, in a formational and relational role, models Christ-like behavior as he or she studies and teaches within the Christian liberal arts tradition. All TCA faculty must heartily believe, promote, and defend TCA’s Statement of Faith and Statement on Character and Conduct.
Statement on Hiring
Subject to all applicable state and federal laws, The Classical Academy (TCA) does not discriminate in its employment practices. TCA does not discriminate against applicants for employment on the basis of race, color, and national and ethnic origin in its
interview and hiring processes.
TCA reserves the right to institute hiring and enrollment practices based on the school’s mission statement and philosophies. TCA is a Christian school that reserves its right to make employment and enrollment decisions consistent with its sincerely held religious beliefs.
Job Requirements
Duties & Responsibilities
Effectively teach the assigned subject by:
- Possessing a thorough knowledge of and interest in the subjects taught
- Teaching according to the objectives, materials, priorities, and methods prescribed in TCA’s educational philosophy
- Speaking in clear, vivid, language
- Seeking to meet students' individual needs
- Challenging students at their appropriate level
- Exhorting students to retain and apply knowledge
- Planning for and teaching creative lessons
- Limiting the use of technology in the classroom
Cultivate a classroom culture that reflects the pursuit of virtue and exemplifies the conduct and character fitting to disciples of Christ by:
- Fostering an atmosphere of joy, wonder, and gratitude through learning
- Consistently following TCA’s conduct and discipline policies
- Maintaining a studious classroom environment
- Providing clear and understandable standards for behavior
- Consistently showing love to all students, regardless of their behavior
Serve as an example of professional conduct by:
- Arriving to class on time
- Turning in required planning sheets in a timely manner
- Returning assessed work to students in a timely manner
- Keeping a clear and readable grade book
- Communicating with parents effectively and encouraging parental involvement
- Maintaining proper dress, attitude, and speech
Creating and maintaining an orderly classroom environment that inspires learning by:
- Maintaining a neat and clean classroom, free from distracting clutter
- Following TCA’s aesthetics policy in the classroom
- Establishing simple and manageable class routines that encourage the cultivation of good habits within students
Ideal candidates will possess the following core qualities:
- An ability to act in a professional manner and represent the values of the school to the community and external constituents
- A commitment to fully understanding TCA’s educational philosophy so that it can be applied faithfully and thoroughly to classroom atmosphere and instruction
- A desire to invest in the broader school community and culture
- A genuine love for students
- An interest in developing lesson plans focused on real-world learning, mitigating the use of technology in the classroom
- A capability to plan, problem solve, collaborate, and encourage
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
The following requirements are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of teaching, particularly in the lower grades. Reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, as defined by law, to perform any essential functions.
- Lift 20 lbs. occasionally and 10 lbs. frequently
- Sit frequently and stand and walk on varied surfaces
- Bend, stoop, crouch, push, pull, climb, balance, kneel, crawl
- Use hands/arms to reach in any direction and seize, grasp, hold, and turn objects using hand(s). Use fingers, versus the whole hand, to pick, pinch, and feel objects.
- See, talk, and hear to communicate with others in person, electronically, by phone, or by radio.
- Visual functions include the ability to identify and distinguish colors and bring an object into sharp focus.