Rhetoric School humanities (antiquity) teacher

Position Description

Providence Preparatory School is an interdenominational Christian, classical, and collaborative school founded in 2010 in Belton, Texas that serves 450 students in Pre-K through 12th grades. Our purpose is to nurture life-long learners by providing a rigorous Christ-centered, Classical education, empowering our students to enjoy God and appreciate the truth, goodness, and beauty in His world. Our blended-schedule approach combines the best elements of the traditional classroom with the best elements of homeschooling, providing our students with a high level of both independence and parental involvement. Providence Secondary School students (7th-12th grades) attend class three days per week with professional faculty and study at home under the tutelage of a parent co-teacher two days per week. Providence is accredited through the Association of Classical and Christian Schools and Texas Private School Accreditation Commission.

Duties and Responsibilities
This position involves two sections of 9th Grade Humanities I: Antiquity (Creation through the 5th Century) for both the Fall and Spring semesters. The overarching goal of the Humanities class is to survey the significant cultures and events of world history using the classical approach to history known as Moral Philosophy. Each class is 55 minutes long and meets on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays at our campus in downtown Belton. On Mondays and Wednesdays, “home days” according to our collaborative schedule, teachers are not required to be on campus, although they are required to be available to help students via phone during 90-minute “virtual office hours,” scheduled at the teacher’s convenience. This position is part-time. Excluding prep, grading, and faculty meeting time, this teacher can expect two 60 minute periods of active work three days per week.

Education and Experience
This position requires a bachelor’s degree and History teaching experience (or demonstrated academic excellence and expertise in the time period to be taught).

Skills and Characteristics
Among other characteristics, we are looking for a teacher who:

• seeks out opportunities to grow in knowledge, classical pedagogy, and the liberal arts, modeling a self-motivated reverence for life-long learning. This teacher designs lesson plans and activities that encourage inquisitiveness and love of learning in students.
• regards students as godly image-bearers, consistently demonstrating regard for individual students in relation to dignity, learning styles, and unique abilities.
• upholds the Bible and the Christian worldview as the ultimate source of knowledge, goodness, beauty, and truth. When relevant, the teacher guides students towards relating each subject or lesson to God’s truth and examples in Scripture.
• approaches educational opportunities with enthusiasm and awe, maintaining good stewardship of educational time, and impressing upon students a reverence for education that lays the foundation for lifelong learning.
• has meaningful involvement in a local church.
• is interested in working part-time.

We’re looking for a “natural” teacher who loves teaching History utilizing primary sources, literature, mythology, and discussion with a deep-seated, can’t-be-contained enthusiasm, and who will be energized by our Christian, collaborative, and classical approach to education. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter and resume in our Employment Interest Form.