Job Title: Languages Faculty (Upper School, 8th grade Latin and beginning Spanish)
Location: Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado, Windsor, CO
FLSA Status: Exempt
Reports To: Dean of Faculty
Work Hours/Days: Part-Time, Class periods 5th and 6th, Monday-Friday
Wage: $18,400-$22,000
Benefits: Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado provides a benefits package, including competitive compensation, comprehensive healthcare coverage for employees and dependents, disability and life insurance plans, employer contributions to health savings accounts, and a retirement investment account with a 5% match. Employees also enjoy paid time off, sick pay, and support for events under FMLA and Colorado FAMLI. Additionally, extensive training and mentoring opportunities, including partnerships with Hillsdale College for K-12 teachers, foster professional growth and development.
Position SummaryAt Ascent Classical Academy of Northern Colorado, teachers create their own lessons within the framework set by our content-rich curriculum, in collaboration with colleagues and in partnership with Hillsdale College's Barney Charter School Initiative. Teachers are dedicated to mastering the key elements of their instruction and to the intellectual and moral betterment of their students. Ascent Classical Academies teachers take seriously their own moral and intellectual improvement, as part of a hard-working, supportive, and excellence-driven culture.
ACANC seeks a part-time languages teacher for 8th grade Latin and Beginning Spanish (11th grade students)
Teachers are responsible for the education of their students. They are expected to demonstrate high moral character and have mastery of the subjects they teach. Teachers will work collaboratively to create a working and learning environment for all students that is safe, secure, and respectful. This position would report to the Dean of Faculty and begin in August 2024.
The responsibilities of this role include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Plan lessons and deliver instruction for a class of approximately 25-32 students according to ACA's classical curriculum and pedagogy
• Develop and maintain a climate and culture of joy, order, and wonder in the classroom, managing student misconduct promptly and appropriately
• Engage professionally and charitably with students, parents, other faculty, and staff
• Model good judgment, prudence, virtue, self-discipline, and responsibility
• Develop and implement student interventions, and collaborate with intervention specialists in the creation and implementation of student IEPs
• Engage in professional development to deepen understanding of subject content and classical pedagogy
• Use appropriate technology in teaching and learning processes, record keeping, assessment, evaluation, and performance analysis

Qualified Candidates Will Meet The Following Requirements

• A Bachelor's Degree in a related field from a fully accredited college
• Previous experience in classical education is preferred but not required
• Possess excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to communicate with students, staff and guardians in a professional manner
• Exemplary work habits verified by previous employers

Strong candidates will support the school's Mission: to develop the moral and intellectual skills, habits, and virtues upon which independent, responsible, and joyful lives are built, in the firm belief that such lives are the basis for a free and flourishing republic. This is achieved by working to train the minds and improve the hearts of young people through a classical, content-rich education in the liberal arts and sciences, with instruction in the principles of moral character and civic virtue in an orderly and disciplined environment.
Candidates must attach a letter of introduction, a C.V. or resume, and three character references to their application. All teaching candidates must also attach a 300-500 word "statement of educational philosophy."
The Board of Directors at ACANC have contracted with Minga Education Group to provide employment services for all staff that work onsite at ACANC. Through this partnership, MEG provides ACANC with employment services, personnel system for human resources, benefits, payroll services as well as access to a 401k plan. For naming purposes, Minga Education Group is the employer.
Required Skills/Abilities

• Strong background in the subject matter
• Demonstrate high moral character and embrace the virtues of a democratic society
• The successful candidate will also foster professional friendships with faculty and staff, seek collaborative relationships with parents, and mentor students in the pursuit of their own flourishing.
• Bachelor's degree preferred
• Eligibility to work in the United States
• Satisfactory background check as required by state law and Colorado Department of Education
• Conviction in the values of a rigorous liberal arts education
• Loyalty to the school and ACA's mission and vision
• Commitment to model moral character in line with the school's core virtues and the pursuit of the Good, True, and Beautiful
• Adherence to all ACA policies, including but not limited to the Employee Handbook, Family Handbook, and all applicable school and board policies
• A teacher's license is neither required nor preferred.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk, working on a computer, or standing to teach.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.
• Must be able to traverse the classroom and adjust one's tone and height by bending or leaning in order to teach each child.

Salary: $18400 - $22000 per year