Faculty
All of the members of the leadership team, faculty, and staff are committed to providing a top notch academic program integrated with the Hire4Ed program in order to assist students in their high school journey and on into college.
Educational Team
All persons employed as educational team members are required to have the proper credentials to lead, teach, and serve high school-aged students who live in the inner city and who live in poverty. Education team members demonstrate with passion their desires to be men and women in service to others and to be concerned for the development of the whole person (i.e., Cura personalis) in the tradition of Jesuit education.
The Role of Teachers at Cristo Rey
Teachers at Cristo Rey assume tremendous responsibility in day-to-day organization and management, implementation of the curriculum, the teaching/learning experience of the students, and the integration of students’ corporate internship experiences into their overall education.
Teachers receive training and support from the principal using Cristo Rey materials and the coaching process. They participate in professional development activities that focus on topics such as the framework for understanding poverty (e.g., Payne, 2005) and project based learning (e.g., Edutopia, 2002). In addition to formal professional development, teachers learn from other teachers daily by serving as reciprocal mentors and mentees.