We're building something special here, one student, one family and one teacher at a time!

We are in our third year as a school, anticipating our fourth. When we opened our doors for the first time on August 17, 2016, we did so with 99 students in grades 9-10. In 2017, as a 9-11 school, we enrolled 194 students, a 96% increase from year one. In 2018, our first as a complete 9-12 school, we opened with 292 students, and we anticipate an enrollment of 320 in 2019.  Currently we have thirty teachers. 

Though our new school is beautiful, what best determines an excellent Catholic school isn't its physical features, but the quality and passion of its faculty and staff. We aim to be bold, then!  We are seeking  to hire the best teachers from the region to build this new culture and new school!  Here's what we're looking for:

General Requirements: 

First, we want adults who are on fire to serve the Lord and can transmit this enthusiasm and commitment in a natural, authentic way to students, through the witness of their lives. Just as our mission is first to serve Catholic families, even as we welcome students from other faiths to join us, so too do we desire a "critical mass" of Catholic adults in the school, even as we welcome applications from excellent teachers and coaches from other Christian traditions.

Second, we want teachers and coaches who are quick-witted and intelligent, who possess a depth of knowledge and experience in their subject or their sport. This means that teachers have a minimum of a B.S./B.A. in their major field of teaching, with advanced degrees preferred.  It means that coaches possess a resume that shows increasing responsibility and success as they advance in their careers. Teachers should be voracious readers in their subject area, ever willing to reinvent their classes, just as coaches should indicate willingness to redesign and rethink strategy based on the specific talents of their players in any given year. 

Third, we’ll insist on teachers and coaches committed to the school’s “Renaissance” model: We don’t want football players OR scholars OR musicians OR students committed to their Church, but students who are immersed in combinations of these activities, leading them to a rich, full life. Teachers, band directors and coaches must work with each other to minimize conflicts between their disciplines and support students in their many commitments for this “both-and” model to work.

Fourth, we seek teachers and coaches who are versatile and hard-working. As a smaller school, we'll need teachers who coach and coaches who teach, or who are willing to be moderators of significant extracurricular activities, or lead our campus ministry programs, or get involved in the arts—to be the kind of “Renaissance” examples that we aspire for our students to be. Each teacher will be expected to sponsor a significant extra-curricular club or team.  We'll need teachers and coaches to help us with the day to day duties typical of high schools, to assist with admissions activities, host night time athletic events, or help out with other special events. We're all in this together, and we'll need everyone to totally immerse themselves in the life of St. Michael. But that will be a good life! 

Finally, we need teachers and coaches who love working with teenagers, who appreciate their quirkiness, their honesty, their sullenness from time to time, their sense of humor. Teachers and coaches must have a "with-it-ness" with teens. We want St. Michael to be a place of joy, marked by healthy relationships between the adults and our students. We envision a school where there is laughter, where teachers walk with students down the hallways on their way to lunch, still debating what was discussed in class, where coaches take a personal interest in kids’ lives, where kids seek out adults as trusted confidantes for advice. We'll have rules to be sure, and if students ignore them, there will be consequences, but relationships, not rules, should govern our day to day interactions with each other! 

Beyond these five fundamental traits, there is no "ideal template" for our faculty and coaching staff--in fact, it's our hope that we'll assemble a group  that is wonderfully diverse in age, experience, gender, ethnicity, interests and talents. The right kind of diversity promotes a healthy chemistry and adds "flavor" to a school, making St. Michael much more interesting for students. "The body is one but has many parts..." St. Paul reminds us, "many gifts, but the same Spirit who distributes them." (1 Corinthians 12)

Current Openings for the 2019-2020 school year :   

Position: Part Time Art Instructor

We are looking for someone who: 

*with a strong portfolio of his/her own work
*who is confident in teaching the fundamentals of drawing, color theory, composition, and design, especially to beginners
*able to infuse relevant art history into all courses on a regular basis
*able to teach creativity/critical thinking/problem solving via art projects
*who is comfortable connecting art concepts to real world skills (b/c many students are not going to art schools but benefit from the skills learned-they need to know explicitly how these skills apply)
*who can coach students through the portfolio submission process for college
*active in the art community in some way
*some experience with 3D art or ceramics

The position is for periods 2-6 (free 1st period, 7th and 8th) for the second semester of this year. This schedule usually allows the teacher to leave around the 1:30 time frame. The position will likely evolve to a full time position for 2020-2021. 

Effective: January, 2020 (second semester).

How to apply:  

• Send us a resume of your professional career (including references)
• Send us a cover letter which tells us briefly about yourself. Include information about your family, your faith, and other extra-curricular activities you might be willing to sponsor if hired.
• Please do NOT send us any more than that. If you end up a finalist for a position, we'll ask you to send in official transcripts and other paperwork, but we don't want to bury you--or be buried!--until such time as it begins to look like a match. 

Mail your resume and cover letter to Faustin Weber, St. Michael Principal, at FWeber@stmichaelchs.org

If you already sent us an application within the last year, there's no need to send us a second. If your application is over one year old, we invite you to send us an updated application.   We will contact you for interviews based on assessment of your resume and the match for school needs. We have no definitive "time table" for these interviews, and will fill positions as we become convinced of the right fit.  

You can read about our current faculty, staff and coaches here.