Teacher

Job Description

History & Composition Teacher
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic School, Bremerton, WA
Full-time position

Job Description
Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic School is a PreK-8 school in Bremerton Washington. OLSOS seeks a full-time teacher to instruct Humanities classes with a focus on History and Composition for the year 2025/2026. The ideal candidate will encourage a love of history, literature and writing among our middle school students while sharing the love of the Catholic faith and modeling a life of virtue.

OLSOS cultivates missionary disciples who are fully alive in Jesus Christ. We work to help students better understand their own humanity. Our Catholic liberal arts model allows students to
discover that Our Lord illumines reason, gives richer meaning to all learning, and enlivens culture.

Job Responsibilities
-Having an ability to form and guide students in the Catholic faith
-Instructing in the Catholic liberal arts method or willing to learn this
method of instruction
-Conducting Socratic seminar lessons on a regular basis
-Executing excellent communication skills with administration,
parents, students, and colleagues
-Maintaining ongoing records of student behavioral and academic
progress, documenting concerns, providing feedback to students and
regularly communicating student progress with parents and school
administration
-Having the ability to plan and implement lessons for students in 6-8
grade in the disciplines of history, literature and writing
-Establishing clear expectations, procedures, and routines for student
behavior in the classroom and reinforces school-wide expectations
-Maintaining a positive classroom environment centered around
virtue
-Addressing student failure to meet expectations academically or
behaviorally and providing appropriate intervention
-Modeling appropriate participation in daily school prayers and
weekly Mass
-Desiring to work in collaboration with the parents to educate their
students in the most effective manner taking into consideration
varying circumstances
-Desiring to work in collaboration with the middle school team which
is committed to excellent teaching and continued professional
development outside school hours
-Consenting to a yearly formal evaluation and frequent informal
observations provided by the administration team
-Supporting the curricula selected by the administration to provide a
thorough liberal arts educational approach
-Willingness to work with a special education instructor or learning
specialist to assist diversified learners

Minimum Qualifications
-A minimum of two years teaching experience preferably in a Catholic
school
-Hold a bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline; Masters preferred
-Hold a teaching certificate in WA state/other state or currently
working towards one
-Be a practicing Catholic willing to pledge fidelity to the Magisterium
of the Catholic Church
-Clear a background check and complete safe environment training

Salary
Full-Time $41,000 - $65,000
Any offered salary is determined based on internal equity, internal salary ranges, market data, applicant's skills and prior relevant experience, degrees, and certifications.

Benefits
A comprehensive package of benefits is offered including two medical plan options, dental, vision, life, accidental death and disability, long term disability, pension, 403(b), HSA, FSA, and generous sick leave, vacation, and holidays.

Application Process
Please email a cover letter and resume to tpowell@starofthesea.net.

Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic School Mission
Under the patronage of our Blessed Mother, the mission of Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Classical School is to support parents in their role as the primary educators of their children. Our classical training nourishes the students' natural sense of wonder and guides them to know and love what is genuinely good, true, and beautiful. Faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church, we form our students to be virtuous disciples of Jesus Christ and joyful witnesses to the Gospel.

About the Employer

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

Under the patronage of our Blessed Mother, the mission of Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic School is to support parents in their role as the primary educators of their children. Our classical training nourishes the students' natural sense of wonder and guides them to know and love what is genuinely good, true, and beautiful. Faithful to the teachings of the Catholic Church, we form our students to be virtuous disciples of Jesus Christ and joyful witnesses to the Gospel.