Mid Vermont Christian School Hiring for Junior/Senior High School General Education Teacher Job at Quechee, VT Full Time

Mid Vermont Christian School

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Junior/Senior High General Education Teacher Job Description

PURPOSE: PREPARES STUDENTS FOR MEANINGFUL LIVES by contributing to their educational, social, and spiritual development. This will assist MVCS in fulfilling the mission of the school, which is to glorify God by preparing students for college and for life through a program of academic excellence established in Biblical truth

Teacher Qualifications

• Able to teach multiple subjects (small school – teachers are diversified. May need math or science teacher, maybe history, or an elective.)
• Evidence of knowledge of content and pedagogy through experience and training
• Bachelor’s degree preferred
• Teacher State licensure or ACSI certification in areas of assignment preferred or willingness to seek one or both of these
• Able to pass background, fingerprinting, and child and adult protection registry check
• Understanding of the principles of child development, best practices and educational methods
• Familiarity with safety and sanitation guidelines for classrooms
• Communication and instructional skills
• Ability to act as mediator between students
• Daily example of Christ both in and out of school; cool-tempered, friendly and reliable
• Balance between a creative mind and a practical judgement
• Able to prepare student for the next grade level
• Great love and patience for students
• Able to engage students and earn their trust and attention
• Spiritual, mature, born-again Christian who regularly attends a Bible- believing church.
• Called and committed to the ministry of MVCS. Affirms MVCS Statement of Faith and Responsibilities. Staff members here do not regard their responsibilities as just a job, but as a ministry. Each of us feels a high sense of commitment to the Lord and His calling on our lives to be here for these children and parents

Teacher Responsibilities Spiritual Leadership

• Intentionally integrates Biblical values and morals
• Understands and implements the Matthew 18 principle with students, parents, peers and administration in an appropriate manner
• Assesses students’ spiritual needs to lead to them in spiritual growth
• Models a consistent relationship with Jesus Christ Instructional Planning, Preparation and Delivery
• Develop a careful and creative program by following curriculum guidelines for the assigned grade level students and the school’s goals
• Design lessons with clear, focused and measurable instructional objectives
• Modify plans based on student diagnostic and assessment procedures
• Establish learning expectations
• Employ a variety of educational techniques to enhance critical thinking
• Integrate technology to enhance/accelerate learning
• Able to teach content and skills
• Develop standards for critical judgment of written and oral communications transmitted by mass media Assessment
• Guide students to develop their learning by providing instructional feedback; coaching, counseling, and disciplining students; planning, monitoring, and appraising learning results
• Maintain records to document learning accomplishments by preparing administering and scoring pre-assessments, formative and summative assessments, eliciting student feedback and questions, evaluating application of learning to classroom project results
• Use student data to plan instruction, and provide additional or varied forms of instruction
• Maintain records to document attendance, grades and behavior
• Track student’s progress and report to parents Classroom Environment
• Create a classroom environment that:
• develops in each student skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing that are fundamental to effective communication and literate citizenship
• promotes positive social interaction by observing each student to help them improve their social competencies and build self-esteem
• motivates students to read widely for information and recreation
• develops standards for critical judgment of written and oral communications transmitted by mass media, and other literature
• Manage student behavior through implementation of classroom rules, routines and procedures that allow a student to assume his/her own responsibility
• Create an environment of respect and rapport through reinforcement and praise
• Ensure students are always safe
• Encourage students to accept God and the gift of salvation and grow in their faith, provide opportunities to lead in prayer, and develop a Christian mind and lifestyle
• Organize physical space to be attractive, well-ordered, conducive to learning and student work displayed Communication and Professionalism
• Communicate with parents regularly
• Collaborate with other educators
• Maintain confidentiality
• Comply with Federal, State and Local legal requirements
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge
• Contribute to MVCS system’s effectiveness
• Contributes to spiritual growth of the program through example, instruction, personal and professional studies, and personal devotions and worship

Accountable to Head of School: Vicky Fogg

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $29,000.00 – $35,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
Everyone makes their own decision as to how to be safe. We have not had any major issues here and education has continued throughout the pandemic.

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Preferred)

Experience:

• Secondary Science & Mathematics Teachers: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: One location