Job Posting: High School Liberal Arts Teacher | Full-Time
Your Job Title: High School Liberal Arts Teacher
To whom you will report: Headmaster
Chesterton Academy of St. James seeks a vigorous, effective leader to serve as a High School Liberal Arts Teacher starting July 1, 2024.
Who are we?
Chesterton Academy of St. James, a joyfully Catholic, Classical High School, is a part of a network of independent high schools around the world following the Chesterton Academy model and accredited by the Chesterton Schools Network (CSN) offering a rigorous, integrated curriculum centered on the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. Focusing on the classics, the school develops complete thinkers who learn to draw on faith and reason for the purpose of building a culture of life. Our classical curriculum combines a broad, liberal arts education with a strong emphasis on developing Christian virtues and an appreciation of beauty. We make it our mission to prepare our students to triumph over the materialism and despair that pervade our culture and accept our Lord's offer to have life and have it abundantly.
Our mission is to assist parents in fostering their children’s growth
in the theological, intellectual, and moral virtues.
The Chesterton Academy of St. James is located on the beautiful campus of St. Patricks Seminary in Menlo Park, CA , just south of San Francisco, within Silicon Valley, and within the Archdiocese of San Francisco. His Excellency Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, when asked about the new school, said:
"Truth, Beauty, and Goodness, this is what a classically liberal Catholic education is all about. In my experience, schools like the new Chesterton Academy of Saint James form souls capable of withstanding the acid bath of the culture we are in because they fire the imagination to perceive the spiritual realities underlying our material world."
For more information, go to https://www.chestertonstjames.org.
The classical liberal arts are composed of the Trivium (grammar, logic, rhetoric) and the Quadrivium (arithmetic, geometry, music, astronomy), and our teaching needs largely overlap with these arts. However, we do have a number of particular areas of need across the disciplines. Successful candidates for this position will therefore be well-rounded in their intellectual formation and teaching experience, and will be able to teach four to five of the following subjects: introductory philosophy (Presocratics, Plato, Logic), upper level philosophy (scholastic and early modern), upper level Theology, Euclidean geometry, Modern mathematics (Algebra II or Precalculus), Classical Astronomy, Biology, or drama (one play production during spring semester) . Please feel free to apply if you are interested in part-time teaching positions for any of the above content areas. A bachelor’s or master’s degree in a Humanities field is required for the full-time position (great books preferred). Three to five years of teaching experience is preferred, as well as experience in and passion for Catholic classical education.
The candidate must be a practicing Catholic and willing to take the Oath of Fidelity to the Magisterium. Candidates must demonstrate excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skills, and possess a track record of contributing to the vision and mission of an apostolic and educational enterprise.
In addition to their teaching responsibilities, faculty at Chesterton Academy of St. James participate in the House system, which is designed to promote character and virtue, and to help students grow in holiness. Faculty members are required to attend daily Mass with the entire student body, and assist in leading spiritual retreats and school activities.
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, and three to five references to careers@chestertonstjames.org. Salary commensurate with experience.
About Chesterton Academies
The first Chesterton Academy was founded in 2008 as a result of a grass-roots movement of parents. Chesterton Academy of St. James offers a rigorous, integrated high school curriculum centered on the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. Focusing on the classics, the school develops complete thinkers who learn to draw on faith and reason for the purpose of building a culture of life.
For more information, visit https://www.chestertonstjames.org.