Cristo Rey Network·San Jose, California
The teacher is responsible for facilitating student learning, assessing progress, and developing rigorous, culturally relevant lessons. They must also support the school's Catholic identity and participate in community activities like coaching and moderating clubs.
If you walk around the bustling halls of Cristo Rey schools, you will quickly get the feeling that something different is happening here. Ask around and you will find that our teachers, administrators, and staff view their jobs at Cristo Rey schools not as careers, but as a calling.
The Cristo Rey Network of high schools delivers a career focused, college preparatory education in the Catholic tradition for students with limited economic resources. Through the unique integration of rigorous academic curricula, four years of professional work experience, and support to and through college, Cristo Rey students are achieving their aspirations for postsecondary success at rates exceeding their peers.
Values-Driven: We educate the whole student: academically, spiritually, and socio-emotionally.
Growth Opportunities: We prioritize our faculty and staff’s learning and growth.
Invested Students and Engaged Families: Our students’ families seek out our schools.
National Community: Our faculty and staff are a proud part of a national movement.
Join an innovating, dynamic, and mission-based school which values our faculty and students.
Members of the Cristo Rey School Faculty are primarily responsible for facilitating student learning and the assessment of that learning; supervising students, ensuring their safety and compliance with school rules and policies and participating in the ongoing development of the School’s program of studies.
A member of the Cristo Rey School faculty seeks ways to teach and model being men and women for others.
He/she interacts in a positive and caring way with students by offering academic and personal guidance and takes an active position in celebrating and upholding the Catholic identity of the school.
Preference is given to candidates willing to get involved in the school community by moderating clubs, coaching athletic teams, and serving as adult leaders on retreats.
What You’ll Do
Develop rigorous lessons in subject area through a culturally relevant lens for predominantly first generation, low-income students.
Incorporate Ignatian pedagogy in order to design more effective classroom experiences.
Utilize data-driven instruction and analysis of student assessment data.
Set and maintain high academic expectations for all students.
Design and update course curriculum using backwards planning and assessment data.
Foster relationships with families to better facilitate open communication.
Hold regular office hours to provide additional instruction and support to individual students.
Build appropriate rapport and trust with students, and redirect student behavior as needed.
Develop professionally by working with other teachers and leaders to improve student learning, participating in professional developments, and providing and receiving feedback from school leaders.
Commit to our mission to inspire and prepare students of limited economic resources to succeed in college and lead their communities as compassionate, committed, and competent men and women for others for the greater glory of God.
Be actively involved in the School’s religious life and have a pastoral attitude toward students
Participate in the school community through supervision duties, retreats, and special events.
A Bachelor's degree in the content area with 12 education credits is required, and state certification must be completed within two years. Preference is given to candidates with 3-5 years of experience, particularly in marginalized communities.
Market context
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