General Information
Job Title:
Lower School Teachers for the 2025-2026 School Year
Job Description:
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
Position Qualifications:
Essential Duties
Specific Job 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.
Other Job Requirements:
The following requirements are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of the Lower School Teacher position and are not intended to be inclusive. Reasonable accommodation(s) may be made to enable individuals with disabilities, as defined by law, to perform any essential functions.
- 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.
Personal Profile
Required Skills and Experience:
- 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
Intrinsic Qualities:
- 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.
If you are interested in a teaching position at The Geneva School for the 2025-2026 school year, please complete our online form and submit your resume.
The Geneva School prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, marital status, physical disability, handicap, or any other consideration protected by law in the administration of its educational, admission, tuition assistance, financial aid, or employment policies, or any other programs administered by the school.
Employment decisions will be made on the basis of each applicant’s job qualifications, experience, and abilities and in full accord with The Geneva School’s statement of faith and the school’s statements of mission, vision, and values.
Application Deadline
04/30/2024
Job Type:
Full Time
Salary Range:
TBD
General Information
Church/Organization Name
The Geneva School
Contact Name & Contact Info
Industry
Education/Training
Denomination
Non-Denominational
City, State
Casselberry, FL
Description of Organization
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.
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