Asheville, North Carolina
San Francisco, California
Posted: 25-Feb-26
Location: Houston, Texas
Type: Full Time
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First Baptist Academy, serving students infant through eighth grade, is seeking a Lower School Learning Specialist. FBA faculty exemplify specific characteristics of professional excellence to support FBA’s vision, mission, core values, and strategic goals. This position reports to the Dean of Curriculum & Instruction.
Mission Statement:
Our mission is to equip students with the Truth of God’s Word while developing their character, intellect, and potential to Explore, Create, Challenge, and Lead.
Key Responsibilities:
- Creative Empowerment – Implement effective instructional strategies and evidence-based best practices in small groups to support continuous improvement in student learning with a focus on foundational literacy skills. Coordinate and support the administration of assessments to monitor student progress and inform instruction.
- Comprehensive Personalization – Design and deliver targeted, data-driven interventions in small groups for students, with an emphasis on reading interventions. Monitor, document, and communicate student progress to inform instructional decision-making and ongoing intervention planning.
- Collective Collaboration –Collaborate with teachers and school leaders to analyze student performance data and identify targeted student needs. Maintain effective communication with teachers, families, and administration on student progress and success. Actively participate in student support meetings.
- Supportive Guidance – Support classroom teachers by modeling effective literacy practices and co-planning instructional strategies aligned with school curriculum and standards. Facilitate or co-facilitate professional learning related to reading instruction, intervention strategies, and data-informed literacy practices. Support curriculum implementation and adoption efforts, including assisting with training, resources, and alignment to standards as needed.
- Continuous Professional Growth – Pursue professional development opportunities to incorporate optimal teaching methodologies, specifically in intervention strategies. Maintain current knowledge of research-based practices and curriculum through research and professional development.
Required Qualifications:
- Faithful Integrity – Model Biblical values, principles, and desired behaviors for student guidance while demonstrating a desire to work in a Christian environment.
- Moral and Ethical Standards – Uphold high moral and ethical standards within the classroom and greater school community.
- Servant Heart – Demonstrate humility, servant leadership, and a willingness to serve others in a Christ-like manner.
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school with current teacher certification EC-6
- At least five years of full-time teaching experience
- Ed or Reading Specialist Certification preferred
Background Check Statement:
FBA conducts pre-employment screening for all positions, which includes a criminal background check, verification of work history, academic credentials, licenses, and certifications.
First Baptist Academy is a Christian school dedicated to the development of moral character, the enrichment of spiritual lives, and the perpetuation of growth in Christian ideals in an environment that is academically rigorous - enriched with the truth of scripture and a relevant Biblical Worldview.
It is the policy of First Baptist Academy not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law, except those exclusions specifically provided to Religious Organizations.