Long-Term Substitute Lower School Teacher
About The Position
The Geneva School was established in 1993 as a private Christian school committed to providing a Christian classical education to young people in primary and secondary grade levels. As a mission-driven school, faculty members play a central role in fulfilling our mission. Hired by and subject to the supervision of the Directors of the Lower School, the Lower School Teacher is an exempt position. The teacher, in a formational and relational role, models Christ-like behavior within The Geneva School community as he or she studies, re-imagines, and teaches within the Christian, liberal arts tradition. The Geneva School is looking for a long-term substitute teacher. This is a full-time position and is expected to be needed until the end of the school year. An immediate start date is preferred.
Requirements
- Hold at least a bachelor’s degree in elementary education
- Have experience teaching courses in an elementary classroom setting.
- Will understand fundamentally and support the Christian and classical approach to education practiced at The Geneva School
- Ascribes to and agrees to live in accordance with The Geneva School’s statement of faith
- Holds oneself to a high standard of honesty and integrity
- Able to work effectively both in collaboration with other professionals and on own initiative
- Professional and approachable in appearance and attitude
- Willingness to learn new skills
- Self-motivated with a positive ‘can do’ approach to work
- Reliable/dependable
- Detail-oriented
- Able to search for solutions
- Practices good stewardship of the school’s resources
- Enjoys working around children and is able to form and monitor appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people.
- Lift 20 lbs. occasionally and 10 lbs. frequently
- Sit frequently and stand and walk on varied surfaces
- Bend, stoop, crouch, push, pull, climb, balance, kneel, crawl
- Use hands/arms to reach in any direction and seize, grasp, hold, and turn objects using hand(s).
- Use fingers, versus the whole hand, to pick, pinch, and feel objects.
- See, talk, and hear to communicate with others in person, electronically, by phone, or by radio.
- Visual functions include the ability to identify and distinguish colors and bring an object into sharp focus.
Responsibilities
- Develop lesson plans from The Geneva School curriculum
- Enthusiastically and competently implement Geneva’s curriculum under the guidance of the Director of the Lower Grammar School, while bringing his or her intelligence, energy, and creativity to bear on the craft of teaching
- Evaluate student achievement appropriately
- Collaborate with fellow teachers and administration to further develop best practices as an educator in an independent school with a team mindset
- Skillfully manage a classroom of young people with varying academic skills and learning styles
- Communicate effectively with students, parents, faculty, and staff
- Committed to being a life-long learner as well as committed to growing professionally as an educator through Geneva’s policies and procedures
- Assist with extra-curricular responsibilities
- Serve as a role model within our communities for Christian Classical Education
- Work effectively with the aide/aides within the grade level
- Maintains strict confidentiality of all information with all of our parents, faculty, and staff
