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General inquiries can be emailed to
Fred Zilian, Ph.D.
Dean of Faculty
Portsmouth Abbey School
Portsmouth, RI 02871
fzilian@portsmouthabbey.org
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FACULTY POSITIONS FOR THE 2009-2010 SCHOOL YEAR
ENGLISH TEACHER:
A full-time instructor to teach all levels of English. Portsmouth Abbey offers a classical education, so a candidate should have a strong background in the traditional English and American literary canon. The candidate must have strong coaching skills; football and lacrosse or basketball coaching ability is highly desirable. The candidate must also be able to fulfill residential responsibilities. To begin in mid-August 2010.
English Department Philosophy and Course Offerings: http://www.portsmouthabbey.org/page/5132/3/
HUMANITIES TEACHER
A full-time instructor to teach the Humanities course. The ability to coach and to fulfill residential responsibilities is highly desirable. To begin in mid-August 2010.
The Humanities curriculum, which substitutes for separate offerings in English, European History, and Christian Doctrine, provides all Fourth Form (10th grade) students with a solid foundation in each of these disciplines through an intensive interdisciplinary grounding in the language, literature, history, and thought of the West from St. Paul and St. Augustine to the present. Seminars provide students with the opportunity to analyze and discuss the great books of the Western Tradition, while lectures and plenary sessions provide necessary background and context. Small writing sections allow for individual work in writing and in critical thinking, and help to sharpen student skills in rhetoric and poetics. Texts read last year include Dante, Shakespeare, Milton, Goethe, Ibsen, Joyce, St. Paul, St. Augustine, St. Thomas More, Luther, Machiavelli, Descartes, Pascal, Rousseau, St. Thomas Aquinas, Kierkegaard and Newman.
Web site: www.portsmouthabbey.org
Interested candidates should apply to:
Dr. Fred Zilian
Dean of Faculty
Portsmouth Abbey School
285 Cory's Lane
Portsmouth, RI 02871
E-Mail: fzilian@portsmouthabbey.org
ATHLETICS
Questions specifically about coaching, along with general inquiries, may be directed to Mr. Al Brown, Director of Athletics, at abrown@portsmouthabbey.org.
