Job Description
POSITION TITLE: English Teacher
SUPERVISED BY: Assistant Principal for Academics
FLSA STATUS: Exempt, Full-Time
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 1, 2025
COMPENSATION: $69,626 - $109,376 per year
APPLY: SHCP.EDU/CAREERS
Position Summary
This is a 5/5th (100% FTE) position, teaching preparatory and AP English courses.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Model for students the characteristics of a Lasallian Vincentian educator;
Support SHC's mission, philosophy and Integral Student Outcomes;
Develop students' abilities to read broadly, deeply, and joyfully in fiction, non-fiction, and informational texts;
Facilitate students' critical literacy and engagement with diverse literary traditions and in various media, including the ability to learn effectively and ethically with generative AI.
In collaboration with English Department colleagues, and per the department outcomes:
Design, implement, and review standards-based lessons to facilitate critical thinking and mastery of essential skills and understandings;
Plan, implement, and review what students will learn, how they will learn, and how they will be assessed in a manner appropriate to the grade level;
Provide regular and varied formative and summative assessments to facilitate our students' ability to understand their progress toward learning targets, and to reliably document student progress;
Maintain an interactive and timely learning environment, in both physical and virtual learning spaces (Schoology);
Communicate consistently with students, parents, and school personnel;
Keep current and complete electronic grading and attendance records;
Collaborate in the school's cocurricular activities, service learning, and retreat programs;
Engage in professional development, especially our four-year New Faculty Professional Development and Support Program, becoming a reflective and growth-minded practitioner who integrates best and next teaching practices rooted in the SHC mission;
Actively participate in SHC's strategic initiatives to strengthen meaningful diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging practices, especially strategies to support equitable learning, culturally responsive teaching, social emotional learning, and universal design for learning;
Strengthen the mission of SHC and the charisms of the Daughters of Charity and De La Salle Christian Brothers and Department of Catholic Schools through their formational programs.
Required Qualifications:
Undergraduate degree in English or related field;
Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively to promote student learning.
Desired Qualifications:
Graduate degree in English or related field;
Single-subject teaching credential, or work toward it
Experience in a Catholic high school setting;
Experience as a classroom teacher; experience in an English classroom preferred.
The statements herein describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the employee assigned to this position and should not be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so assigned.
Certifications and/or Licensure:
Teaching credential (preferred, though not required)
Education and/or Experience:
Bachelor's Degree
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands and fingers to handle or feel as well as talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to stand and walk. The employee may lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here represent those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Job Tags
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