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Living Word/Maranatha Christian Academy

Living Word/Maranatha Christian Academy is hiring: Elementary Library & Literacy

Living Word/Maranatha Christian Academy, Minneapolis, MN, United States, 55400

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Job Description

Job Description
Salary: From $43,000 annually (FT)

Maranatha Christian Academy (MCA) is a private school serving Grades Pre-kindergarten through 12 in Brooklyn Park, MN. We are an influential school of collaborators, innovators, and explorers grounded in Christian faith, empowering co-creators of tomorrow. MCA has an opening for a part-time to full-time elementary library & literacy teacher in the lower school for the 2025-2026 school year.


Essential Duties (other duties may be assigned)

  • Prepares course objectives and lesson plans, following curriculum guidelines and any requirements or standards of the state and MCA
  • Lectures, demonstrates, and uses audiovisual technology teaching aids to present subject matter to class
  • Assigns lessons, homework, corrects papers, and hears oral presentations
  • Prepares, administers, and corrects tests, and records results
  • Maintains order inside the classroom and other spaces on campus, as well as off-site school-sponsored activities
  • Counsels students when academic and/or behavioral problems arise
  • Communicate students' academic progress and behavior with parents
  • Keeps attendance and grade records as required by MCA

Personal & Professional Characteristics

  • Passionate and enthusiastic about Christian education
  • Respectful, optimistic, and grace-filled in their relationships and interactions with colleagues, students, and parents
  • Adaptable and flexible in teaching methods
  • Highly responsive to students' spiritual, intellectual, and emotional well-being
  • Effective and clear communicator, as well as an active listener
  • Ability to set clear expectations and hold students accountable for age-appropriate performance
  • Ability to solve problems involving sensitive topics with confidentiality

Qualifications

Education and/or Experience: Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) from a four-year college or university in Education

Desired License: Minnesota state teaching license in K-8 Education

Full and Part-Time Benefits Summary:

Full-Time Benefits

  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental Plan
  • Life Insurance
  • Voluntary Life
  • Long Term Disability
  • Paid Time Off
  • Holiday Pay
  • Housing Allowance

Optional Benefits

  • Short Term Disability
  • Accident
  • Critical Illness
  • Flexible spending account
  • 403(b) Retirement administrated by Ascensus (No Match)

Part-Time Benefits - over 20 hours per week

  • Pro-rated PTO
  • Holiday Pay based on schedule
  • Long Term Disability
  • Life Insurance

Part-Time Benefits - under 20 hours per week

  • Earned Sick & Safe Time (ESST)