Summer Studies Teacher

• General Description

The Summer Studies teacher assists the Church and the school in the mission of evangelizing. The teacher contributes to fostering the Catholic School culture by serving as a witness to students and to the community. By bearing witness to Christ His Church and the teachings of our Catholic faith the teacher cooperates with Christ in the academic spiritual and social education of our high school students. The teacher leads instructs and utilizes effective pedagogy; obtains necessary academic certificates; participates in continual professional development; maintains detailed and accurate records as required by the school; and imparts a Catholic worldview through the curriculum.

Status: Summer Studies

Reports to Principal or Designee

III. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

1. Strives to achieve the goals of Catholic education and the mission of this school:

• Establishes an atmosphere where students can encounter the living Christ
• Promotes and lives the gospel values and Catholic moral teaching
• Upholds the doctrinal teachings of the Catholic Church
• Forms students to have true freedom

• Provides a positive learning environment with understanding of inherent dignity of each person
• Organizes the classroom to facilitate student learning
• Supervises and provides for the safety welfare and care of the students while they are in school
• Works toward a creation of a Catholic community within the classroom and the entire school community
• Teaches in accordance with diocesan and local policies as well as appropriate state laws

• Determines level of student achievement
• Evaluates students in relation to Diocesan and School Curriculum Standards
• Uses appropriate teaching strategies to meet individual student needs
• Uses a variety of instructional strategies
• Incorporates technology into instruction in accordance with the schools philosophy of digital media and technology
• Refers students for evaluation and consultation when necessary in collaboration with administration and parents

• Maintains proper grading and/or reporting system for each student as required by the principal
• Meets deadlines with official classroom reports attendance and statistics as required by the principal

• Communicates effectively with students and parents in accordance with the schools communication guidelines
• Is a positive influence good representative and proactive communicator
• Maintains cooperative relationships with all in the school community
• Cooperates with and helps promotes various curricular and co-curricular programs within the school especially as a member of a house
• Serves as a mentor and campus minister to students
• Promotes and participates in community service
• Actively participates in school faculty meetings and in services

• Keeps informed of current instructional practices through professional reading and educational opportunities
• Participates in professional activities and joins appropriate professional organizations
• Attends diocesan sponsored in-services
• Attends and actively participates in school faculty meetings and in-services
• Actively participates in the process of continuous school improvement
• Maintains personal professional development records

1. REQUIRED EDUCATION KNOWLEDGE SKILLS

• Practicing Catholic who is joyfully faithful to the churchs tradition and teaching
• Must hold a Bachelors Degree
• Understands the complementary relationships between faith and reason
• Willing to make a public Profession of Faith
• Thinks plans and makes decisions with prudential judgement and right reason
• Meets Ministry Formation Certification as required by Diocesan policy
• Organized creative and able to show initiative
• Knowledge and experience using good teaching techniques that work in a 90 minute class period
• Certifiable by the Arizona Department of Education as a teacher
• Must complete the Safe Environment Training and fulfill other diocesan requirements
• AZ FBI Fingerprint clearance card required

Disclaimer

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities skills duties requirements efforts or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate description of the future job responsibilities school administration reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as circumstances change.

Required Experience:

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