Saint Sebastian Catholic School is seeking a full time K3 teacher to join our team!  

At Saint Sebastian Catholic School, we actively engage in our faith, academics, and community. Our diverse gifts inspire us to grow as critical thinkers, problem solvers, and peacemakers who love God and serve others. We are committed to educating the whole child in a diverse, faith-filled environment that fosters lifelong learning. Our core values—Engage, Inspire, Grow, Love, and Serve—guide our mission, and we partner with parents to provide a strong foundation in spirituality, academics, and community.

If you are looking for a supportive and engaging school community where you can grow while making a meaningful impact on students, we encourage you to apply!

Job Summary:

Early childhood teacher who actively and prayerfully educates and enhances each student’s life through rigorous academics, meaningful relationships, and spiritual growth rooted in the life of Christ.  Builds a partnership with school staff and parents to support lifelong learning of their child in the st. Sebastian Catholic School community.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Community:

Create a faith-filled environment for learners by:

• Organizing physical space for learning, e.g., safe, accessible, supports the type of learning, etc.

• Managing student behavior guided by Gospel values, e.g., respectful.

• Establishing classroom routines, rules, and procedures consistent with school policy, e.g., clearly defined, communicated, and practiced.

• Communicating high expectations for learning, e.g., supporting students for growth.

• Creating a faith-filled environment that engages the whole student, e.g., space and culture.

Works with families as partners in their child’s education by:

• Providing feedback of student progress to families, e.g., timely, consistent, frequently, etc.

• Engaging families as partners in the educational process and the life of the school.

Professional Life as an Educator

Understands school’s mission and his/her role in it by:

• Serving as role model for Gospel values for students and families.

• Demonstrates a professional demeanor and attitude in alignment with the school’s mission, e.g., follows Code of Ethics.

Reflects on practice by:

• Taking responsibility for professional growth by seeking and applying feedback.

• Demonstrating a commitment towards spiritual growth in the context of the Catholic school.

Contributes to a positive school environment by:

• Collaborating with colleagues to analyze, inform, plan, and be supportive in implementation.

• Serves beyond the classroom in school committees/activities/events as it relates to creating a positive school environment.

Planning & Instructional Effectiveness - Uses best practices to support learning by:

• Demonstrating knowledge of students by clearly stating instructional outcomes that reflect curriculum expectations for students.  

• Designing coherent instruction (lessons/units) that have a clearly defined structure and logical supportive activities and are submitted weekly.

• Transferring content knowledge to students, through clear directions, procedures, and explanations that are clear and developmentally appropriate. 

• Promoting learner engagement in an environment that is engaging and aligned to learning needs.

• Collaborates, as needed, with appropriate personnel regarding students who may need specialized interventions.

• Timely completion/submission of all required documentation related to parent communication, instruction, assessment, and grading.

• Supervising students during all student contact times/activities. 

Assessment – Using assessment to advance student learning by:

• Uses formal and informal assessment data to design instruction for current and future instruction.

• Clearly identifies and communicates assessment criteria.

• Provides opportunities for student self-assessment and monitoring.

Other Duties 

• Attends and fully engages in staff and faculty development and meetings.

• Attends and fully engages in school events outside of the school day, including the Fall Parent Evening, Christmas Concert, and January Open House.

• Takes initiative and makes decisions based on the mission and vision of the parish and school and takes direction from the supervisor and Pastor.

• Informs the Principal and respective staff of plans outside of the norm in advance.

• Other duties as assigned.