Elementary Teacher, Long-Term Substitute Classical Enrichment

Classical Enrichment Teacher

Eagle Ridge Academy is a tuition-free classical, college-preparatory charter school serving students and families in grades K-12. Eagle Ridge offers an academically rigorous education that uses a time-tested, classical, liberal arts curriculum. Seeking a long-term substitute beginning late September. Position will be approximately 12 weeks.

The classical enrichment teacher will conduct oracy lessons aimed at equipping scholars to become effective and eloquent speakers and improve active listening comprehension skills. Drawing upon progymnasmata exercises as the basis for instruction, the classical enrichment teacher will use content domains from the core knowledge sequence to integrate learning in a way that aligns to classical pedagogy, developing copia in both written and oral language.

Additionally, the teacher will use high-quality texts that cultivate virtuous citizens while empowering scholars to find their voice through oral expression.

Eagle Ridge Academy seeks a well-spoken individual with a gift for teaching who is passionate about the mission, philosophy, and pedagogy of Eagle Ridge Academy. Qualified applicants will have the ability to develop positive rapport with students, parents, and colleagues. They will have knowledge of particular learning styles along with the skill to meet the academic, social, and emotional growth needs of elementary-aged children.

Responsibilities include designing lessons focused on measurable content truths aligned to the curriculum map, instructing students in the Eagle Ridge Academy pillars of character, maintaining discipline in accordance with the rules and disciplinary systems of the school, planning formative and summative assessments, managing student behavior in the classroom, implementing instructional activities that contribute to a climate where students are actively engaged in meaningful learning experiences, maintaining effective and efficient record keeping procedures, assigning and grading class work, homework, tests, and assignments, planning and collaborating with classroom teachers to deliver lessons aligned to the oracy needs of scholars and topics covered in the grade-level, ensuring ongoing quality and delivery of our classical curriculum, fostering the continuous pursuit of classical education learning among stakeholders, providing supplemental lessons with a language arts focus, as requested by teachers, to enrich current units of study, collaborating with the library teacher assistant to enhance children's experience of literature in both spaces, and supporting teachers in the implementation of literacy curriculum by creating key alignment documents and providing instructional support that align to classical enrichment curriculum.

Minimum qualifications include a bachelor's degree, a desire to teach using the classical education model, MN teaching licensure in social studies, knowledge of rigorous, liberal-arts classical education, classical approach to education, core knowledge scope and sequence, ability to build positive relationships with scholars, staff, and families, collaborate and communicate effectively with key stakeholders through a variety of methods, plan, organize, and manage time and resources, understand, demonstrate the use of, and implement the school's curriculum, experience in teaching and/or leadership experience demonstrating use and implementation of successful literacy instruction in a school of grammar setting, experience in a classical education setting preferred, and a valid Minnesota teaching license in elementary education.

By joining the faculty of Eagle Ridge Academy, you will become part of a community that embraces liberal arts education, believes in continual growth and education for its professionals, and supports collaboration in learning for students and teachers. This community learns together, works together, and plays together. If you are excited about learning and believe in its wonder and awe, are infinitely curious about the beauty around us, and are dedicated to the virtues of Eagle Ridge Academy please consider joining our team.