5th/6th Grade Teacher

The Stonehaven School • Marietta, GA

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About The Position

The Stonehaven School exists to glorify God by cultivating truth, goodness, and beauty in students through a distinctly Christ-centered classical education. Our school is refreshingly unique in its class offerings, thoroughly classical in its approach to learning, and intentionally focused on the cultivation of virtue in our students. The Stonehaven School strives to be the premier classical Christian K-12 school in the Metro Atlanta area with a reputation for Christian virtue and academic excellence. The goal of a classical educator is to instill a passion for learning in a child that will never cease to burn. Our teachers are not forming and shaping a person that can do something but rather a person that can be someone. We are training students for God's calling on their lives, preparing them well through a Christ-centered classical education to fulfill their calling for the honor and glory of God. One of the most important components to successfully educating our students is the hiring of excellent and passionate teachers and staff members! We are hiring a full-time Grammar School Teacher: 5th/6th Grade to begin work in the 2026-27 school year. If the candidate is available to start in January 2026, we do have a need for the current academic year. Key teacher attributes and job responsibilities are as follows:

Requirements

• Devoted to consistent reading and study of God’s Word and prayer
• Strives to consistently exhibit love, joy, peace, and spiritual maturity in their daily work and relationships with others in the school
• All staff members will maintain a faithful daily walk with Christ and be active in a local Protestant Christian church
• Exhibits a love of learning as characterized by continuing education through readings, workshops, conferences, etc.
• Bachelor’s Degree from a reputable undergraduate institution
• Accepts without verbal or mental reservations and is committed to upholding The Stonehaven School’s Academic Philosophy , Statement of Faith , and Statement on Sanctity of Life, Marriage, Gender, and Sexuality.
• Serves Christ under the authority of a local Protestant Christian church whose beliefs and teachings are in fundamental agreement with The Stonehaven School’s Statement of Faith and Statement on Sanctity of Life, Marriage, Gender, and Sexuality
• It is expected that the staff member will comply with all applicable policies of The Stonehaven School and with all administrative directives
• Staff members are expected to enroll their own school-aged children at The Stonehaven School
• Teachers at The Stonehaven School are expected to possess a love for God, a love for the students they teach, a love for their subject matter, a love for the parents they serve, and a love for the school

Nice To Haves

• The ideal candidate will have either relevant teaching experience or work experience in a related field.
• While experience with a Christ-centered classical school is desirable, all candidates who embrace our mission and vision are welcome to apply.
• It is our desire that candidates are excited about building, strengthening, and growing our school and will be eager to get involved beyond the classroom as need and opportunity arises.

Responsibilities

• Possesses a broad competence in a variety of academic disciplines
• Strives to apply the philosophy and methods of classical Christian education in students through a distinctly Christ-centered classical approach to education
• Provides an orderly teaching environment by consistently enforcing class rules and the school’s discipline policies
• Plans lessons and submits lesson plans as prescribed by the Lower School Principal in order to achieve course objectives
• Uses a variety of assignments to measure student learning
• Keeps students, parents, and administrators adequately informed of deficiencies and gives sufficient notice of failure
• Demonstrates a biblical approach to their work evidenced by punctuality, cheerful and compliant attitude, attention to duties, appearance, etc., and follows the guidelines as set forth in the Staff Handbook

Benefits

• We support the continuing growth and development of The Stonehaven School’s teachers through our ACCS-approved Teacher Certification program. This program has three certification levels: Provisional, Permanent, and Masters.
• The Stonehaven School does not discriminate in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin, age or sex.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level