HOLY ANGELS CATHOLIC SCHOOL
211 Cooper St.
Woodbury, New Jersey
Full-Time Faculty Position
About Holy Angels
Holy Angels is a classical Catholic school in Woodbury, New Jersey, dedicated to forming the whole
child: mind, body, and soul, in the truth of the Catholic faith and the wisdom of the classical
tradition. We exist to support parents in their God-given role as the primary educators of their
children, and to spark in every student a natural desire for wisdom and virtue.
Our mission is to educate and form our youth by the means of Catholic schooling in the classical
tradition, that they may lead holy and honorable lives for God and country, and so attain the end for
which they were created: eternal happiness with God.
In the classical tradition, education is not the accumulation of information but the formation of
persons. Our students learn through the time-tested methods of classical pedagogy: daily recitation,
dictation, narration, picture study, and Socratic dialogue. The faith is woven through every subject:
not as an addendum, but as the lens through which truth is seen most clearly.
Position Overview
Holy Angels invites applications for a full-time Second Grade Teacher for the upcoming academic
year. The ideal candidate is a faithful Catholic and a passionate educator who embraces the classical
tradition with conviction: a teacher who understands that second grade is a sacred year of
preparation for First Holy Communion, of foundational literacy and numeracy, and of habituation
toward truth, goodness, and beauty.
The Second Grade Teacher will guide students through a rigorous curriculum that integrates faith
and reason, while cultivating a classroom culture marked by reverence, joy, and order. The teacher
serves as a master of the disciplines being taught and a joyful witness to the Catholic life.
Salary Range: $34,000-$38,000
Responsibilities
- Plan and deliver engaging, classically-rooted lessons in religion, reading, writing,
mathematics, science, and history, aligned with the Academy’s classical curriculum and
Catholic identity. - Employ classical pedagogical methods daily, including recitation (the Baltimore
Catechism, prayers, and poetry), dictation, narration, picture study, and the Socratic
question-and-answer dialectic that forms the spine of classroom assessment. - Prepare students for the sacraments, in close partnership with parents and pastor,
particularly First Reconciliation and First Holy Communion, which are central to the
second-grade year. - Maintain a joyful, ordered, and reverent learning environment that habituates students
toward virtue—cultivating prudence, justice, fortitude, and temperance through the rhythms
of daily classroom life. - Assess student progress through ongoing oral question-and-answer dialectic, recitation and
other oral assessments, and handwritten in-class writing assignments. Students will also be
assessed through timeline reproduction and other forms of memory work appropriate to the
classical model. - Integrate the Catholic faith as the lens through which all subjects are taught—drawing on
Scripture, the Catechism, the lives of the saints, the liturgical calendar, and the natural law
tradition. - Partner with parents as the primary educators of their children, communicating regularly,
welcoming their involvement, and reinforcing the home as the first school of virtue. - Participate fully in the life of the school—daily prayer, weekly Mass, liturgical
celebrations, feast days, and community events: as a visible witness to the faith. - Collaborate with colleagues and administration to ensure curricular coherence across
grades and the holistic formation of every child.
Qualifications & Requirements - A practicing Catholic in good standing with the Church, with a personal commitment to
the sacraments, the Magisterium, and the formative power of the Catholic intellectual
tradition. - A genuine love for the classical tradition—or an eager willingness to be formed in it.
Familiarity with classical pedagogy, the trivium, and Catholic classical curricula (e.g., the
Memoria Press tradition, Catholic Schools Textbook Project, or similar) is strongly preferred. - A bachelor’s degree is required, but an education degree is not required. State certification is
not required to apply. - Demonstrated ability to manage a classroom with both authority and warmth: maintaining
order as a precondition for learning, while never confusing order with severity. - Strong communication skills with students, parents, and colleagues, and a disposition
toward genuine partnership with families. - A servant’s heart and a willingness to participate in the broader life of the school—liturgies,
school events, parent meetings, and the daily small acts of formation that make a school a
true community. - Personal virtue and the ability to witness, through one’s own life, what is being taught in the
classroom. In a classical school, the teacher is part of the curriculum.
Application Process
Interested candidates should submit the following materials: - A cover letter articulating your interest in working at Holy Angels and highlight the
qualifications and experience that make you an excellent fit for the role you would like to
apply for and our school’s mission. - A current résumé.
- Two letters of recommendation.
- A pastoral reference from your parish priest is welcome and encouraged.
Applications should be submitted to Principal Hennessy at whennessy@holyangelswoodbury.org
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.