High School English Teacher

High school English Teacher
Job Title: High School English Teacher
Position: Full Time
Department: Faculty
Supervisor: Dr. Kathy Harkema

General Job Description
To teach English, create and Implement a flexible program and classroom environment favorable and conducive to student learning and personal and spiritual growth. Develops Lesson plans consistent with established COLCA Guidelines. Establish an effective, and positive rapport with students, COLCA staff, administrators, parents, and stakeholders.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop lesson plans and upload them to FACTS
• Establish a positive and class culture
• Enforce classroom rules and school policies
• Keep parents updated on their child’s progress
• Prepare students for standardized tests
• Recognize each student’s needs
• Grade classwork, homework, and tests
• Plans and Implements a program of instruction that adheres to City of Life's

Christian Core Moral and Spiritual Values.

• Strive to maximize the educational achievement, spiritual growth of each student.
• Utilize a variety/range of student learning modalities in each lesson; uses differentiated instruction within those lessons to teach students’ full potential.
• Assesses students strengths and weaknesses on a frequent basis, provides age appropriate activities to address student needs and generates, uploads, upholds progress reports, as required.

Provide a Classroom Environment Conducive to Student Learning:

• Creates a learning environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and special interests of students.
• Maintains a positive rapport with students; demonstrates patience and appropriate nurturing to assist with the students spiritual growth
• Ensures the classroom is clean,safe and includes student generated work on display as appropriate.

• Develops reasonable rules of classroom/playground behaviour in accordance with COLCA policy and procedures/guidelines, and maintains order in the classroom in a fair and consistent manner.

Instructional Planning

• Develop Lesson plans consistent with established biblical worldview guidelines
• Plans individual and/group learning activities designed to meet instructional objectives and students needs.
• Takes all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect supplies, equipment, materials and facilities needed to implement effectively the planned instructional program.

• Maintains confidentiality regarding students records

School/Community Relations:

• Communicates clearly, consistently, and positively with parents/guardians via all appropriate mediums.

• Strives to establish cooperative relations and cooperates with members of the administration, and other COLCA staff

Skills/Knowledge

• Demonstrates enthusiasm and commitment toward the position, and toward our mission statement as outlined in the COLCA Employee Handbook.
• Possess strong time management & organizational skills.
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills.
• Ability to be at work consistently, be on time, to follow directions, and to solicit feedback to improve performance.
• Demonstrate some knowledge with Microsoft Office (Word,Excel,Powerpoint),

Student information System (SIS; FACTS) and email communications.

• Strives to implement best practices and a positive christ-like character.

Qualifications

• *A four year degree, preferably in education or equivalent experience
• One year of teaching preferred
• Bilingual preferred but not required

Company’s Core Value

City of Life Christian Academy functions as an outreach to the homes of students, leading families to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.

“And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.” – II Timothy 3:15

The Holy Bible is our foundation for learning, with emphasis on the vital areas of academics, self-discipline, respect for others, spiritual development, respect for authority, and patriotism for God and country.

City of Life Christian Academy recognizes that the teaching of God’s commandments is itself a command given by God first and foremost to parents as indicated in
Deuteronomy 6:7…

“And thou shalt teach them (commandments of the Lord) diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house…”

City of Life Christian Academy, in partnership with home and church, provides a quality education of the highest standard.

All instructors will exhibit spiritual and emotional maturity, following Biblical principles and be in harmony with the city of life Church “Statement of Faith”.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $25,000.00 - $35,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

Salary : $25,000 - $35,000