Opportunities

Qualifications

• Jesus is the Lord of your life
• Active member of a church
• Prayer is an important and essential part of your day
• You believe God hears your prayers
• You believe in intercessory prayer
• You will take prayers for Ark Academy and others seriously
• You will keep all prayers and names confidential
• You will take time to pray on a daily or weekly basis
• This is a volunteer position but a very important one

Expectations:

• Walk with students as they come to know God better by learning about the world around them from a Biblical worldview through the avenue of classroom instruction.
• Exemplifies a positive attitude.
• Seeks to promote the mission, vision, and core values of Ark Academy.
• Demonstrates professional demeanor, maintains appropriate boundaries, and performs all faculty-related duties with enthusiasm and diligence.
• Behaves in a professional manner at all times with colleagues, students, and parents.  This extends to all written, oral, and online communication.
• Shares responsibility for grade-level and school-wide activities and takes part in after-school activities.

Planning and Organization:

• Starts lesson planning with these four questions:
  • What do I want students to know?
  • How do I know if they know it?
  • What am I going to do if they don't know it?
  • What am I going to do if they already know it?
• Structures lessons to ensure authentic and meaningful learning experiences for all students with different learning styles and incorporating differentiated instruction.
• Organizes classroom space, materials, and technology to support unit and lesson goals and create an environment that is conducive to active and participatory learning.
• Cooperates with all in-school systems of organization (i.e. FACTS Student Information System)

Management and Instruction of the Classroom:

• Incorporates the Biblical worldview in all areas of instruction.
• Clearly communicates and consistently enforces high standards for student behavior.
• Is fair and respectful toward students and builds positive relationships.
• Teaches and reinforces classroom routines that serve to maximize the learning environment.
• Consistently enforces school rules and policies.
• Maintains behavioral control of students in the classroom in a way that promotes optimal learning.
• Activates students' prior knowledge and hooks their interest in each lesson.
• Utilizes instructional time well.
• Frequently checks for understanding and gives students helpful feedback.
• Takes responsibility for students who are not succeeding and gives extra help while utilizing intervention measures and partnering with parents.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Teaching experience highly valued
• A willingness to share Christian testimony and instruct others in the faith
• Possesses strong oral and written communication skills
• Works independently with little direct supervision
• Works effectively as part of a team
• Displays effective multi-tasking and time management skills
• Utilizes all required and recommended Ark Academy computer applications
• All employees must commit to performing his/her duties in accordance with the stated mission of the school, be a Christian, and regularly attend church

The position description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements. Employees may be required to perform any other job-related instructions as requested by their supervisor.