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MISSION

Franklin Road Academy provides a challenging educational experience in an inclusive Christian Community with an unwavering commitment to develop leaders of integrity and purpose.

We will:

Inspire in our students a lifelong love of learning through a dynamic academic program which will prepare them for success in life;

Encourage students to discover their passions through opportunities in academics, the arts, athletics, and servant leadership;

Nurture leaders of integrity, guided by Christian principles, compelled to lead lives of compassionate global citizenship.

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CAREERS

At FRA, our faculty often become lifelong mentors, coming alongside our students through academic and co-curricular programs and encouraging their students to become more than they often times think is possible. Our teachers challenge students to grow as leaders and develop their sense of purpose in this world. We hire faculty who are committed to our mission to inspire, encourage, and nurture our students from our earliest pre-kindergarteners to our graduating seniors.

Community life is a huge part of FRA, and faculty regularly attend games, recitals, and other campus events outside the classroom. All staff members are encouraged to lead clubs, coach teams, and integrate themselves into the school community.

Open positions are listed below.

Faculty

Lower School Learning Specialist and Service Coordinator for ASPIRE Program

Job Location: USA-TN-Nashville
Position Type: Full-time, beginning 2021-2022 school year
Education Level: Bachelor’s Degree in Special Education required, Master's Degree preferred

Job Description and Qualifications

Franklin Road Academy lower school is searching for the Coordinator of ASPIRE learning services. This candidate is a teacher with a collaborative spirit and strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills. Candidates should have at least three years of teaching experience (five or more years preferred) in a lower school environment with specific experience in a broad range of special education services. A strong knowledge base of research-based literacy and math intervention strategies/programs and experience analyzing multiple types of data are essential in this position. The ideal candidate will also have experience working with parents, teachers, and tutors/therapists to manage individual student caseloads.

Responsibilities

Provide, supervise and coordinate student academic support services for LS students.
Analyze psycho-educational testing for LS students to determine what supports are needed and can be implemented.
Facilitate implementation of needed LS student supports through conferencing, teacher education and assistance, and individual work with students.
Oversee appropriate and reasonable accommodations for LS students with documented learning differences.
Provide resources for LS parents on community services, understanding learning differences, and other topics as needed.
Consult with admissions regarding incoming LS students with documented learning differences.
Consult with LS faculty on current student learning profiles, learning differences and instructional strategies to support student needs.
Coordinate and monitor direct services from outside tutors and therapists.
Serve as testing coordinator by researching best-practice assessments, preparing assessments, training staff, coordinating administration, generating reports and meeting with staff to analyze (MAP and other potential assessments)
Oversee pull out enrichment offerings. Number of pullouts may vary from grade to grade and year-to-year based on the needs of our students. (Examples of possible offerings include: literacy circles, Socratic inquiry discussions, technology and design projects, before-/after- school math clubs, etc.).
Meet with parents and teachers to discuss student learning profiles and plans to address the needs revealed by the profiles.
Collaborate with lower school Literacy and Math coaches to discuss collaborative efforts to assist individual teachers and grade levels.
Coordinate and oversee speech and occupational therapy screenings with Pre-K and Kindergarten each fall.
Collaborate with the middle school math chairperson to discuss advanced math class placement and then give the math placement tests, MAP data, and teacher recommendations to the math chair.
Serve on various committees to ensure functionality of the school (Vertical Teams, Committees, etc.)
Willingness to coach, lead, or assist a team or co-curricular activity

APPLY FOR THIS POSITION
(Lower School Learning Specialist and Service Coodinator for ASPIRE Program)

Middle school science teacher

Job Location: USA-TN-Nashville
Position Type: Full-time
Education Level: Bachelor’s Degree required, Master's Degree preferred

Job Description and Qualifications

Franklin Road Academy seeks a full-time science teacher in the middle school. Candidates with experience teaching science in the middle grades are preferred. Exposure to and experience with technology and STEM initiatives is desirable. All candidates should desire to be a part of a collaborative faculty that resonates with FRA’s mission to provide a challenging educational environment an inclusive Christian community, with an unwavering commitment to develop leaders of integrity and purpose. The science department will meet regularly to share best practices and ensure a collegial atmosphere of growth and development. Candidates for this position should have a passion for their content area and have a desire to grow as instructors and mentors of students. Community life is a huge part of FRA, as teachers regularly attend games, recitals, and other campus events outside the classroom. All teachers at FRA are advisors of groups of 8-10 students that meet for 20 minutes daily, and teachers are strongly encouraged to lead clubs, coach teams, and integrate themselves in the school community.

Responsibilities

Develop curriculum to meet the needs of the class through the creation of assessments of various types
Serve as advisor for a group of 8-10 students that meet daily
Meet weekly with their grade-level team in a collaborative effort to provide well for their students
Meet regularly with their department to ensure streamlined curricula, expectations, and best-practice pedagogy
Performs general teaching tasks such as tracking attendance, assigning homework, grading assignments, giving feedback, and communicating effectively with students at all skill levels
Maintains regularly scheduled office hours and other faculty responsibilities

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in education or related field
Experience in teaching middle school
Experience with current software, current hardware, and computer applications
Demonstrates a passion for and expertise in the teaching
Eagerness to research and learn new technologies and bring them into the classroom
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Collaborative personality
APPLY FOR THIS POSITION
(Middle School Science Teacher)

Middle School Long-Term Substitute Social Studies

Job Location: USA-TN-Nashville
Position Type: Long-Term Substitute
Education Level: Bachelor's Degree required, Master's degree preferred

Job Description and Qualifications

Franklin Road Academy seeks a long-term substitute social studies teacher in the Middle School. Candidates with experience teaching social studies, particularly world history, in the middle grades are preferred. All candidates should desire to be a part of a collaborative faculty that resonates with FRA's mission to provide a challenging educational environment an inclusive Christian community, with an unwavering commitment to develop leaders of integrity and purpose. The social studies department will meet regularly to share best practices and ensure a collegial atmosphere of growth and development. Candidates for this position should have a passion for their content area and have a desire to grow as instructors and mentors of students. Community life is a huge part of FRA, as teachers regularly attend games, recitals, and other campus events outside the classroom. All teachers at FRA are advisors of groups of 8-10 students that meet for 20 minutes daily, and teachers are strongly encouraged to lead clubs, coach teams, and integrate themselves in the school community.

Responsibilities

Deliver instruction curriculum to meet the needs of the class
Serve as advisor for a group of 8-10 students that meet daily
Meet weekly with their grade-level team in a collaborative effort to provide well for their students
Meet regularly with their department to ensure streamlined curricula, expectations, and best-practice pedagogy
Perform general teaching tasks such as tracking attendance, assigning homework, grading assignments, giving feedback, and communicating effectively with students at all skill levels

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in history or related field
Experience in teaching middle school
Experience with current software, current hardware, and computer applications
Demonstrates a passion for and expertise in the teaching
Eagerness to research and learn new technologies and bring them into the classroom
Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Collaborative personality

APPLY FOR THIS POSITION
(Middle School Long-Term Substitute Social Studies)

Faculty Application

MISSION

Franklin Road Academy provides a challenging educational experience in an inclusive Christian Community with an unwavering commitment to develop leaders of integrity and purpose.

Inspire in our students a lifelong love of learning through a dynamic academic program which will prepare them for success in life;

Encourage students to discover their passions through opportunities in academics, the arts, athletics, and servant leadership;

Nurture leaders of integrity, guided by Christian principles, compelled to lead lives of compassionate global citizenship.

CAREERS

At FRA, our faculty often become lifelong mentors, coming alongside our students through academic and co-curricular programs and encouraging their students to become more than they often times think is possible. Our teachers challenge students to grow as leaders and develop their sense of purpose in this world. We hire faculty who are committed to our mission to inspire, encourage, and nurture our students from our earliest pre-kindergarteners to our graduating seniors.

Community life is a huge part of FRA. Faculty regularly attend games, recitals, and other campus events outside the classroom. All staff members are encouraged to lead clubs, coach teams, and integrate themselves into the school community.

APPLY

Please submit your application using the links below. We will contact you should a position open that is a good for your experience and expertise.

Lower School Faculty

Middle School Faculty

Upper School Faculty

Staff

After-School Extended Care Staff

Job Location: USA-TN-Nashville

Position Type: Part-Time (Daily work during school year from 2:15pm- 6pm)

Education Level: Current College/Graduate work students/ Bachelor’s degree.

Job Description and Qualifications:

Franklin Road Academy’s after-school program serves students in grades Pre-K3 through middle school. We are looking for reliable, motivated, friendly people who are enthusiastic about working with children. We need individuals who have had previous experience working with or supervising groups of children in a variety of settings such as camp, classroom, etc. This job provides invaluable experience for those who are committed to working with children long-term (i.e. future educators, counselors, social workers, physical education, etc.). This is also a great opportunity for those pursuing a Master’s degree.

Responsibilities:

Extended Day Teacher

Work from 2:15 p.m. to 6 p.m., during the school year (flexible hours- possible to leave at 5 p.m. or only work several days a week)
Ability to communicate with children on their level
Comfortable assisting children with homework
Supervise indoor and outdoor games
Plan appropriate and meaningful activities for students
Ability to maintain a classroom
Effectively implement school Mission and guidelines

APPLY FOR THIS POSITION
(After-School Extended Care Staff)

Substitute Teacher

Job Location: USA-TN-Nashville

Position Type: Part-Time

We are looking for highly qualified substitute teachers for lower school, middle school, and upper school.

Responsibilities

Maintain a positive, welcoming, and professional demeanor
Able to organize and multi-task with close attention to detail
Able to work independently as well as collaboratively with adults and school-aged children in a busy environment
Communicate accurately and concisely
Demonstrate integrity and maintain confidentiality

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in education or related field; teaching experienced strongly preferred.
Working knowledge of classroom practices.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Collaborative personality
Passion for and expertise in working with students

APPLY FOR THIS POSITION
(Substitute Teacher)

Bus Driver

Job Location: USA-TN-Nashville

Position Type: Part-Time

Requirements:

CDL with P Endorsement and updated Medical Card
Must be able to meet all Federal and State driving regulations and requirements
Must be able to pass an extensive background check and have no driving violations

Job Description and Qualifications

Under direction of the director of finance and operations, the bus driver will be assigned to transport pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students, coaches, teachers, and other adults using 70-, 40-, 32-, 20-, and 14-passenger vehicles to athletic events, local field trips and out of town trips. Must be available for weekday and some weekend trips as needed.

Responsibilities

Operate the bus in a safe and effective way to minimize risk of passenger injury and property damage
Make sure the bus is safely and securely stored
Advise supervisor of any requirements for maintenance and repairs

APPLY FOR THIS POSITION
(Bus Driver)

Internships for FRA Young Alumni

Math Lab Internship
Writing Center Internship

Math Lab Internship

Position Type: Part-time
Education: Bachelor’s degree or demonstrated progress toward a bachelor’s degree

Job Description
The FRA Math Lab's mission is to provide support to middle and upper school students by working with faculty and students to bring a deeper understanding of mathematical topics studied in class. The Math Lab Intern will support middle and upper school students. The ideal candidate will be able to organize and multi-task with close attention to detail while collaborating with students on assignments across different grade levels and curriculum. The person in this role will maintain a positive, welcoming, and professional demeanor and communicate consistently with students, teachers, and families. The Math Lab Intern will work alongside students to answer questions and supplement math instruction through one-on-one meetings via Zoom and afternoon/ early evening drop in office hours.

Responsibilities

Be available for several hours each week to assist middle school students virtually
Proactively collaborate with teachers and parents to schedule students and understand their assignments
Encourage students through differentiated learning techniques; work to improve student problem-solving, logic, and reasoning skills
Aid students in how to prepare effectively for assessments
Show an interest in honing their own teaching abilities

Click here to apply

Writing Center Internship

Position Type: Part-time
Education: Bachelor’s degree or demonstrated progress toward a bachelor’s degree

Job Description:
The FRA Writing Center serves middle and upper school students and faculty by providing a supportive, collaborative environment focused on developing student writers. The Writing Center engages students in conversations about the writing process and enhances the academic experience of all students by enabling them to write at a high level across the curriculum.

Responsibilities:

Be available for several hours each week to assist middle school students virtually
Enjoy writing and working with students in a professional setting
Proactively collaborate with teachers and parents to schedule student meetings
Work with teachers to understand writing assignment objectives
Help students organize their writing, improve sentence structure, find and cite sources, improve reading and critical thinking skills, use language effectively, and develop positive attitudes about writing and about themselves as writers

Click here to apply

Franklin Road Academy does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability, sex or age, in its employment practices, or in administration of educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and financial aid programs, athletic programs, or other school-administered programs. Franklin Road Academy is an Equal Opportunity Employer.