Lower School Teacher 3rd - 6th

Title:              Teacher - Intermediate

Reports to:     Lower School Principal

Work Year:      10 months

Position Focus:

Education and care for the whole student, guided by policies set forth in the Faculty/Staff Manual, the school’s Mission Statement and School Board of Trustees Manual. 

Spiritual:

• Seek to role model in attitude, speech, and action a consistent daily walk with Jesus Christ
• Motivate others to accept God’s gift of salvation and grow in their faith
• Follow the Matthew 18 principle in dealing with students, parents, staff and administration
• Lead others to a realization of their worth in Christ and cultivate their growth in Christ-like character
• Subscribe to and promote the statement of faith
• All staff are ministers of Christ.

Position Parameters:

Demonstrate love for God

• Express specific knowledge of the Bible and its application to subject area(s)
• Practice daily devotions of prayer, reading of God’s Word, and meditation
• Provide Christian service to others both within and outside the school
• Submit to authority out of obedience to Christ
• Model an exemplary Christ honoring presence in speech, attitude, actions and social media ensuring all interactions reflect integrity, kindness, and faith

Demonstrate love for students

• Treat each child as uniquely gifted by God for the purpose of serving others
• Show through actions that each child is made to reflect God Himself
• Discipline all students fairly and firmly out of love for them
• Encourage all students persistently (catch each of them “doing good”)
• Guide all students in helping other students learn
• Evaluate students’ progress in learning with announced criteria fairly applied

Demonstrate professional competence and vision

• Show a strong knowledge of learning theory, curriculum design, and subject area(s)
• Construct and/or use courses, units, and lessons that integrate this knowledge
• Select materials and lesson designs that specifically carry out the goals derived from the school’s mission statement
• Use evaluation instruments that match the school’s goals and specific objectives, that allow each child to show well what he/she has learned, and that help students meet high expectations of learning
• Implement 21st Century Best Practices in the classroom
• Utilize teaching methods that require students to think critically
• Engage in ongoing professional development opportunities to stay current with educational best practices and enhance teaching skills.
• Tailor instructional strategies to meet the diverse learning needs of students, ensuring that each student has the opportunity to succeed.
• Collect and analyze student performance data to identify trends and areas of opportunity

Communicate effectively according to Biblical standards

• Speak clearly, honestly, and with great concern for the audience
• Use fresh analogies to connect new concepts to students’ experience
• Relate stories of God’s faithfulness, personal and communal, with clarity and enthusiasm
• Guide students to view life through a Biblical worldview perspective
• Encourage each child’s expression, and help students to adopt biblical principles for making choices
• Model awe for the destructive p