WHO WE NEED ON OUR TEAM:
Agamim Classical Academy is different than other schools—by design. Our excellent teachers believe in our philosophy and are energized by Classical education. We offer our families a knowledge-intensive, virtuous Academy that is close-knit and supportive. We are highly motivated to give our beautiful and challenging program to students from all backgrounds, and our teachers are passionate about inclusion, push-in, and co-teaching. Teachers who are a great fit for Agamim’s model of public education have:
A strong liberal arts background,
Love for mastering challenging content,
Passion for reading the classics,
Virtuous habits,
Pride in American founding values,
Excellent writing, listening, and speaking skills.
Classical education is inspirational and life-changing for children, families, and staff. It requires a dynamic, curious, engaging, organized, and happy teacher who loves to learn and works hard to see all students meet and exceed their potential.
CULTURE OF THE FACULTY:
Our teaching culture is intellectual and eager to learn, virtuous, positive, and caring to all staff and students. We work hard to become classical teachers, are dedicated to our unique mission, and strive for a formal style of professionalism.
CULTURE OF THE SCHOOL:
Our school environment is academic, virtuous, joyful, refined, and humble.
LICENSURE:
Teachers at Agamim are required to have current Minnesota certification in their grade/subject levels.
OVERVIEW OF THE SCHOOL:
Agamim Classical Academy is a K-8, public charter school. We train teachers to teach the classical subjects of grammar, logic, and rhetoric along with the Core Knowledge curriculum sequence for science, history, geography, spelling, literature, and the arts. Our reading program is SRA’s Direct Instruction and our math program is Saxon Math. Students study classical languages with a specialist teacher (Latin and Greek roots, Modern Hebrew), but no knowledge of these languages is required for the general studies/special education teacher positions. Classical teachers learn to teach students to think critically and wisely through exposure to challenging literature and primary source material, Socratic style questioning, and memorization techniques. Special education teachers use current brain research, proven support curricula, and appropriate adaptations to help our students thrive in a classical setting. All of our students will study and uphold our five core virtues of Fortitude, Gratitude, Joyfulness, Temperance, and Wisdom which prepare children for a life enriched with Truth, Beauty and Goodness. We are a public school that prizes the American values of Liberty and E pluribus unum, and we see developing wise, informed, articulate adult citizens active in civic life as a high purpose of classical education.
For candidates who are new to classical education, we believe the following texts provide a good starting point to learn more:
Essays— ”The Lost Tools of Learning” by Dorothy Sayers and “What is Classical Education?” by Susan Wise Bauer
Books— The Making of Americans: Democracy and our Schools and The Schools We Need and Why We Don’t Have Them , both by E.D. Hirsch, Jr.
*Agamim Classical Academy is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
*Job Type: Full-time