职业发展机会

List of 7 frequently asked questions.

• How big is the typical class size at St. 卢克的?

  Most class sections are about 13-15 students. 除了乐队和合唱团这样的合奏班，没有一个班级的人数超过18人, and it’s not unusual to have a class size of 10 or fewer.

• What’s the daily schedule for a St. 卢克的老师?

  St. 卢克的 uses a rotating 5-day schedule, 如下图所示，你会看到高中的课程时长为60分钟，每五天有三天上课. 中学的课程时长为45分钟，每5天有4天上课. 除了, t在这里 are designated times for community gatherings such as Advisory, 镇民大会, 额外的帮助, 冥想, 和俱乐部.

  
  

• What’s a standard teaching load?

  A full-time teaching load at St. 卢克有四道菜. Teachers receive a stipend if they are asked to teach an overload.

• What about time for collaboration?

  Our work day begins at 7:45am, but first period begins at 9:00am. That morning time in between is used for weekly faculty meetings, 学生额外帮助, and collaborative time with colleagues.

• Is athletic coaching mandatory for teachers?

  No, 但是，每个季度都要为面向学生的课外合作项目做出一些贡献，这是一种期望. 最常, this takes the form of athletic coaching, 很简单，因为这个项目有最多的学生参与，因此我们的需求最大. 一个愿意和有能力的助理教练，即使是在一个你从来没有参加过的运动，总是值得赞赏的!
  
  然而, 其他形式的课外活动也为学校的生活做出了巨大贡献——这可能与我们蓬勃发展的戏剧项目有关, 的designLab, 这次演讲 & 辩论队, The Sentinel (the student newspaper), 社区服务, or even driving a van and working the score clock at a game.

• What kind of support does St. 卢克的 offer for Professional Development?

  广泛的! We believe that the quality of the classroom experience is paramount, so w在这里 better to invest our time and financial resources? 当然, 我们的FGR项目, 其核心是, 关于教师成长的一切(请观看本页的视频了解更多). 我们还为专业发展(PD)提供了大量预算，以支持教师的成长, which nearly every teacher takes advant年龄 of every year. We have used that budget to fund both on- and-off-campus PD opportunities; we offer tuition assistance for graduate school studies; and we have even supported ambitious DIY opportunities that our colleagues have proposed and created themselves, 比如整个系里的人到海外去学习课程中突出的一个地区, or a road trip through the American South along the U.S. 民权之路. 除了, 我们提供持续的专业学习社区(plc)，每月开会一次, 如S.E.E.D. (Seeking Equity and Educational Diversity), Social and Emotional 学习, 关键朋友组, 和衡平法分级.

• 你们提供住宿吗?? 教师住在哪里??

  SLS does not offer faculty housing. 这 area has many different settings to offer, 教职员工往往住在各种各样的地方——就像我们的学生一样, 它吸引了费尔菲尔德县(康涅狄格州)和威彻斯特县(纽约州)25-30个不同的城镇，. The map below shows the geographic distribution of faculty homes, and you’ll see that some employees prefer the big city metro experience of NYC or New Haven; others prefer smaller cities like Stamford, 诺沃克, or Danbury; plenty of folks live in suburban towns like Katonah, Trumbull, 格林威治, or Ridgefield; and even rural communities with working farms like Redding and Shelton.