Humanities, Latin, and Art Teacher

Description

Chesterton Academy of Our Lady of Hope is a Classical Catholic high school that opened in 2023 in Warwick, RI. We are seeking a full-time teacher in Latin and Humanities, and a part-time teacher in Visual Arts.

Chesterton's curriculum consists chiefly of primary sources. Through this curriculum teachers will help students cultivate authentic friendship rooted in shared inquiry into the nature of reality. Teachers will be responsible for providing high quality instruction and mentorship that helps students develop dispositions of wonder, friendship, and faith. Key skills include careful planning, clear communication, classroom leadership, strong organization, and the ability to establish a classroom environment characterized by joy, respect, order, wonder, and deep engagement.

Strong applicants must be animated by a spirit of wonder and the desire to grow intellectually, professionally, in character, and in faith. Having taught or previously been educated in classical schools is desirable.

A Chesterton Art Teacher should be able to appreciate the entire tradition, including ancient, medieval, renaissance, baroque, classical, impressionist, and post-impressionist (e.g. Cezanne and Van Gogh). The teacher should be able to elicit a love of art in the students, and guide high school students through art projects in several media.

Chesterton is committed to supporting the ongoing intellectual, professional, and spiritual formation of teachers, and provides teacher coaching, an intentional culture of growth, a robust school culture that goes beyond the classroom, and opportunities for fellowship and community outside the normal school day.

Teachers take an Oath of Fidelity to the Magisterium of the Catholic Church.

• Mission and vision alignment
• Interest in classical education
• Commitment to continuous learning and deeper encounter with truth, goodness, and beauty
• Subject matter knowledge
• Commitment to professional growth
• Humility and receptivity to coaching
• Aptitude/fit for working with students
• Classroom leadership capacity
• Commitment to collaboration and team unity
• Strong work ethic and an enthusiastic, positive attitude

Chesterton Academy of Our Lady of Hope is part of a network of Chesterton Academy schools. Inspired by Pope Saint John Paul II, the Chesterton network of schools takes as its motto Cultura Vitae, the culture of life, and its mission is to prepare students to triumph over the materialism and despair that pervade our culture and to accept our Lord’s offer to have life and have it abundantly.

Chesterton’s classical curriculum combines a broad, liberal arts education with a strong emphasis on the development of Christian virtues and an appreciation of beauty.

At Chesterton Academy of Our Lady of Hope, our mission is to help parents raise up a new generation of joyful leaders and saints, educated in the classical, liberal arts tradition and the truths of the Catholic faith, in order to serve the common good.