Upper School Science Teacher

Your Role

The upper school teacher joyfully and flexibly supports the entire academic team by teaching,

encouraging, and shepherding our students and families, enabling the school to provide an excellent

Christian education rooted in the love of Christ. The upper school teacher is a learner and lover of God,

people, books and authenticity. The school seeks to follow the Classical tradition in habit formation,

hospitality, and learning and growing together.

Salary range: $42,000.00 - $47,000.00 per year

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance

• Generous Paid time off

• Employer-matched retirement plan

• Full scholarship provided for your children K-12, with outstanding

outcomes – 82% of our graduates receive a full-ride to the college

of their choice.

Experience and Education:

Bachelor’s degree (required)

• State-level teacher certification and/ or experience teaching

children (required)

• Experience teaching within a Classical Christian school and/ or

express willingness to be trained in Classical Christian

Education (preferred)

• Experience within a culturally diverse workplace or ministry

and/ or express willingness to be trained in culturally responsive

pedagogy (preferred)

• Passionate commitment to Logos Academy’s five core values: Christ-centered, culturally diverse,

community-minded, classically trained, collaborative family partnerships

• Commitment to advancing the mission of Logos Academy through hard work, innovation, and partnership

with the fundraising department, and in good stewardship of all resources

• Effective interpersonal communication practices, integrity with confidential information, organizational

skills, strong independent project management, and ability to handle stressful situations with

professionalism and flexibility

• Proficient typing and editing skills. Strong writing ability given basic guidelines

• Ability to joyfully interface with and respectfully serve a diverse audience, including board members, staff,

students, families, donors, contractors, and vendors

• Strong commitment to the Christian faith as articulated by

the Apostles and Nicene Creeds as well as regular

attendance, fellowship, and accountability within

a community of believers

• Living to the best of your ability to the community rule of

life outlined in the Logos Academy Employee Handbook.

• Commitment to helping Logos Academy in advancing the

technology plan through personal growth and initiative.

• Position is in person, Monday through Friday, 8-hour days

Responsibilities:

• 9th-grade Biology

• 10th and 11th grade Chemistry

• 12th-grade Anatomy and Physiology

• Plan and implement grade-level lessons and assessments in support of the curricular scope and sequence

• All daily lessons should be Christ-centered: helping students to recognize the beauty, wonder, order, and

goodness of all things in God’s world and His story, over which Jesus Christ reigns as creator, sustainer,

and savior

• At least once weekly, lessons should include integration across multiple subjects areas and incorporate

projects that involve the whole student (with physical activity as well as playful and creative input

from the student)

• Model, demonstrate, and embody the values and goals expressed in our Portrait of a Graduate for all

students throughout the school day, in and out of the classroom

• Contribute to the regular assessment and improvement of our curricular scope and sequence within your

areas of instruction at the direction of the upper school principal

• Assess student progress in line with curricular benchmarks, identify remedial needs, and maintain

academic records

• Develop and maintain a formative classroom environment and culture

• Classroom setup and decorations should embody the grade-level curricular content and celebrate

student work in a way that is inviting, intriguing, home-like, and orderly

• Students should be clearly aware of teacher expectations and authority during every activity and

transition throughout the school day and classroom culture should follow predictable rhythms of activity

(moving between lively and restful)

• Implement all school policy and practices with regard to student behavior

• Maintain behavioral records for regular parent communications, student records, and any outside

professional assessment of students (requested by parents and approved by the school)

• Maintain parent partnerships through a class newsletter, an annual home visit, and at least two

parent-teacher-conferences per year (communicating all results to the upper school principal)

• Maintain regular, professional, and Christ-like communications with colleagues, office staff,

and school administrators

• Receive and implement all direction from upper school principal and academic team with enthusiasm

and humility.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $42,000.00 - $47,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person