First Academy Teacher

FIRST ACADEMY TEACHERS

First Academy is “…located in a region that's experiencing drastic growth, Fayetteville – together with Bentonville, Rogers, and Springdale – has transformed from a small town to a center of higher education, culture, commerce, and entrepreneurialism. The area known as Northwest Arkansas is the birthplace of Walmart, the headquarters of Tyson Foods and the home of the University of Arkansas, the flagship campus of the U of A system” (https://realestate.usnews.com/places/arkansas/fayetteville). Northwest Arkansas was also ranked the ‘4th Best Place to Live’ according to US News and World Report.

Join us at First Academy

First Academy provides a great educational experience that prepares students to take their knowledge and faith in Christ into a world void of the Truth of Christ. The Church and staff culture offer a unique bond that allows us to accomplish making disciples that will reach out to all the nations. 

We are currently accepting applications for the 2024-2025 school year.

 Full-time teachers receive paid leave, free tuition, disability, health and life insurance, and retirement. 

Education

• Bachelor's Degree
• State or specialty certification/license

Experience

• Two years of teaching experience preferred
• Mastery of subject matters to be taught, as demonstrated by references, education, and student achievement

Personal Qualities

• Credible profession of repentance and faith in Jesus Christ
• Godly character (pastoral and other character references may be required)
• Membership and regular attendance including life group at First Baptist Rogers
• Gift of teaching
• Self-educator and lifetime learner
• Well-spoken with excellent grammar and vocabulary
• Understanding of the school’s mission and support of the philosophy and pedagogy practices
• Teachable and committed to growing, learning, and developing new understanding and skills
• Understanding of and ability to integrate a biblical worldview into all subjects
• Maturity and emotional stability
• Heart for elementary-aged children, ability to interact with and lead children, strong desire to see children learn well, to know God and to love God

Job Responsibilities

• Displays to students genuine love for God, Scripture, and learning

• Prays (privately) for each student in the class

• Plans teaching schedule on a daily, weekly, trimester and yearly basis

• Works through the curriculum at an appropriate pace with ongoing assessment of how each child is progressing through the material

• Uses formal and informal assessment tools to measure students’ progress

• Individualizes instruction according to each child’s needs while moving everyone toward class high standards of achievement

• Identifies and addresses academic or disciplinary problems, documents situations, and/or alerts the principal or parents when appropriate

• Respects the confidentiality of students, families, and colleagues by using the highest degree of discretion in communication

• Completes administrative tasks to maintain smooth operation of a classroom

• Views parents as students’ primary teachers and communication with them as highly valuable

• Makes parents aware of what is being taught at school through work sent home and weekly communication

• Contributes to a cooperative and collegial atmosphere among teachers and staff

• Avoids gossip by idle conversation about students or others and brings problems up only with the appropriate persons

• Participates in training and other meetings and initiatives

• Respects and upholds school policies and standards delineated in faculty policies, student handbooks, and in faculty training

• Follows Matthew 18:15-17 model for handling conflicts

• Performs teaching and non-teaching tasks with attention to quality, detail, timeliness, and professionalism

• Maintains licensure

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Last updated on Oct 19, 2023