Seton Teaching Fellow
- Seton Education Partners
- New York, NY, USA
Job Description
"The world offers you comfort. But you were not made for comfort. You were made for greatness."
- Pope Benedict XVI
SETON TEACHING FELLOWS
A paid year of professional missionary service that is radically evangelizing in charter schools and Catholic schools throughout America's most underserved inner city communities. Fellows bring liberal arts education, theology, character formation, and catechesis to urban schools in at-risk neighborhoods.
You might be a great fit for Seton Teaching Fellows if:
- You're looking for a meaningful job for the 2024-2025 school year
- You have a passion for service and want to make the world a better place.
- You're a faith-filled leader who wants to share the truth of the Catholic Church with others.
- You believe in the beauty and importance of a quality liberal arts education.
- You believe in the beauty and importance of vibrant and authentic catechesis.
- You're a gritty individual who feels called to pick up your cross and serve.
- You're looking for a bold adventure with purpose.
If that sounds like you, then Seton Teaching Fellows is hiring!
WHAT WE OFFER
- A biweekly stipend totaling $1,200 per month—there's no fundraising!
- Free, safe and quality housing with other Seton Teaching Fellows—we live in intentional communities of faith.
- Participation in vibrant faith formation and a sacramental lifestyle.
- Amazing professional development that equips and supports you to be a leader in education, non-profit work, and beyond!
- Impressive opportunities for funded Masters degrees and licensure in a variety of fields.
- Opportunities for loan forbearance, health care, and educational grants.
- Generous time-off and a calendar year with space for breaks, retreats, and rest.
WHAT WE DO
- Seton Teaching Fellows will serve in our network schools across New York, Texas, and Ohio during the 2024-2025 school year.
- Fellows joyfully live in the neighborhood where our schools are located, and serve inside of our schools, during school hours, Monday - Friday.
- Fellows teach authentic and meaningful catechesis classes to students at all of our schools.
- Fellows provide academic and administrative support to our offices and classrooms, which includes academic teaching, mentorship, small group instruction, and operations.
- Fellows participate in and bring intentional community, sacramental faith life, and life-giving formation to the neighborhoods where we serve.
WHO WE HIRE
- Faith-filled leaders who want to pursue Christ in all things and share the fullness of the Catholic faith in word, deed, and example.
- All degrees and levels of education - you don't have to posses a background or degree in education, and we have opportunities for gap year students.
- Individuals from a variety of work experiences - we work with children and young adults in underserved neighborhoods; you don't have to have experience working with younger students or in the field of education—you only need the call to serve.
- Students and graduates who are eligible for work in the U.S. or OPT - If you are an international student/grad, we might be able to accommodate your work situation!
Apply today!
Visit our external application to learn more. Our app is short, easy, and simply offers a way for candidates to discern a year of service with us. Apply in less than 30 minutes and get in touch with our team to discern more intentionally!
Learn more about Seton Teaching Fellows at setonfellows.org, or reach out to recruitment manager Jacob Coonradt at: jacob.coonradt@setonteachingfellows.org
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About Seton Education Partners
WHO WE ARE
Co-founded in 2009 by KIPP pioneer Scott W. Hamilton and Teach for America alumna Stephanie Saroki de García, Seton Education Partners is a response to the dramatic decline of urban Catholic schools in America, which have served the economically disadvantaged so well for decades. In 2013, amidst the shuttering of 60+ urban Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of New York, Seton launched Brilla College Prep Public Charter School in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the South Bronx. Brilla, which means “shine” in Spanish, has achieved academic results that parallel the nation’s most acclaimed high-poverty schools. Alongside Brilla, Seton launched El Camino, an optional, privately funded after-school Catholic faith formation program. In only eight years, over 160 children have been baptized through their participation in El Camino. Seton is working to take these remarkable achievements to scale by managing a network of schools and programs that ensure that thousands of underserved children whose Catholic schools close—and other local children—have access to an academically excellent, character-building, and, for those who choose it, faith-nurturing education. This network is a national model for how other cities facing the shuttering of Catholic schools can continue to serve children and families with limited educational options.
OUR MISSION
Seton Education Partners expands opportunities for parents in underserved communities to choose an academically excellent, character rich, and—for those who seek it—vibrantly Catholic education for their children.
As a national non-profit, Seton partners with (arch)dioceses and others across the country to implement innovative and sustainable models that bridge the best of Catholic education’s rich tradition of character formation and high academic achievement with new possibilities. The challenges are significant, to be sure, but with an entrepreneurial spirit that embraces innovation, much can and should be done for the benefit of thousands of children in America’s most underserved neighborhoods.
WHAT SETS US APART
Three things set Seton apart from other education organizations:
- Whole-child Education: In all of Seton’s schools, we provide outstanding classical education that nurtures the mind, body, and soul while honoring the legitimate role of parents as the first educators.
- Talent: Our diverse team is comprised of highly effective, principled people who lead with love.
- Formation: We offer every family rich virtue formation and joyful Catholic evangelization for their children.