LIFE Christian Academy - Elementary Teacher

• Location 1717 S Union Ave,Tacoma, WA, ,United States
• Base Pay $39,878.00 - $64,780.00 / Year
• Employee Type FT Exempt
• Required Degree 4 Year Degree

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Elementary Teacher

Faculty

Exempt

Full Time, 12-month

The following expectations and job description are the minimal expectation for teachers at Life Christian Academy. The primary role of a teacher at Life Christian Academy is to teach students to know and love Jesus Christ through ethics, respect, academics, and programs.

• Practice love, joy, patience, kindness, self-control, gentleness, faithfulness, and truthfulness
• Model Biblical principles in making choices to impact students
• Adherence to the faculty and staff professional dress code as determined by the school administration
• Actively supervise students in Chapel to ensure attention and engagement and assist maintain a positive culture
• Enforce all school policies and processes, including dress policy, mobile phone policy, behavior expectations
• Attend morning staff devotions currently 7:50am to 8:05am one day per week
• Articulate in writing and speaking how the teacher’s Christian faith integrates with his or her teaching
• Instructional planning, translating the school’s student outcomes into specific objectives
• Select and use curricular materials that will help students achieve these outcomes
• Practice integration in unit planning and teaching, both biblically and across subject
• Plan and use a variety of teaching strategies to match the learning styles of the students
• Select in advance the means of assessment to measure students’ learning
• Facilitate class participation in benchmark testing and/or use the data from the tests to modify instruction based on need
• Use class time well with activities that engage students’ attention and demonstrate a clear purpose
• Give clear directions and well-organized examples and explanations
• Be available to any parent or student who wishes to have a conference
• Participate in school scheduled parent/teacher conferences
• Provide tutorialsfor students before and after school as needed
• Use questions and explanations that promote clear thinking
• Compose a working syllabus and scope and sequence for each class subject and make professional adjustments as necessary to meet the needs of individual learners
• Complete paperwork including academic progress reports, report cards four times per year, complete inventories of classroom equipment/supplies/books, records of attendance, administration of achievement tests, end of year debriefing evaluation forms
• Provide families with a comprehensive classroom supplies list for the following year before summer vacation
• Complete summer reading tasks as assigned
• Knowledge of researched best practices to support student achievement
• Contribute to student events – organization, administration, and supervision
• Maintain teacher homework page in the LCA website (or similar) as determined from year to year
• In relation to students, the teacher is expected to:
  
  Establish a climate of love and care, define responsible Christian behavior for students, including guidelines and consequences for good and bad behavior
• Help students learn self-discipline through appropriate correcting, counseling, and role modeling
• Maintain proper classroom discipline, take care of minor problems personally and referring major problems to the principal
• Contribute to a positive and enjoyable working environment
• Meeting regularly with assigned mentor teacher
• Other duties as assigned
• Practice love, joy, patience, kindness, self-control, gentleness, faithfulness, and truthfulness
• Demonstrates a passion for Christian education
• Professing Christian who can articulate the Gospel to others
• Faithfully support Life Center Church and its ministries
• In professional growth the teacher is expected to:
  
  Establish and maintain effective working relationships with all school community groups (school board, school leaders, colleagues, staff, parents, and students)
• Reflects on personal performance for continuous improvement & implementation of best practices
• Have a developed personal philosophy of Christian education
• Work constructively with…