What are the responsibilities and job description for the Elementary Educator (2025-2026) position at Calvary Port Saint Lucie?
Teacher – (Kindergarten - 5th Grade)
Spiritual Qualities:
- Strong, growing personal relationship with Jesus
- Godly character
- Servant-hearted
- Humble
- Active member/ministry partner of Calvary PSL or like-minded church
- Called to serve the body of Christ as a teacher
Professional/Personal Qualities:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher
- With-it-ness
- Hard-working
- Communication skills inside and outside of the classroom
- Enthusiastic
- Patient
- Active, life-long learner
- Flexible
- Teachable
- Eager to disciple children
- Brilliance in subject matter
- Knowledge of instructional strategies
- Passion for teaching
- Reflective
- Love for children
- Caring
- Organized
- Motivated
- Creative
- Collaborative
- Team player
- Forgiving heart
- Respectful of individual differences
Job Description
Job purpose:
- The purpose of the elementary teacher is to prepare students for meaningful lives by contributing to their academic, spiritual, and social development.
Essential Job Functions: The elementary teacher will be expected to serve the school so that he or she will ...
- Contribute to the school’s effectiveness by identifying short- and long-term issues that must be addressed, by providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations, by recommending options and courses of action, and by implementing directives.
- Establish and adjust course outlines and objectives by following curriculum guidelines and state and school goals, and by modifying plans on the basis of student diagnostic and assessment procedures.
- Convey information to students by using language concepts, examples, demonstrations, and teaching aids, such as projectors and computers.
- Complete educational requirements by scheduling and assigning instructional activities and by following up on results.
- Assess student learning by preparing, administering, and scoring tests; by reviewing and correcting assignments; by eliciting student questions and responses; and by evaluating application of learning to classroom project results.
- Maintain student learning results by providing instructional feedback; by coaching, counseling, and disciplining students; and by planning, monitoring, and appraising learning results.
- Maintain records by documenting learning accomplishments, attendance, and behavior.
- Guide students’ personal and social development by establishing rules and procedures for administrative classroom matters; for student verbal participation; and for student movement within the classroom, between classrooms, and on the playground.
- Help parents by providing academic information, suggesting available educational and social resources, addressing parents’ concerns, and answering questions and requests.
- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, and participating in professional learning communities.
- Maintain a safe and clean work environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Contribute to the team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
- Contribute to the spiritual growth of the programs by example, personal and professional studies, and personal devotions and worship.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in education or related field of study from an accredited institution
- Teaching experience preferred
- State and/or ASCI teacher certification (Current or In-progress)
- Active member/ministry partner of Calvary PSL or like-minded church
- Acceptance of CCA Statement of Faith and Biblical Lifestyle Commitments
Accountability:
• Accountable to school leadership
CCA provides competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package, including affordable medical, dental, and vision insurance. Our offerings also encompass paid basic life insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, and various voluntary products.
EEO/Equal Employment Opportunity