1st Grade Teacher
Position Description
Title: 1st Grade Teacher
Reports to: Principal
Days: August 1, 2024-July 31, 2025
Type: Contract with Benefits available
Schedule: 7:15-3:15 Monday-Friday
Description
Saint Patrick School in McEwen, Tennessee, serving 165 students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, seeks an experienced, innovative, and passionate elementary grade teacher who is willing to work hard to bring learning to life and collaborate with a highly qualified professional learning community in a supportive school environment.
Faculty members at Saint Patrick model their Catholic faith in word and action, seek meaningful professional growth opportunities, and are life-long learners. As such, faculty members are passionate about what they do, the students they teach and mentor, and the school community they serve. We are looking for a first grade teacher to join our dedicated faculty.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Minimum of 1 year teaching in an elementary grade classroom
2. Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education
3. Valid TN Teaching License with Elementary Education endorsement
4. Experience with differentiated instruction
5. Strong Classroom Management Skills
6. Strong communication, collaboration, and organizational skills
7. Technology skills and ability to integrate technology into the instructional experiences
PREFERRED:
1. Active Catholic
2. Masters or other Advanced Degree in Reading Instruction or certificates in Orton Gillingham and/or similar programs
Title: 1st Grade Teacher
Reports to: Principal
Days: August 1, 2024-July 31, 2025
Type: Contract with Benefits available
Schedule: 7:15-3:15 Monday-Friday
Description
Saint Patrick School in McEwen, Tennessee, serving 165 students in pre-kindergarten through eighth grade, seeks an experienced, innovative, and passionate elementary grade teacher who is willing to work hard to bring learning to life and collaborate with a highly qualified professional learning community in a supportive school environment.
Faculty members at Saint Patrick model their Catholic faith in word and action, seek meaningful professional growth opportunities, and are life-long learners. As such, faculty members are passionate about what they do, the students they teach and mentor, and the school community they serve. We are looking for a first grade teacher to join our dedicated faculty.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide a strong Catholic Christian witness for students, not only supporting the Catholic Church's teachings, but living them with joy and enthusiasm.
- Partnering with classroom parents in the education of their children.
- Form students in virtue, love for learning, and in services that gives them joy, confidence, and wisdom for life
- Nurture the whole child: spiritually, intellectually, emotionally, physically.
- Design a curriculum in line with the Diocese of Nashville Curriculum Guide vertically aligned with elementary grades and plan lessons that are engaging, deepen understanding and critical thinking, and are integrated with technology, using the textbook series and other resources provided by the school.
- Work collaboratively with the team of teachers and partner with parents to communicate student successes and areas of growth.
- Contribute to the wider life of the school community through assistance in planning events, hosting clubs, and volunteering in school fundraisers.
REQUIREMENTS:
1. Minimum of 1 year teaching in an elementary grade classroom
2. Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education
3. Valid TN Teaching License with Elementary Education endorsement
4. Experience with differentiated instruction
5. Strong Classroom Management Skills
6. Strong communication, collaboration, and organizational skills
7. Technology skills and ability to integrate technology into the instructional experiences
PREFERRED:
1. Active Catholic
2. Masters or other Advanced Degree in Reading Instruction or certificates in Orton Gillingham and/or similar programs