Working at North Cross

North Cross School is growing and currently has, or may have, the following openings. All employees offered or accepting employment at North Cross School are required to submit to fingerprinting and provide personal descriptive information that will be forwarded along with the applicant's fingerprints through the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a criminal and sexual offender background check. 

Current Openings

SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS
North Cross is currently looking for substitute teachers for the 2017-18 school year.  All applicants must have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.  Salary is $10.00 per hour.  Interested applicants should email a resume to Reed McGinn, Middle School Administrative Assistant, at rmcginn@northcross.org.
Part-time custodian
SUMMARY OF FUNCTIONS: Provide custodian services for the school to maintain a clean and sanitary environment for all buildings and facilities.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 
  • Clean and sanitize bathrooms
  • Clean, mop, wash, buff, and vacuum floors
  • Empty trash
  • Fill all towel and soap dispensers and hand sanitizers
  • Clean and polish fixtures
  • Move all furniture as necessary to clean classrooms
  • Remove stains from carpets and fabrics
  • Report problems with all lights and switches
  • Remove recycling materials
  • Clean windows and blinds using pressure washer and ladders when necessary
  • Dust furniture
  • May need to be available for on-call as needed
  • Perform other duties as may be assigned 
Interested candidates should contact Terri Craig at tcraig@northcross.org.
Part-time commercial driver's licensed drivers
North Cross is actively recruiting part-time bus drivers with a Virginia Commercial Driver’s License. Qualified applicants for this position must be 19 years of age or older, have a high school diploma or G.E.D., a valid Virginia driver’s license, and an excellent driving record. Applicants must also possess the ability to communicate effectively in English and be capable of sitting for three hours at a time. A pre-employment drug screening is required for this position and the CDL drug testing guidelines will be followed during the employment period. A satisfactory criminal background investigation will be required of the selected applicants. The hiring rate is $12.00 per hour, and hours of work will vary. This position will work approximately 5–10 hours per week during the school year. North Cross School is an EEO Employer. Interested applicants should contact Buck Rhodenizer at brhodenizer@northcross.org.
Part-time tutoring specialists
The Learning Center is actively seeking qualified tutors to teach reading to students in 9th-12th grades.  We offer competitive pay ($35-$50 per session) and flexible hours.  
To qualify you must:
have experience as a reading tutor working with students with learning disabilities and be available during the school day.  Please contact Kit Prillaman for more information:  kprillaman@northcross.org.
HEAD COACH/AQUATICS DIRECTOR, MARLINS
The Carter Center Aquatics Swim Team (CCA), located in Roanoke, VA, is seeking applicants for a full-time position of a Head-coach/Aquatics director.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Responsibilities and Expectations include but not limited to:
  • Manage marketing and communication of program to ensure transparency with swimmers, parents and other interested parties
  • Oversee day to day aquatics activities, including pool water quality monitoring, safety an dcleanliness of facilities, pool.
  • Recruit, retain and develop swimmers at all levels according to USA Swimming guidelines and best practices
  • Manage and develop coaching staff to ensure optimal personal development of coaches and swimmers
  • Oversee all financial aspects of program, including annual budget and reporting, fundraising and program financial model to ensure optimal profitability
  • Develop and manage swim program, including coaching practices and techniques to create environment to ensure swimmers meet or eceed mutually established goals
  • Identify and chamption participation in key regional, state and other USA certified swim meets
  • Strong knowledge with a certification of ASCA Level 2 Minimum required, implementation and ability to oversee all dry land program
  • Attending all staff meetings as required.
  • Ability to work well with all levels of swimmer abilities and ages.  

The applicant must have experience coaching swimmers of all ages and have had experience coaching senior (high school aged) swimmers.   The candidate must display a strong knowledge of current stroke techniques and is energetic and active on deck, enthusiastic about the opportunity and possess good communication skills. Our ideal candidate will possess high ethical and moral standards and will be as interested in our members’ character development as they are in their development as swimmers. We are looking for a supervisor/Head Coach who have a passion to coach and teach our swimmers!

Candidates must have experience with Team Unify, Team Manager, Meet Manager and Microsoft Office. It is preferred candidates have at least 5 years competitive coaching experience. In addition, he/she must have all USA Swimming Certifications including a Background Check, Athlete Protection Training, Safety Training and CPR, and be in good standing with USA Swimming and their LSC. 
 
We will continue to accept resumes until April 30th. Please send a resume, cover letter, 3 references, and salary rate requests to Interim Head Coach Amina Serir (aserir@ccamarlins.com) or call with questions 540-761-9488.

Spanish Teacher
Needed to teach Spanish language classes at the lower school level. Min. Req’d.: B.A. or higher in Education, fluency in English and Spanish. Mail resumé to: North Cross School, 4254 Colonial Ave., Roanoke, VA 24018. No phone calls.
Working in Independent Schools
Teachers are drawn to work in independent schools because of the autonomy they have together with members of their departments to craft courses and instruction exactly as they think best, the support they receive from administrators and colleagues, and the high quality of the relationships they are able to have with students. For these reasons teachers in independent schools have a high level of satisfaction and a high level of responsibility in shaping the culture of a school and the content of its curriculum. Independent school teachers work very hard but stay in the field because the personal and professional rewards are correspondingly great.
Basic requirements for employment at North Cross School
North Cross School teachers must have at least a bachelor’s degree in their subject area, a passion for their discipline and a strong affection for young people. They must have a love of learning and creative energy so they can take advantage of the opportunities offered by our system and contribute to and further North Cross’s high standards. Ability to contribute outside the classroom, most especially in our athletic programs, is highly preferred. North Cross interviews both experienced teachers and those new to the field. 
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Experienced Teachers
North Cross welcomes experienced teachers to the faculty by valuing the experience they bring with them and looking for ways we can learn from it. Each new teacher goes through a general orientation to help him or her get started and is assigned a member of the faculty who helps with getting adjusted to school life and teaching at this school. Each new teacher’s department head serves as support for all things related to the class room and Division Directors observe and meet with new teachers as well. Because of our size, new teachers gain responsibility quickly and are fully integrated into the faculty from the very first day.
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New Teachers
North Cross School is an excellent place to begin your teaching career. The faculty is a good mix of experienced teachers to learn from and young teachers to share experiences with. As with experienced teachers who join the faculty, each new beginning teacher goes through a general orientation to help him or her get started and is assigned a member of the faculty who helps with getting adjusted to school life and teaching. At North Cross new teachers have the resources needed to help them getting started well in the wonderful career of secondary education.