First Academy Elementary Teacher

FIRST ACADEMY TEACHERS

First Academy is a growing Christian school in Rogers, Arkansas. Housed within First Baptist Rogers, FA is open to PK3-6th grade students with plans to expand to middle and jr. high in forthcoming years.

We are currently accepting applications for the 2025-2026 school year.

 Full-time teachers receive paid leave, free tuition, disability, health and life insurance, and retirement. 

Education

• Bachelor's Degree or Higher
• Current teaching certification/license

Experience

• Two years of teaching experience preferred
• Christian school experience is a plus

Personal Qualities

• Credible profession of repentance and faith in Jesus Christ
• Godly character (pastoral and other character references may be required)
• Membership and regular attendance including life group at First Baptist Rogers
• Gift of teaching
• Self-educator and lifetime learner
• Understanding of the school’s mission and support of the philosophy and pedagogy practices
• Teachable and committed to growing, learning, and developing new understanding and skills
• Understanding of and ability to integrate a biblical worldview into all subjects
• Maturity and emotional stability
• Heart for elementary-aged children, ability to interact with and lead children, strong desire to see children learn well, to know God and to love God

Job Responsibilities

• Displays to students genuine love for God, Scripture, and learning

• Prays (privately) for each student in the class

• Plans teaching schedule on a daily, weekly, trimester and yearly basis

• Works through the curriculum at an appropriate pace with ongoing assessment of how each child is progressing through the material

• Uses formal and informal assessment tools to measure students’ progress

• Individualizes instruction according to each child’s needs while moving everyone toward class high standards of achievement

• Identifies and addresses academic or disciplinary problems, documents situations, and/or alerts the principal or parents when appropriate

• Respects the confidentiality of students, families, and colleagues by using the highest degree of discretion in communication

• Completes administrative tasks to maintain smooth operation of a classroom

• Views parents as students’ primary teachers and communication with them as highly valuable

• Makes parents aware of what is being taught at school through work sent home and weekly communication

• Contributes to a cooperative and collegial atmosphere among teachers and staff

• Avoids gossip by idle conversation about students or others and brings problems up only with the appropriate persons

• Participates in training and other meetings and initiatives

• Respects and upholds school policies and standards delineated in faculty policies, student handbooks, and in faculty training

• Follows Matthew 18:15-17 model for handling conflicts

• Performs teaching and non-teaching tasks with attention to quality, detail, timeliness, and professionalism

• Maintains licensure