Job Description:

Position: Middle School English / Literature and Composition Teacher - January 2026 start

Location: Great Hearts Glendale Preparatory, 23276 N. 83rd Ave., Peoria, AZ 85383

We are looking for life-long learners passionate about shaping students' hearts and minds. Join Great Hearts Academies, a growing network of 47 public, open-enrollment, tuition-free schools in Phoenix (AZ), Baton Rouge (LA), Dallas/Ft. Worth (TX), and San Antonio (TX).

Great Hearts currently provides over 30,000 K-12 students with access to a high quality, classical liberal arts education. We believe the highest goal of education is to become good, intellectually, and morally.

Distinctive benefits for Great Hearts faculty

• Exceptional Benefits (medical, dental, vision etc.) with minimal employee cost
• Matching 401K program
• Merit-based bonus for additional compensation opportunity

Salary: Starting from $40,000

Please apply directly, using this link:

https://phg.tbe.taleo.net/phg04/ats/careers/v2/viewRequisition?org=GREATHEARTS&cws=46&rid=2598

In Middle School Literature and Composition courses, students are immersed in studying literary figures, grammatical structure, and basic logic in constructing a written argument (as well as proper grammatical construction in writing); at the same time, students are practicing how to read a piece of literature carefully and discuss its ideas with each other in class. The Great Hearts reading list for 6th-8th grade is available here: https://www.greatheartsamerica.org/great-hearts-life/great-hearts-curriculum/middle-school-reading/.

Requirements for teaching:

• Bachelor’s or higher degree is required for a lead teaching role
• Certification is not required for general education
• All majors are welcome

Work Authorization - US work authorization is required.

Great Hearts Academies is an Equal Opportunity Employer.