Culver Academies is seeking a humanities instructor to join our professional community. The humanities department offers three years of core interdisciplinary instruction including courses examining ancient to medieval perspectives at the ninth grade, European and modern world perspectives at tenth grade, and American perspectives at eleventh grade. The department also provides a wide range of elective offerings in literature, composition, and the social sciences along with robust Honors seminar experiences and Advanced Placement options.
Via an inquiry-based approach to instruction, Humanities teachers use a wide variety of texts – both fiction and non-fiction – to help students grapple with the major questions and themes that emerge. Speaking persuasively, writing convincingly and thinking critically are emphasized throughout a student’s humanities career. Since Culver is on an intensive 4x4 block schedule, instructors in the humanities department teach two eighty-minute blocks each day with an average class size of fifteen. In addition to teaching two of the four blocks daily, instructors collaborate weekly with their peers teaching the same course. Instructors meet with colleagues and consider not only what content is covered, but also what academic skills are emphasized and taught, as well as how best to teach those topics and skills. Additionally, in biweekly department meetings instructors collaborate with colleagues teaching at other levels on a variety of department initiatives. Finally, all humanities instructors attend monthly meetings as part of our campus-wide interdisciplinary learning community.
Culver faculty engage with students outside the classroom by service in either athletics or residential life. Additionally, Culver instructors are expected to be a regular part of students’ lives.
Professional development is available for all instructors and stems from goals set by individual teachers and goals established within the humanities department. Opportunities include traditional off-campus workshops and conferences, graduate work, research with students or colleagues, faculty-developed curriculum projects, and regularly scheduled on-campus teacher forums for learning support and educational technology.
Successful candidates will have a commitment to fostering belonging and inclusion in concert with our student-generated Diversity Statement. Interested candidates who find themselves aligned with Culver’s Teaching and Learning Model and supportive of the Commitments of a Culver Educator should express interest by clicking the Apply Now button to complete an employment application.
