Position Title:            High School English Teacher                                              

Last Updated:            April 2025

Reports To:                 High School Principal

Status:                          Full-Time, Permanent, Exempt              

 Schedule:                    Monday through Friday, Hours as required                                                               

 Benefits:                      Full benefit eligibility

 

Growth &  Evaluation: Fellowship Christian School believes that a growth mindset is imperative to the educational experience. To underscore that belief, we separate growth and evaluation in order to encourage authentic growth and provide accurate feedback on employment expectations. Our Essential Expectations Faculty provide the foundational aspects we require to work at FCS. Our Characteristics of Professional Excellence / Core Values establish aspirational and attainable attributes that all employees should pursue in their professional growth while at Fellowship.          

Summary Description: This faculty member will join a collaborative learning community, focused on the school’s mission, partnering to inspire academic curiosity, Christ-like character, and Christian leadership grounded in biblical truth. In addition to Biblical integration, our English department seeks to educate students how to think critically and question appropriately through teaching reading, writing,  and vocabulary.  In fulfilling our mission, Fellowship Christian School hires and retains passionate,  talented, diverse educators to offer a rich and engaging curriculum, preparing our students to be lifelong learners and citizens well equipped to address local and global challenges.

Essential Functions:         

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    • Teach 5 sections of high school English
    
    
    • Integrating Biblical truth into all curriculum areas
    
    
    • Instructing students in subject content along with designing engaging lessons and classroom activities
    
    
    • Demonstrating the ability to successfully implement differentiated teaching strategies
    
    
    • Investing in the lives of the students and building genuine, teacher-student relationships
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Attending and participating in faculty meetings and other assigned meetings and activities according to school policy


• Demonstrating accurate, up-to-date knowledge of content


• Managing the classroom environment in a way that optimizes the students’ learning


• Maintaining regular, professional communication with students and parents regarding students’ progress


• Working cooperatively with English teachers of different grades to ensure vertical alignment within the curricula


• Co-teach a two week immersive Winterim class during the first two weeks in January


• Strong organizational skills


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills


• Solid understanding of learning challenges as well as the ability to develop and employ strategies to help those students


• Ability to use technology effectively