Theology Teacher

POSITION: Theology Teacher
REPORTS TO: Principal
CLASSIFICATION: Exempt
SCHEDULE: 7:15 AM – 3:30 PM

Are you a passionate, results-driven educator dedicated to helping urban students succeed academically and graduate from high school and college? 

Do you excel in a fast-paced environment, building trust with students, parents, and colleagues while using innovative teaching methods to drive growth aligned with the Jesuit tradition of Catholic education?

If so, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School needs your talent to help lead a college-bound, supportive learning community, inspire families to pursue bold dreams for their children, and teach students to lead through service to others.

ABOUT CRISTO REY:

Cristo Rey in Milwaukee is the 29th school in a growing national network of Catholic high schools recognized for transforming urban education through a unique integration of rigorous academics, professional experience, and spiritual formation. For the 2025-26 school year, Cristo Rey Milwaukee will welcome a class of approximately 125 freshmen boys and girls of limited financial means. Cristo Rey’s innovative model calls for our students to attend class four days per week and work in a professional setting five days per month through our Corporate Work Study Program (CWSP). Many of our students will enter high school below grade-level academically, and our staff’s collective mission is to ensure that our students gain admission to—and ultimately graduate from—college. In pursuit of that goal, Cristo Rey has a longer school day and an extended academic year, and our teachers innovate, plan, reflect, and practice to maximize their impact in the classroom.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Theology Teacher will possess an ambitious vision for academic excellence, an appreciation for systems that support student success, a culturally responsive mindset, and a commitment to collaboration and growth. This person will contribute to the professional and spiritual development of all students.

As part of Cristo Rey’s motivated and collaborative founding faculty, you will educate students in mind and spirit. Through engaging, data-driven instruction that effectively incorporates technology to enhance learning, you will ensure all students are academically prepared for college, reflective about their learning in both the classroom and the Corporate Work Study Program, and equipped with the habits of mind that undergird success. In the spirit of Ignatian pedagogy, you will create opportunities for students to act, reflect, and grow as they become men and women for others. Your relentlessness, zest, and commitment to excellence will help form a student body distinguished by breakthrough achievement gains, a passion for justice, and dexterity in the professional world. Your interpersonal intelligence, courage, and drive to find solutions will help establish a founding team that is high-functioning, vibrant, and grounded in a deep commitment to the school’s bold mission. Ultimately, by giving generously of yourself, your gifts, and your time, you will build the foundation of a school that serves its students’ diverse needs and cultivates their many talents.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Plans and executes rigorous, objective-driven, and culturally relevant lessons.
• Offers differentiated instructional methods to meet the needs of all students.
• Identifies scholar needs and collaborates with other faculty and staff members to maximize teaching and learning.
• Creates an effective and supportive environment for learning.
• Uses technology to enhance learning experience for all students.
• Works closely and effectively with parents/families and school counselors in the support and development of students’ academic needs.
• Utilizes a data-driven instructional approach to plan effective learning experiences for all students.
• Provides targeted support to students needing additional scaffolds.
• Continuously builds an understanding of each student to ensure a culture of respect and rapport with all students.
• Assists with school masses, prayer services, and weekly reflection events.
• Ensures students and adult community members of all faiths and backgrounds feel welcome and invited to meaningfully participate in the faith life of the school.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by Principal.

Qualifications:

• Successful applicants will embody the mission-commitment, intellectual curiosity, openness to growth, optimism, and zest that are central to the character of our founding faculty. In addition, they will meet or exceed the following requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree with a major, minor, or comparable credential of content expertise in the primary teaching discipline (master’s degree in primary teaching discipline preferred);
• Teaching license in the primary teaching discipline or demonstrable progress towards obtaining licensure;
• Record of strong student achievement as a middle school or high school teacher;
• Proficiency using technology to advance teaching and learning;
• Experience working with English language learners a plus.

TO APPLY:

Please email [email protected] the documents below, attached in PDF format:

• Resume
• Cover letter underscoring your interest in and readiness for the position

Please ensure your full name and the position are clearly indicated in the subject line of your email (for example, “John Doe, Faculty: Math”). This will help us process your application more efficiently. 

Direct questions to [email protected]

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Milwaukee is an equal opportunity employer that provides equal employment opportunities to applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, sex, or national origin.