High School Long-Term Substitute EnglishHistory Teacher

Position Title: High School Long-Term Substitute English/History Teacher

Location: Scottsdale Preparatory Academy (16537 N 92nd St Scottsdale AZ 85260)

Reports To: Headmaster

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt Hourly

We are looking for life-long learners passionate about shaping students hearts and minds. Join Great Hearts Academies a growing network of 49 public open-enrollment tuition-free classical schools in Phoenix (AZ) Baton Rouge (LA) Dallas/Ft. Worth (TX) and San Antonio (TX).

Great Hearts currently provides over 30000 K-12 students with access to a high quality classical liberal arts education. We believe the highest goal of education is to become good intellectually and morally.

Distinctive benefits for Great Hearts faculty:

• Exceptional Benefits (medical dental vision etc.) with minimal employee cost

• Matching 401K program

• Uniquely valuable professional development offerings from great books seminars with academy colleagues to leadership and special education coursework/pathways to reduced tuition graduate degree support with select partner universities

Substitute Teachers at Great Hearts Academies: Great Hearts teaching substitutes guide students in a variety of subjects across grades 6-12 including Humanities Math Science Fine Arts Languages and Physical Education. Teachers lead students through intelligence charisma humor moral integrity and examplein short through love and friendship. Ultimately our teachers strive to cultivate the minds and hearts of students in the wonder-filled pursuit of truth beauty and goodness.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Create a classroom environment that will feel safe for all students to learn and reach their fullest potential.

• Follow lesson plans.

• Maintain orderly classroom.

• Provide timely and meaningful evaluation/correction of student work.

• Engage students utilizing the Socratic method.

• Lead students through intelligence charisma humor moral integrity and example.

• He/she must fully embrace the schools vision of community of learning and of leadership.

• Perform additional assigned campus duties.

• Reads knows and supports the philosophy policies procedures and other pertinent data of the school as published in the Faculty Handbook and most current Family Handbook.

• Follow school policies and procedures including the Academy Crisis Plan for ensuring the safety and security of students on campus.

• Provides reasonable assistance to those students in need of individual help and assists students to make-up work after approved absences.

• Communicate as needed with parents.

• Supports and enforces the school dress and behavior codes and makes reasonable efforts to promote the orderly behavior of all students in the school on the grounds and at off-campus school activities.

• Keeps accurate records and makes reports as required by the Headmaster.

• Evaluate and document the students day-to-day work.

• Participate in faculty development on half-days as needed.

• Is an active member of the community of learners and continues to pursue his or her own professional growth and development by taking graduate courses and/or attending seminars and workshops related to the profession.

• Pursues excellence in teaching and continues to develop his or her own knowledge of the great ideas and works of Western Civilization.

Required/Preferred Education:

• Bachelors or higher degree is required for a long-term substitute teaching role

• Certification is not required for general education

• All majors are welcome

US Work Authorization required