Upper School 9-12 History and Literature Position Full-time
Upper School 9-12 History and Literature Position Full-time
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09-04-2025
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09-04-2025
Job Description
Beginning theschool year seeking an upperschool classroom teacher that can teach both history and literature who has a deep grasp of Catholic culture as a historical reality and can lead students into a vision of reality and beauty through classic works of literature. History and Literature constitute separate courses but are parts of an integrated whole. To teach these courses a candidate must have a love for souls a deep grasp of the Churchs Tradition and an understanding and love of humanities in the Catholic tradition of education.
Responsibilities
- Understand and uphold the Catholic Faith as it has been handed on being a role model of Christian love faith and virtue. Relate to students by loving them with the love of Christ encouraging them to develop their own relationship with God and challenging them to love others as Christ does.
- Manage the class by setting clear expectations of behavior establishing routines promoting self discipline based on Catholic principles and implementing the school discipline policy in the classroom. Cultivate a classroom environment that is wellordered and academically stimulating.
- Lead students to an appreciation of what is good true and beautiful in upper school history and literature by teaching students in a challenging joyful and ageappropriate manner that is grounded in the classical tradition of teaching. Plan and monitor the assigned scope and sequence of instruction for each class taught
- Demonstrate fluency in and love of western history and its unity in Catholic culture. Familiarity with Christopher Dawson and John Senior would be a great asset Have and express a deep love and knowledge of literature in multiple genres epic poetry novel drama etc. See and hand on literature as a beautiful whole and in the light of Catholic/Westem culture from which it comes.
- Be committed to continually develop teaching skills knowledge of the liberal arts tradition and a love of that tradition through reading discussion collaboration with other teachers mentoring from the headmaster and communication with the larger classical school movement
- Serve as an advocate for St. Thomas School and Classical Education by assisting in advancing classical Catholic education among the faculty and parent community.
- Evaluate each students progress on a regular basis through appropriate student work assessments and observation and report progress to the student parents and headmaster responding expediently to parent student or administrator inquiries on student progress. Partner with parents in supporting the academic social emotional and spiritual growth of the students.
- Be able to take on leadership and mentoring roles among upperschool students outside of the classroom.
Qualifications
- Exemplify and articulate a life of faith in Jesus Christ and the Catholic Church.
- Be in accord with the classical Catholic educational philosophy of St. Thomas School.
- Possess a bachelors degree in relevant subject area(s) preferably from a liberal arts college grounded in the Western Tradition.
- Teaching certificate welcomed but not required; teaching experience preferred but not required.
- Possess catechetical certification through the Diocese of Lansing (or obtain in a timely manner).
Please submit Letter of Introduction & Interest with Resume to: Mr. Michael Sauter.
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