Francis Parker School of Louisville, Goshen Campus, seeks a full-time Preschool 4s teacher for the 2025-26 school year. The ideal candidate will have a deep respect for the competence of young children, a joyful attitude and approach towards teaching, a team orientation, strong communication skills, the desire to work collaboratively, and a dedication to continuously developing and practicing cultural competence. This position requires an understanding of developmentally appropriate teaching practices and how they are implemented in the classroom through an emergent, inquiry-based model.

Francis Parker School of Louisville is the only Independent, Progressive school located in Louisville, Kentucky serving students from Preschool through High School. We are "The School of Thought.” Our outstanding teachers provide individual attention in small, collaborative, active, and engaged classes. With students at the center of all that we do, we encourage intellectual engagement, curiosity, lifelong learning, and a spirit of innovation as we guide students to understand their responsibility to serve and act. We are deeply committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging and to continuously developing cultural competence. Francis Parker School of Louisville cultivates a joyful, compassionate, intellectual community that celebrates individuality and inspires independent thinking for life. 

Qualifications: Bachelor's degree preferred, preferably in Early Childhood Education; will consider candidates with AA/AS ECE degree with three years of teaching experience; three years of Preschool teaching experience; CPR/First Aid Certification, or ability to obtain certification, is required. Application: please send a resume and cover letter to Renee Hennessy, Preschool Director, at rhennessy@francisparkerschooloflouisville.org.

About Francis Parker School of Louisville

Francis Parker School of Louisville (formerly St. Francis School) is a secular, Independent School founded in the Progressive tradition that is committed to equity and justice and located in Louisville, Ky. Our campuses are in two locations -- Goshen (Preschool-8th) and Downtown (High School). We are "The School of Thought," where intellectually challenging academics foster critical, independent thinking. Francis Parker School of Louisville is characterized by personal attention, small class sizes, community service, student-centric extracurricular activities, and outstanding teachers who are dedicated to their subject areas and their students. The school also has a deep commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging and a commitment to cultural competence. In its Mission and in its classrooms, Francis Parker School of Louisville cultivates a joyful, compassionate, intellectual community that celebrates individuality and inspires independent thinking for life.

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