At Pacifica Christian High School,  we teach our students to think and live well.

We do this by providing a college-preparatory, liberal arts education for students from all backgrounds and neighborhoods.

Engaging students’ minds to think well and shaping their hearts prepares them to enjoy an abundant life. Thinking and living well is about making connections—both intellectual and relational. It provides students with a fuller understanding of what it means to be human and provides them the freedom to find their place in God’s created world.

Our students are free to live out their stories, fully becoming who God desires them to be. We provide students with opportunities that will change them for the better–by challenging and maturing them. We desire our students to be more purposeful and courageous, more joyful and committed—prepared for all that God offers in their lives.

Learning to think and live well is a life-long process. But both the process—or even adventure—and the outcome produce joy. As such, we view a good education as an end unto itself. At the same time, a Pacifica education provides tangible benefits, like preparation for college, career, family, and service to the church and community. By approaching education as a joy-instilling, freedom-producing journey, we provide our graduates with a foundation for success in college, life, work, and faith.

Job Title: Humanities Faculty

Office / Department: Office of Academics & Student Affairs / Academic Department

Reports to: Department Chair & Director of Academic Affairs

Core Beliefs

Pacifica's Core Beliefs and Approach to Teaching and Learning serve to provide clarity who we are including our mission, purpose, and approach to student formation. Please read this document and use it to respond to questions in the application.

Job Summary

Faculty teach students to think and live well in the ethos of Pacifica’s Core Beliefs and Approach to Teaching and Learning. This role teaches either English, history, or both. Experience in discussion-based teaching or learning preferred.

Personal Characteristics
A faculty member is a person of deep and mature Christian faith who values and understands the liberal arts within a high school context and can effectively communicate the mission of the school to their students and within their discipline. The faculty member will exhibit integrity and honor, spiritual depth, exhibit enthusiasm and support for the advancement of the school, understand the various constituencies of Pacifica, communicate with warmth and understanding, work/lead within the various departments and programs, and work collaboratively with the faculty and staff  to advance the school’s efforts in achieving its mission. 

Pacifica faculty are committed to the attributes outlined in the Pacifica Teacher, which include Habits of Mind such as a commitment to intellectual virtues, the craft of teaching, the liberal arts, as well as  habits of heart which include a steady obedience to Christ and pursuing relationships with grace and truth.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Curriculum & Pedagogy 

At Pacifica, education is for the purpose of formation. Pacifica offers a liberal-arts curriculum for the Christian life, which serves not only to prepare students to thrive in college, but also to free students to think and live well. 

The Great Books, Western Tradition, and discussion-based learning ground the humanities, while math and science cultivate precise thinking and reveal truth and beauty in God’s created world. Students learn to read deeply, write clearly, discuss thoughtfully, and to form convictions around what is true, good, and beautiful. 

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