Mid Vermont Christian School
Elementary School Teacher Job Description
PURPOSE: PREPARES STUDENTS FOR MEANINGFUL LIVES by contributing to their educational, social, and spiritual development. This will assist MVCS in fulfilling the mission of the school, which is to glorify God by preparing students for college, career, and Christian ministry and for life through a program of academic excellence established in Biblical truth
Essential Job Requirements
- Employee is a mature, born-again Christian who fully supports the Statements of Faith and Responsibilities of MVCS and performs in such a way as to fulfill the school mission and purpose.
- Employee is an active church member in good standing at a local Christian Bible believing church.
- Employee will daily model the set of values that create our MVCS Christian culture.
- Called and committed to the ministry of MVCS. Employee does not regard their responsibilities as just a job, but as a ministry. Employee feels a high sense of commitment to the Lord and His calling on his/her life to be at MVCS.
Teacher Qualifications
- Evidence of knowledge of content and pedagogy through experience and training
- Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Teacher State licensure or ACSI certification in areas of assignment preferred
- Able to pass background, fingerprinting, and child protection registry check
- Understanding of the principles of child development, best practices and educational methods
- Spiritual Leadership
- Intentionally integrates Biblical values and morals
- Understands and implements the Matthew 18 principle with students, parents, peers and administration in an appropriate manner
- Assesses students' spiritual needs to lead them in spiritual growth
- Instructional Planning, Preparation and Delivery
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- Develop a careful and creative program by following curriculum guidelines for the assigned grade level students and the school’s goals
- Design lessons with clear, focused and measurable instructional objectives
- Modify plans based on student diagnostic and assessment procedures
- Assessment
- Guide students to develop their learning by providing instructional feedback; coaching, counseling, and disciplining students; planning, monitoring, and appraising learning results
- Maintain records to document learning accomplishments by preparing administering and scoring pre-assessments, formative and summative assessments, eliciting student feedback and questions, evaluating application of learning to classroom project results
- Use student data to plan instruction, and provide additional or varied forms of instruction
- Classroom Environment
- Create a classroom environment that:
- develops in each student skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing that are fundamental to effective communication and literate citizenship
- promotes positive social interaction by observing each student to help them improve their social competencies and build self-esteem
- Encourage students to accept God and the gift of salvation and grow in their faith, provide opportunities to lead in prayer, and develop a Christian mind and lifestyle
- Communication and Professionalism
- Communicate and collaborate with parents and other educators
- Maintain confidentiality
- Contribute to MVCS system’s effectiveness
- Contributes to spiritual growth of the program through example, instruction, personal and professional studies, and personal devotions and worship
Accountable to Head of School: Vicky Fogg
