Classical Grmr Faculty Scholar - Kindergarten

As a Classical Grammar Faculty Scholar, you will form young scholars in the 'grammar' of learning: the foundational knowledge, habits, and virtues that support lifelong wisdom and eloquence. You will teach with clarity, order, beauty, and joyful rigor, using classical methods such as explicit instruction, imitation, recitation, narration, copywork, dictation, and carefully guided discussion.

What You Will Do

Your main day-to-day responsibilities will include planning and implementing a classical course of instruction, developing purposeful lesson plans, presenting subject matter in ways that maximize learning opportunities, and understanding scholar needs to gain insight into each scholar's abilities and needs.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You will be a fit for this role if you demonstrate enthusiasm and commitment to the role of Classical Grammar Faculty Scholar and to the mission of Charter Schools USA, supporting the company's values in academic excellence, operational performance, superior culture, and financial health and growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; degree in education, literature, history, classics, or a related field preferred.
• Educator Certification in alignment with state requirements.
• Willingness to learn and demonstrate understanding of classical education, including the Trivium and Grammar-stage pedagogy, and how these support the CSUSA Classical model.
• Skill in explicit instruction, phonics, grammar, composition, math mastery, and structured practice that forms scholars' habits of mind and work.
• Strong classroom management rooted in habit training, clarity, consistency, and the cultivation of prudence, fortitude, temperance, and justice.

Benefits

• Usual school working conditions within a virtue-rich, scholar-centered CSUSA Classical campus.
• Opportunity to work in a dynamic setting with periods of higher noise and activity during times of high scholar traffic and transitions.
• Occasional lifting or moving of instructional materials and classroom equipment (up to 20 pounds).