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The St. Jerome Institute NOVA is hiring a Natural Philosophy teacher for the 2026-2027 academic year.
We have developed a four-year natural philosophy curriculum that corresponds with the themes of the Core Curriculum in an integrated approach, designed to continually deepen students’ understanding and contemplation of creation while engaging ever more profound questions with ever greater scientific rigor. We do not conceive of natural philosophy merely as abstract “science” but as a legitimate branch of philosophy itself that should be integrated with the other arts and sciences.
The Natural Philosophy seminar makes liberal use of laboratory work focusing on direct observation, experimental design, methodological precision, and the tools of modern science. Students explore the application of mathematics to biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy and environmental studies. While reference material such as diagrams, tables, and charts will play an important role in presenting and cataloging scientific knowledge, the seminar avoids memorization of facts, laws, and labels without context. Writing within the seminar focuses heavily on the skills of observation and description and extends beyond lab write-ups to include reflective, persuasive, and critical essays on the topics discussed. Periodically throughout the seminar, students take trips for advanced fieldwork, laboratory visits, or attendance at science events.
The successful candidate will possess strong philosophical formation combined with rigorous scientific training and background. Prior teaching experience and classroom management skills are strongly preferred.
St. Jerome Institute NOVA (SJI), is a co-ed, classical liberal arts high school in the Catholic tradition. SJI NOVA will open in its doors in August 2026 in Falls Church, Virginia, and is a first daughter of the original campus in Washington, DC, which was founded in 2019. SJI has reinvented traditional education to meet the challenges of our time. Our curriculum opens the most fundamental questions of the human heart at the very moment when young men and women are longing to understand themselves and their place in the world. Shoulder to shoulder with great thinkers, writers, artists, and saints, and led by the light of the Catholic intellectual tradition, we embark on a grand journey of academic excellence and joyful self-discovery.
SJI possesses a remarkable school culture of joy, order, faithfulness, and academic rigor. SJI is seeking candidates who know their subjects deeply and are capable of guiding students to virtue and leading them into the full maturity of Christian adulthood. Therefore, the ideal candidate has been deeply formed in the Catholic intellectual tradition and also possesses the rhetorical and leadership capacity to direct and inspire students, as well as an understanding of the St. Jerome Institute Educational Plan.
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