Part-time English Teacher- Incarnate Word High School

Description

Incarnate Word High School, an all-girls Catholic high school sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, seeks a part-time English teacher for the 2025-26 school year. The position entails a part-time teaching schedule. The candidate must have current licensure. The school seeks to maintain a fully and authentically Catholic environment.  

REPORTS TO:

This position reports to the Incarnate Word High School (IWHS) principal. 

RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

• Prepare curriculum documents, including standards, scope and sequences, syllabi, and lesson plans.
• Use appropriate and varied instructional strategies, activities, and materials to promote student success and achievement.
• Consistently monitor student achievement through appropriate and varied formative and summative assessments.
• Update the school's electronic gradebook site, Blackbaud, with student grades at least once per week.
• Keep class pages in  Google Classroom current.
• Post lesson plans weekly.
• Establish and maintain open communication with students, parents, and administration.
• Attend faculty meetings, events, and professional development.
• Collaborate with other faculty members for professional, instructional, and supervisory duties.
• Assume various roles supporting student activities outside of class, both during the school day and after regular school hours.
• Attend all faculty retreats and class retreats as assigned.
• Attend all faith-centered activities, including school liturgies and prayer services.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with students, parents, and co-workers.
• Willingness to assume other extra-curricular duties as needed.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Know both curriculum and instruction, and have the ability to engage and instruct students in the content area.
• Manage a classroom along with student behavior.
• Attendance at AP Summer Institute(s) within the past 3 years (preferred).
• Promptly address student needs through interventions, including modifying instructional approaches.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with students, parents, and co-workers.
• Be a lifelong learner of his/her practice, and be open to self-reflect, receive, and implement feedback on improving their teaching skills.
• Understand the Mission of Incarnate Word High School.
• Successful completion of VIRTUS and background check.

REQUIRED EDUCATION:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in English  
• A valid Texas Teacher’s Certificate
• Technology Proficiency (word processing, spreadsheets, databases, multimedia presentations, and internet use for educational purposes.