Elementary School Teacher

Job Description

St. Joseph Academy, a hybrid Catholic classical school in Sioux Falls, SD, is seeking part-time teachers for the 2025-2026 school year. Teachers will have the joyful task of accompanying students in the pursuit of the good, true, and beautiful across all studies. Qualified candidates will be able to guide students to discover wisdom revealed across an integrated curriculum and throughout the history of Western civilization. Teachers will serve as living witnesses of our beloved Catholic faith and will work charitably with students, parents, and faculty.

Teachers will:

- Teach courses to a dual grade level classroom three days per week
- Communicate lessons to parents on homeschooling days two days per week
- Maintain a joyful and well ordered learning environment
- Attend daily Mass and adoration with students
- Assist in assigned duties throughout the school day such as drop-off, pick-up, lunch and recess
- Help lead periodic nature study adventures
- Attend faculty meetings, retreats, student conferences, and professional development as assigned

The idea candidate will have:

- A deep commitment to our Catholic faith and our school's mission
- Experience working with elementary age students
- A Bachelor's degree in a related field
- The ability to prepare lessons according to a classical pedagogy that inspire wonder and joy
- The desire to engage in ongoing learning and to share a vibrant educational life with a faculty of friends
- A background in Montessori education is preferred

About the Employer

Our Mission
Rooted in the Heart of Jesus, St. Joseph Academy cooperates richly with parents in order to develop a robust community of learners who contemplate together the truth, goodness, and beauty of our Catholic Tradition.

Our Vision
We aim to raise up young people in wisdom and virtue who worship God as their highest Good so that they may thrive in this life and become saints in the next.