Great Hearts Academies

Position: Summer Program Employee (2025)

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SUMMER PROGRAMS

Great Hearts Academies’ Summer Programs offer Kinder Readiness, Summer Camp, and Summer School to our Great Hearts scholars in the lower schools.

SUMMER PROGRAM TEACHERS/ASSISTANTS: Summer Programs Teachers/ Assistants report to the Co-curricular Campus Coordinator are responsible for assisting the scholars in the programs and for leading them in a variety of extra-curricular activities (reading, athletics, logic games, art, music, etc.). 

Required traits : Some college (preferably with education or liberal arts major), experience with children, excellent communication skills, and ability to lead and teach children.  Shifts vary between AM/PM and week of summer programing. 

Personal Qualities and Values

We value each of our team members as individuals but believe that we achieve the greatest results by working together. We willingly sacrifice individual interests and recognition for greater collective impact.  The candidate should enjoy being a team player. A vibrant shared services center, and the competitive aspiration, well-being, and camaraderie of our employees, is an essential complement to our academic communities.

The nine core virtues that we seek to model and instill in our students are:

• Responsibility.   We accept obligations and we act on those obligations in a manner suitable to their timely and satisfactory fulfillment.  We are willingly accountable for what we do and say, and we seek to learn from our mistakes.
• Perseverance and Courage.   We spurn despair and strive to complete tasks to the best of our abilities, regardless of the difficulty.  We respond creatively to overcome obstacles and ask for help when necessary
• Integrity and Honesty.   We are individuals of strong ethical values, who make consistently good choices in keeping with our knowledge of right and wrong.  We are always truthful in what we say and do, regardless of the circumstances or consequences.
• Citizenship and Humility.   We give of our time and abilities to serve others.  We uphold liberty and social equality through respect for individual differences and always strive to do our best whether we are recognized or not.
• Friendship.   We regard others and ourselves as deserving of kind and just treatment.  Our conduct is considerate and polite.  We look for the good in others and demonstrate compassion.  Our attitudes toward others reflect the way we wish to be treated.
• Wisdom.   We learn from our mistakes and think before we act.  We look to each other and our past successes for guidance on making good choices.

Other Requirements:

• Must complete Texas Department of Public Safety fingerprint clearance and background check.
• Physical functions: Requires but is not limited to standing, sitting, repetitious hand and body movements, bending, squatting, and reaching. May be required to move or position equipment up to 50 pounds approximately. 

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For More Information About the Hiring Process: Please feel free to contact the Great Hearts recruiting team at programs.hiring@greatheartstxschools.org.

Great Hearts Texas is an Equal Opportunity Employer.