Elementary School Teacher

Qualifications

• A baccalaureate degree in education, Elementary Education or related field from an accredited college or university; a master’s degree is a plus.
• Current Florida Teaching certification in Elementary Education.
• Active member of Spanish River Presbyterian Church or other church approved by the administration.
• Must be personally committed to the Christian faith.
• Demonstrated ability to teach children well.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate love for God:
• Express specific knowledge of the Bible and its application to subject area(s).
• P practice daily devotions of prayer, reading of God’s Word, and meditation.
• Give Christian service to others both within and outside the school.
• Model an exemplary Christian Walk in speech and acts.
• Submit to authority out of obedience to Christ.
• Demonstrate love for students:
• Treat each child as uniquely gifted by God for the purpose of serving others (I Peter 4:10).
• Show through actions that each child is made to reflect God himself.
• Discipline all students fairly and firmly out of love for them.
• Encourage all students persistently (catch each of them “doing good”).
• Guide all students in helping other students learn.
• Evaluate students’ progress in learning with announced criteria fairly applied.
• Demonstrate Christian professional competence and vision:
• Show a strong knowledge of learning theory, curriculum design, and subject area(s).
• Construct and/or use courses, units, and lessons that integrate knowledge.
• Select materials and lesson designs that specifically carry out the goals derived from the school’s mission statement.
• Use evaluation instruments that match the school’s goals and specific objectives that allow each child to show well what he/she has learned, and that help students meet high expectations from learning.
• Fit students with the “glasses of Scripture” for viewing all of life rightly.
• Pursue further learning of subject area(s) while seeking the best pedagogy for the school’s goals.
• Communicate effectively according to biblical standards:
• Speak clearly, honestly, and with great concern for the audience.
• Use fresh analogies to connect new concepts to students’ experience.
• Relate stories of God’s faithfulness, personal and communal, with clarity and enthusiasm.
• Vary the means (visual, audible, tactile) and language (abstract, concrete, metaphorical, etc.) depending on the subject and the needs of all children.
• Encourage each child’s expression, and help students to adopt biblical principles for making choices.
• Model awe for the destructive power of sin and God’s restoration of creation and human beings.
• Build Christian community within and outside the school:
• Give help to fellow teachers and support staff.
• Assist student beyond the classroom: playground, hallways, extracurricular sponsorship, personal guidance, etc.
• Meet with staff members to listen, learn, worship, and exchange advice for helping students meet the goals of the school.
• Contact parents for help in educating their child.
• Provide a classroom atmosphere (displays, warmth, arrangement of furniture, etc.) that fosters Christian community.
• Keep confidences at all times. Confidential information is to be kept within the proper channels.

Benefits

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