Grammar School Teacher

Position Description

GRAMMAR SCHOOL TEACHER
Job Description
Employee Type: Full-time Date Prepared: 1/27/2025
Reports To: Director of Grammar School

OVERVIEW: The Grammar School Teacher (GST) works collaboratively with the Grammar School teaching team to foster a welcoming educational environment for students and parents. The GST delivers a high-quality, interdisciplinary, teacher-directed, child-focused curriculum undergirded by the school’s mission and educational philosophy. He/she instructs students in subjects such as science, Bible, literature, writing and grammar, history, and math, in order to provide a well-rounded, comprehensive, classical education rooted in a biblical worldview. The GST guides students in cultivating intellectual and personal habits upon which responsible, independent, and productive lives are built. He/she accomplishes this through the creation of lesson plans, inspiration, positive feedback, and constructive critique with the goal of promoting intellectual curiosity and Christian formation.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Classroom Instruction and Management
• Provide teaching instruction in elementary grade subjects
• Maintain up-to-date lesson plans
• Maintain a clean and orderly classroom at all times
• Grade and return all student work within one week of its original submission
• Participate in non-academic duties as assigned by the Director of the Grammar School (e.g.,
  morning drop-off, afternoon pick-up, lunch monitoring, recess monitoring)
• Participate in regular (monthly, unless otherwise specified) teacher-curriculum meetings
• Provide grade-specific feedback to ACA administration

Partnership with Parents

• Participate in parent-related special events throughout the year (e.g., Exordium, Speech Meet,
  Christmas Concert)
• Maintain regular communication with parents through weekly updates, progress reports,
  parent-teacher conferences, and informal interactions
• Respond to parent communications in a timely manner
• Resolve parental concerns
• Learn parent names and greet parents personally as opportunity presents

Support of ACA Mission, Culture and Teaching Efforts

• Model school values and culture; Lead by example
• Cultivate a solutions-oriented outlook, a mentality of proactive action rather than reaction, a
  balance of excellence and grace, and a demeanor that glorifies God
• Cultivate camaraderie and team-building with fellow employees

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree (minimum); Relevant graduate-level work preferred
• Ability to commit to ACA mission, statement of faith, and employee standards of conduct
• Classroom teaching experience (one year minimum)
• Familiarity with Classical Christian education (preferred) and willingness to be trained in classical

Christian educational model

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work well with children, staff, and parents

SALARY AND BENEFITS

• $42,000-50,000 annual salary depending on experience and qualifications
• PTO: four full days per year (in addition to days the school is closed)
• Sick Leave: five full days per year
• Partially sponsored health and dental insurance plans
• Reduced ACA tuition for dependents
• Employee Continuing Education Tuition Benefit with Colorado Christian University