Ashley River Classical Academy (ARCA) is hiring its founding faculty to teach its students when it opens in Charleston, SC in August 2025. ARCA is a tuition-free public classical charter school. It is part of the Barney Charter School Initiative of Hillsdale College, a network of classical charter schools united by curriculum and purpose. ARCA will initially open K-5 and grow to K-12 by adding one grade level each year. ARCA is now accepting applications from new and experienced educators for all K-5 positions.

Each faculty member is a professional who is esteemed and supported by a faculty of colleagues striving for excellence. The faculty is entrusted with practical implementation of the mission of Ashley River Classical Academy: Our mission is to train the minds and hearts of our students through a content-rich classical education in the liberal arts and sciences, with a focus on fostering moral character and civic virtue.

The Spanish teacher motivates each student to develop competencies, knowledge, and skills in aurally comprehending, speaking, reading, and writing a foreign language, in accordance with each student’s ability; to interpret to students the culture of the countries where foreign language is spoken; to discover and develop special talents of students in foreign language communication.

Primary duties and responsibilities include:

• Teaches skills and knowledge in foreign language instruction to students

• Interact with the children and to encourage their involvement in activities

• Prepare a safe environment that is orderly, clean and appealing and permits the child to grow and to explore

• Develops lesson plans and supplementary materials compatible with the basic instructional philosophy

• Provides learning experiences which develop the basic communication skills, utilizing tape recorders and other electronic equipment as appropriate

• Provides individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student

• Develops student understanding and appreciation of culture of countries where the studied language is spoken

Qualities and characteristics of a successful Lower School Spanish Teacher:

• Bachelor’s degree from a fully accredited college or university

• Possession of, or eligibility for, a South Carolina teaching certificate for the level and subject area to be taught

• Familiarity with best practices in pedagogy, particularly in literacy instruction

• Knowledge of the classical model of education

• High moral character

• Thoughtfulness, compassion and a love of learning

Salary and Benefits

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience and expertise

• Benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance, and retirement

If interested, send a letter of interest, a resume, and a list of references to the chair of the hiring committee: careers@ashleyriverclassical.org