Full-Time Teacher Posting
St. John Paul II Classical Catholic School @ Christ the Good Shepherd-Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park, MI
Academic Year 2024-2025
St. John Paul II Classical Catholic School in Lincoln Park, MI is looking for an experienced full-time teacher for the 2024-2025 school year. The candidate should be able to build community, design and manage learning, communicate with students, families, and colleagues, and grow professionally. The candidates should also be able to assist in other school programs as assigned. St.JPIICCS is a Catholic school attached to Christ the Good Shepherd Parish and is fully committed to teaching the Classical Curriculum. The candidate should be familiar with the Trivium (logic / rhetoric / grammar) and should be able to instill truth, beauty, and goodness in their students and also their daily experience of learning.
The following are required of the candidate:
- Teach all subjects utilizing Archdiocese of Detroit and Classical Curriculum.
- Be familiar with teaching in human and supernatural virtue from Aristotle & Plato to St. John Paul II.
- Display an appreciation and cognizance of the Catholic Faith’s role in building western civilization.
- Engage students in learning through best practice strategies.
- Assess students’ academic and social growth.
- Assist the administration in organizing and revising curriculum.
- Create well-crafted lesson plans.
- Perform various non-instructional duties, such as attendance, parking lot, recess and bus duty.
- Attend regularly scheduled in-service meetings, staff meetings, and committee meetings as required.
- Maintain a safe, clean, and comfortable classroom environment.
- Assure that technology is responsibly used in instruction and learning targets.
- Use a variety of student assessment tools to gauge student understanding and will design alternate teaching techniques as a result.
- Maintain positive relationships with other faculty and staff members and keep information regarding students, parents, or school business strictly confidential.
Qualifications:
- Valid Michigan Teaching Certificate.
- Strong example of Catholic faith.
- Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with students, parents, and staff.
- Strong communication, technology, and organizational skills.
- Competency in student management and supervision.
- Must possess or be in the process of obtaining Protecting God's Children certification.
- Must pass a background check.
Remuneration:
- Commensurate with level of academic degree and experience.
- Full health insurance (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan).
- Short Term & Long Term disability insurance.
Qualified candidates send cover letter and resume to:
Mrs. Melissa Manczak - School Principal
principal@jp2catholic.com