Kindergarten Teacher

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

Who We Are

City Academy of Atlanta is a Christ-centered hybrid homeschool community serving families in the Atlanta area. Our mission is to glorify God by educating children to think, believe, and live biblically. We partner with parents to provide an academically rich education rooted in a biblical worldview while cultivating wisdom, character, and faith in every student.

What We Do

City Academy blends on-campus learning with guided home instruction through a unique hybrid model. Students attend classes on campus several days each week and continue their learning at home using lesson plans and support from our teachers. Our curriculum integrates faith and learning across all subjects while encouraging curiosity, critical thinking, and joyful discovery.

What It’s Like to Work Here

Working at City Academy means joining a mission-driven community that is passionate about Christian education and discipleship. Our faculty and staff partner closely with families, collaborate with one another, and invest deeply in the spiritual and academic development of students. Together, we seek to equip the next generation to love God, pursue truth, and live lives of purpose and service.

Job Description

City Academy of Atlanta is seeking a warm, wise, and mission-driven Kindergarten Teacher . The ideal candidate will be deeply committed to being a cultivator of young learners during a foundational season of growth. This role is both instructional and relational - guiding children academically, spiritually, and socially while partnering closely with parents.

The ideal candidate creates a classroom environment marked by worship, wonder, warmth, and joyful structure.

Key responsibilities of the Kindergarten Teacher include but are not limited to:

• Create a Christ-centered, nurturing classroom culture
• Implement developmentally wise instruction in early literacy and mathematics
• Emphasize oral language, narration, rich literature, and embedded phonics instruction
• Teach math conceptually and concretely, building strong number sense
• Integrate learning across subjects through quarterly themes
• Maintain anecdotal records of student growth
• Provide clear, warm communication with families
• Collaborate with faculty and participate in ongoing professional development

Qualifications

• Agreement with City Academy’s Statement of Faith and educational philosophy
• Active Christian faith aligned with City Academy’s Testimony and Lifestyle Statement
• Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood or Elementary Education (Master’s preferred)
• Experience teaching kindergarten or early childhood
• Strong understanding of early literacy development and conceptual math instruction
• Excellent communication skills
• Calm, patient, and relational classroom presence

Teaching Schedule

• On-campus teaching: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7:45AM - 3:00PM

Desired Attributes

• Values formation over performance
• Honors developmental readiness
• Partners with parents as co-cultivators
• Loves children’s literature
• Sees teaching as both discipleship and academic excellence

Additional Information

City Academy of Atlanta (CAA) employees come from a broad range of church backgrounds. All employees are expected to be members in good standing of a Christian church whose doctrinal convictions are not in conflict with CAA’s beliefs. To ensure unity in our theological foundations, employees must affirm CAA’s Statement of Faith and the Testimony and Lifestyle Statement and seek to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the biblical beliefs and values expressed in that statement.

City Academy of Atlanta is both an equal opportunity employer and a Christian nonprofit religious organization. CAA makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, marital status, parental status, or disability of an otherwise-qualified individual. As a religious organization, CAA reserves the right to hire employees who affirm and support the school’s Christian mission, Statement of Faith, and religious beliefs, which are central to our identity and daily operations.

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