Job Description
Confidential
We are looking for life-long learners passionate about shaping students’ hearts and minds. Join Great Hearts Academies, a growing network of 47 public, open-enrollment, tuition-free classical schools in Phoenix (AZ), Baton Rouge (LA), Dallas/Ft. Worth (TX), and San Antonio (TX).
Great Hearts currently provides over 30,000 K-12 students with access to a high quality, classical liberal arts education. We believe the highest goal of education is to become good, intellectually, and morally.
Distinctive benefits for Great Hearts faculty
· Exceptional Benefits (medical, dental, vision etc.) with minimal employee cost
· Texas Teacher Retirement System
· Uniquely valuable professional development offerings, from great books seminars with academy colleagues, to leadership and special education coursework/pathways, to reduced tuition graduate degree support with select partner universities
Spanish at Great Hearts:
· All Spanish courses are taught in a full-immersion style classroom (speaking, listening, reading, and writing only in the language from day 1)
· Spanish is offered both at the K-5 level and in high school.
· All courses are taught liberally for the cultivation of the mind and culminate in the reading of canonical literary works, which are examined through reading, class discussion, and writing assignments.
Requirements for teaching:
· Bachelor’s or higher degree is required for a lead teaching role
· Certification is not required for general education
· All majors are welcome
Work Authorization – US work authorization is required
Great Hearts Academies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.