Middle School Teacher, Grades 5/6

About the role

School Name: Holy Trinity School
Location: 509 Ballard Street, El Cajon, CA 92019
Reports to: Principal
Employment Type: Full time
FLSA Status: Exempt
Pay Rate: $52,000/yr.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and implementing rigorous lesson plans that are differentiated to meet the learning needs of all students.
• Creating and maintaining a learning environment where every child feels safe, loved, and inspired to learn and grow.
• Serving as a role model for students, modeling the Catholic faith and values.
• Leading instruction using a rigorous curriculum that inspires intellectual curiosity, reinforces the joy of learning, and enables all students to thrive.
• Engaging in an ongoing data-driven cycle of assessment, analysis, and action.
• Achieving meaningful student achievement and growth results aligned with the school's mission and annual goals.
• Implementing school-wide systems for academics, culture, and character formation.
• Connecting with families through frequent phone calls, emails, conferences, and notes.
• Developing meaningful relationships with students and parents that drive students to love learning, act with integrity, and make exceptional academic gains.
• Participating in up to three weeks of summer training before school’s opening.
• Engaging in ongoing professional development.
• Helping students develop a personal relationship with Christ, and working to grow in one’s own relationship with Christ.

Requirements

• A deep commitment to living and sharing the teachings of the Catholic Church.
• A loving respect for all people, in recognition of each person’s God-given dignity.
• A desire to participate in ongoing Catholic faith formation and fellowship opportunities.
• An unassailable integrity and commitment to the school’s mission and vision.
• A strong belief that all children can achieve both moral and academic excellence.
• An unwavering determination to be better today than yesterday.
• A proven ability to effectively support, collaborate, and partner with a variety of personalities and working styles and an openness and generosity of spirit in navigating differences.
• Grit, faith, hope, love, and a sense of humor.

Physical Requirements

• Spend the majority of the day standing in the classroom.
• Frequently hold objects they are working with or demonstrating.
• Sit on an occasional basis when developing lesson plans, grading, etc.
• Walk through the classroom and be able to maneuver in tight spaces between desks.
• Walk on both even and uneven surfaces.
• Reach at, below, or above shoulder height with the dominant upper extremity; may require trunk or neck rotation to look back at the class.
• Occasionally lift and carry boxes weighing up to 25 pounds from the office to classrooms.
• May be required to conduct trips to, from, and within various city and county-wide locations to attend trainings or workshops, and/or field trips.