(2025-2026) 2nd Grade Teacher, St. Francis Classical Catholic Academy

Diocese of Allentown; Bally (Berks County); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Saint Francis Classical Catholic Academy is seeking a joyful and inspiring 2nd Grade Teacher for the 2025-2026 academic year. This role involves teaching a classical curriculum while fostering a Catholic worldview and inspiring students in a faith-filled environment. The ideal candidate will have a passion for the Catholic liberal arts tradition and a commitment to authentic Catholic education.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Classical Catholic School elementary school desired.
• Passion for the Catholic liberal arts tradition.
• Ability to teach Latin and Fine Arts are pluses.

Responsibilities

• Teach a historically sequenced, integrated curriculum.
• Inspire students and model discipline in the classroom.
• Assist in forming 'Smart Saints' through Catholic education.

Skills

Love of children

Inspiring wonder

Modeling virtue

Education

Bachelor's degree in liberal arts or sciences

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(2025-2026) 2nd Grade Teacher, St. Francis Classical Catholic Academy

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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Second Grade Classroom Teacher

Saint Francis Classical Catholic Academy in Bally, Pennsylvania (SFCCA), a new independent school in its second year of operations, is seeking a joyful, faith-filled, and intellectually inspiring educator to become its new Second Grade Teacher for the 25-26 Academic Year. Nestled in the bucolic rolling hills of Butter Valley Berks County, Saint Francis is located on the beautiful campus of Most Blessed Sacrament Parish (MBS), the oldest Catholic church in the original Thirteen Colonies (1741). SFCCA is an apostolate of MBS and operates with the full blessing of the Diocese of Allentown. There has been a school at this site continually operating since 1743, and SFCCA is proud to carry on that legacy of evangelization and catechesis that began when Jesuit Missionary Theodore Schneider started teaching classes thirty-three years before America's Declaration of Independence. It is truly back to the future as we seek to form missionary disciples who can spread the Gospel everywhere.

Year One Success/Year Two Growth

In its first year of operations, SFCCA attracted 50 students from 30 families in all grades PK-8, and in year two we have managed to double enrollment to over 100 students from 50 families, including a new high school program with a single 9th/10th grade cohort. With that growth, and more anticipated for next year, we now need an additional Second Grade Teacher to better serve that growing portion of our student body.

Saint Francis sees itself as part of the renaissance in authentic Catholic education that began with the New Evangelization movement under Saint John Paul II, which called for the laity to take a larger and more intentional role in spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ. Consequently, we consider parents the primary educators of their children, with schools there to assist parents in forming "Smart Saints". Truth, beauty, goodness, prayer, and worship permeate our approach, with Christ at the source and summit of all we do, for, as the Catechism observes, the purpose of a Catholic education is to know, love, and serve God.

Job Description

SFCCA seeks an applicant who is devoutly Catholic, ideally classically trained, and has experience working at a Classical Catholic school in the early elementary grades. SFCCA follows a historically sequenced, integrated, incremental curriculum that takes students through the history of western civilization and the teachings of the Holy Catholic Apostolic Church, along with instruction in classical literature, Latin, phonics, spelling, cursive, mathematics, astronomy, nature studies, and other elements of the trivium and quadrivium. At the introductory grammar level, students are introduced to the founding civilizations and eras of our culture, as well as an appreciation of their own community.

Qualifications

• A love of children, a desire to inspire wonder, and a capacity to model virtue and discipline in the classroom.
• At least a bachelor's degree in the liberal arts or sciences.
• Classroom experience in a Classical Catholic School elementary school desired, but not mandatory (in that case, a desire to learn on the job, be mentored, and delve deeply into the Catholic Liberal Arts is required).
• A passion for the Catholic liberal arts tradition and a continual interest to learn more about it.
• An ardent practicing Catholic willing to sign an oath of fidelity to the Magisterium.
• Teaching certification not required.
• A commitment to the five marks of an authentic Catholic education: 1) supernatural vision; 2) Catholic anthropology; 3) communion & community; 4) Catholic worldview; 5) Gospel witness.
• The ability to teach Latin, Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, Fine Arts, and Athletics are pluses.

Application Process

Applicants should send a cover letter, resume, statement of Catholic educational philosophy, and a list of three references to the provided contact. Compensation will be commensurate with experience and demonstrated excellence. St. Francis, pray for us!