Pre-Kindergarten Teacher (Full-Time)

Position Description

Harding Academy is an independent co-ed school, accredited by the SAIS, serving students from Pre-Kindergarten to the 8th grade. It is a warm and caring school environment where respect is the key ingredient. Every child, parent, and colleague is a unique individual worthy of our understanding and greatest effort. Harding Academy employs outstanding faculty, staff, and administrators, provides technologically enhanced facilities, and offers a broad and challenging curriculum designed to develop the whole person.

The mission of our school is to educate and inspire young people to become thoughtful, creative, lifelong learners and self-disciplined, responsible, caring citizens. Members of the faculty are an important part of this effort. We strive and serve so that the students may become young men and women who are able to make choices that will benefit themselves, our society, and our world.

The primary teaching responsibilities of the Full-Time Pre-Kindergarten Teacher include delivery of the Harding Academy Pre-Kindergarten academic and social-emotional curriculum.

Click HERE to view the full Job Description outlining the Essential Responsibilities and Competencies of this position as well as Harding Academy Work Values.

This is a full-time position beginning no earlier than August 1, 2025.*  The position offers applicable full-time benefits which may include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability insurance.

* The position may require some limited pre-work during the summer with our Director of Teaching & Learning and/or Director of Pre-Kindergarten.

This application form is intended for use in evaluating your qualifications for employment.  This application is not an employment contract.  Please answer all questions completely and accurately.  False or misleading statements made during the interview or on this form are grounds for terminating the application process or, if discovered after employment, for terminating employment.

Qualifications/Experience

Requirements:  Bachelor’s degree in Education or in Early Childhood Development

                           Current or transferable teacher certification in the State of Tennessee

                           Ability to clear a background and fingerprint screening

Preference:       Master’s degree and/or at least two-year's experience in an instructional role

Harding Academy is a warm and caring school environment where respect is the key ingredient. Every child, parent, and colleague is a unique individual worthy of our understanding and greatest effort. Harding Academy employs outstanding faculty, staff, and administrators, provides technologically enhanced facilities, and offers a broad and challenging curriculum designed to develop the whole person.  It is Harding Academy’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, handicap, or disability in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. It is the intent and resolve of Harding Academy to comply with the letter and the spirit of the law in the implementation of all facets of equal opportunity. This equal opportunity policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, compensation, and training.  Equal employment opportunity will be extended to all qualified individuals with a disability in accordance with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Subject to the provisions of federal law, Harding Academy will provide reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental disabilities of a qualified individual with a disability who is able to perform the essential functions of a job with such reasonable accommodation. Harding Academy will also provide reasonable accommodation for the sincerely held religious beliefs of an employee or applicant in accordance with federal law. Any questions about reasonable accommodation should be directed to the head of school.

Harding Academy does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), disability, or age in its programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies:

Human Resources Title IX and ADA Coordinator

170 Windsor Dr.

Nashville, TN 37205

(615) 356-8198