Employment Opportunities
Thank you for your interest in employment opportunities at Covenant Life School. CLS has been providing an excellent, distinctly Christian education from K through 12th grade since 1979. We look for the following attributes in our faculty and staff:
- A vibrant Christian testimony and faith
- A love of young people
- A personal commitment to Christian education
- Enthusiasm and Alignment with CLS Faith, Philosophy and Values
Additionally, we look for the following attributes in our educators:
- An Evangelical Christian with a calling to teach
- A commitment to teaching from a Christian worldview
Covenant Life School is seeking applicants for a full- or part-time High School Math teacher.
Candidates should have a genuine commitment to our teaching philosophy. Candidates should have a love for teaching, a desire for excellence, and a commitment to personal and professional growth. Qualified candidates will hold a bachelor’s degree and experience working with children and adolescents. Previous experience is advantageous. The below outlines the responsibilities of this role.
- Plan for class activities, including preparing units and daily lesson plans, identifying materials to implement class activities
- Prepare class projects
- Enforce classroom management and school administrative policies
- Use technology to deliver lessons and other educational materials
- Communicate effectively with students, parents and staff
- Give students feedback on completed work to insure mastery of presented material
- Grade tests and assignments in a timely manner
Required education: Bachelor’s Degree
Job Type: Full- or Part-time
Schedule: Monday to Friday
Compensation: FT $41,750 to $78,500; PT $5,500 – $8,000 per class, depending on qualifications and level of assignment
- Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance
- Group Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- Long-Term Disability, Short-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Retirement 403(b) Plan, with employer matching
- Sick Leave, Medical Leave, Bereavement Leave, Holiday Pay, and all other leave per state and federal requirements.
- Tuition reduction for dependent children enrolled at Covenant Life School (PreK–12)
- Continuing Education and Professional Development opportunities
Part-time employees are not eligible for full-time employment benefits. Not all benefits may apply to every employee.Please refer to the Covenant Life School Employee Benefits Summary and Faculty Handbook for complete details.
Covenant Life School is seeking applicants for a full- or part-time Business teacher.
Candidates should have a genuine commitment to our teaching philosophy. Candidates should have a love for teaching, a desire for excellence, and a commitment to personal and professional growth. Qualified candidates will hold a bachelor’s degree and experience working with children and adolescents. Previous experience is advantageous. The below outlines the responsibilities of this role.
- Plan for class activities, including preparing units and daily lesson plans, identifying materials to implement class activities
- Prepare class projects
- Enforce classroom management and school administrative policies
- Use technology to deliver lessons and other educational materials
- Communicate effectively with students, parents and staff
- Give students feedback on completed work to insure mastery of presented material
- Grade tests and assignments in a timely manner
Required education: Bachelor’s Degree
Job Type: Full- or Part-time
Schedule: Monday to Friday
Compensation: FT $41,750 to $78,500; PT $5,500 – $8,000 per class, depending on qualifica
- Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance
- Group Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- Long-Term Disability, Short-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Retirement 403(b) Plan, with employer matching
- Sick Leave, Medical Leave, Bereavement Leave, Holiday Pay, and all other leave per state and federal requirements.
- Tuition reduction for dependent children enrolled at Covenant Life School (PreK–12)
- Continuing Education and Professional Development opportunities
Part-time employees are not eligible for full-time employment benefits. Not all benefits may apply to every employee.Please refer to the Covenant Life School Employee Benefits Summary and Faculty Handbook for complete details.
Covenant Life School is seeking applicants for a full- or part-time Middle or High School Science teacher. This would include teaching Physical Science, Physics and Chemistry.
Candidates should have a genuine commitment to our teaching philosophy. Candidates should have a love for teaching, a desire for excellence, and a commitment to personal and professional growth. Qualified candidates will hold a bachelor’s degree and experience working with children and adolescents. Previous experience is advantageous. The below outlines the responsibilities of this role.
- Plan for class activities, including preparing units and daily lesson plans, identifying materials to implement class activities
- Prepare class projects
- Enforce classroom management and school administrative policies
- Use technology to deliver lessons and other educational materials
- Communicate effectively with students, parents and staff
- Give students feedback on completed work to insure mastery of presented material
- Grade tests and assignments in a timely manner
Required education: Bachelor’s Degree
Job Type: Full- or Part-time
Schedule: Monday to Friday
Compensation: FT $41,750 to $78,500; PT $5500 – $8000 per class, depending on qualificat
- Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance
- Group Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- Long-Term Disability, Short-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Retirement 403(b) Plan, with employer matching
- Sick Leave, Medical Leave, Bereavement Leave, Holiday Pay, and all other leave per state and federal requirements.
- Tuition reduction for dependent children enrolled at Covenant Life School (PreK–12)
- Continuing Education and Professional Development opportunities
Part-time employees are not eligible for full-time employment benefits. Not all benefits may apply to every employee.Please refer to the Covenant Life School Employee Benefits Summary and Faculty Handbook for complete details.
Covenant Life School is seeking applicants for a full-time Elementary Teacher.
Candidates should have a genuine commitment to our teaching philosophy. Candidates should have a love for teaching, a desire for excellence, and a commitment to personal and professional growth. Qualified candidates will hold a bachelor’s degree and experience working with children and adolescents. Previous experience is advantageous. The below outlines the responsibilities of this role.
- Plan for class activities, including preparing units and daily lesson plans, identifying materials to implement class activities
- Prepare class projects
- Enforce classroom management and school administrative policies
- Use technology to deliver lessons and other educational materials
- Communicate effectively with students, parents and staff
- Give students feedback on completed work to insure mastery of presented material
- Grade assessments and assignments in a timely manner
Required education: Bachelor’s Degree
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule: Monday to Friday
Compensation: FT $41,750 to $78,500, depending on qualific
- Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance
- Group Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- Long-Term Disability, Short-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Retirement 403(b) Plan, with employer matching
- Sick Leave, Medical Leave, Bereavement Leave, Holiday Pay, and all other leave per state and federal requirements.
- Tuition reduction for dependent children enrolled at Covenant Life School (PreK–12)
- Continuing Education and Professional Development opportunities
Part-time employees are not eligible for full-time employment benefits. Not all benefits may apply to every employee.Please refer to the Covenant Life School Employee Benefits Summary and Faculty Handbook for complete details.
Details: Full-time Teacher for preschool classes
Required Spiritual Qualities:
It is expected that the teacher will:
- Acknowledge Christ as Savior and seek to live his/her life as His disciple
- Believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative, inerrant Word of God, our standard for faith and practice
- Believe and actively support the school’s Statement of Faith
- Demonstrate a desire for spiritual growth as evidenced by his/her prayer life, Bible study, and spiritual outreach to others
- Be a Christian role model in attitude, speech, and actions toward others
- Evidence the fruit of the Spirit in dealing with people
- Share the Christian faith with others
- Actively participate in a local church
Required Professional Qualities:
It is expected that the teacher will:
- Instruct 3-5 year old children
- Collaborate with other teachers to implement our age-appropriate curriculum
- Prepare for lessons by gathering materials or setting up activities
- Read stories and lead students through alphabet, letter and number recognition
- Engage and encourage students to use their language skills; develop social skills and manners
- Monitor students’ playtime and physical activities
- Work with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of materials
- Enforce school-wide safety procedures, disciplinary codes, and rewards
- Supervise students in class, between classes, during lunch, and play periods
- Ensure space and shared toys are clean, sanitized, and orderly
- Document student developments and progress to share with parents
- Be a team player and work with other teachers and aides
Education/Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree
Compensation: $40,000 to $46,500, depending on qualifi
- Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance
- Group Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- Long-Term Disability, Short-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Retirement 403(b) Plan, with employer matching
- Sick Leave, Medical Leave, Bereavement Leave, Holiday Pay, and all other leave per state and federal requirements.
- Tuition reduction for dependent children enrolled at Covenant Life School (PreK–12)
- Continuing Education and Professional Development opportunities
Part-time employees are not eligible for full-time employment benefits. Not all benefits may apply to every employee.Please refer to the Covenant Life School Employee Benefits Summary and Faculty Handbook for complete details.
Send resume/contact Priscila Ellis at pellis@clsemail.org
Details: Part-time Teacher’s Aide for preschool classes
Required Spiritual Qualities:
It is expected that the aide will:
- Acknowledge Christ as Savior and seek to live his/her life as His disciple
- Believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative, inerrant Word of God, our standard for faith and practice
- Believe and actively support the school’s Statement of Faith
- Demonstrate a desire for spiritual growth as evidenced by his/her prayer life, Bible study, and spiritual outreach to others
- Be a Christian role model in attitude, speech, and actions toward others
- Evidence the fruit of the Spirit in dealing with people
- Share the Christian faith with others
- Actively participate in a local church
Required Professional Qualities:
It is expected that the aide will:
- Collaborate with teachers in aiding with everyday need
- Love children
- Supervise students in class, between classes, during lunch, rest time and play periods
- Ensure space and shared toys are clean, sanitized and orderly
- Help children with different projects assigned by teacher
- Demonstrate a reasonable level of computer literacy. Basic proficiency is needed in word processing, e-mailing, and accessing the Internet.
- Possess evidence of other adequate preparation, background, or experience as determined by the school administrator.
Send resume/contact Priscila Ellis at pellis@clsemail.org
Covenant Life School is seeking applicants for a Resource Teacher for the 2026-27 school year.
Required Professional Qualities:
The Resource Teacher:
- Reviews Psychological, Educational, and Medical Records for students to ascertain the
disability of students and the appropriate accommodations for each student. - Designs tools and strategies to help students learn
- Reviews school records to help students be successful academically.
- Collaborates with teachers to identify learning needs for each resource student
individually and assists teachers in providing classroom accommodations. - Meets with resource students one-on-one regularly to check on academic status and to
determine if student needs assistance. - Assists student in developing Executive Functions skills to be successful in schools.
- Proctors examinations for students who require accommodations for test-taking.
- Tutors students in subjects when there are difficulties.
- Teaches skills to students in the areas of executive functions, studying, mental health
management, test anxiety and others. - Communicates and collaborates with parents on learning needs of students.
- Supervision of students who utilize resource area for study hall or may need additional
help. - Assesses students in reading, writing, math and English, if needed, to ascertain learning
difficulties. - Provides assistance to Student Advocate for students who may have difficulties outside
of resource accommodations. - Provides assistance to school administration regarding students with disabilities.
- Provides guidance to school in the areas of disability awareness.
- May assist in modifying lesson plans and assignments
- Develops Student Service Plans for each student in resource.
- Assists in scheduling Speech and other services that may be provided by other
educational providers outside CLS. - Provides referrals to outside agencies for testing, counseling, tutoring if needed
- Observes students in school setting to assess for areas where there may be difficulties.
- Works with Registar’s office to develop school schedules that will assist student.
- Works with College Board and other testing agencies to ensure students have the
appropriate accommodations for SAT/ACT/AP testing. - Provides alternate testing schedules for mid-term and final examinations.
Compensation: FT $41,750 to $60,000; PT- $20/hr to $28.84/hr depending on qualifi
- Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance
- Group Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- Long-Term Disability, Short-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Retirement 403(b) Plan, with employer matching
- Sick Leave, Medical Leave, Bereavement Leave, Holiday Pay, and all other leave per state and federal requirements.
- Tuition reduction for dependent children enrolled at Covenant Life School (PreK–12)
- Continuing Education and Professional Development opportunities
Part-time employees are not eligible for full-time employment benefits. Not all benefits may apply to every employee.Please refer to the Covenant Life School Employee Benefits Summary and Faculty Handbook for complete details.
Covenant Life School is seeking applicants for Administrative Assistants. This role provides administrative support to school leadership and staff.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage office operations, including answering calls, responding to emails, and handling correspondence
- Support school leadership with scheduling, communications, and projects
- Coordinate with faculty and staff to support school events and activities
Compensation: FT $36,000 to $50,000; PT $18.00/hr to $25.00/hr, depending on qualifications and assignments
- Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance
- Group Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
- Long-Term Disability, Short-Term Disability
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Retirement 403(b) Plan, with employer matching
- Sick Leave, Medical Leave, Bereavement Leave, Holiday Pay, and all other leave per state and federal requirements.
- Tuition reduction for dependent children enrolled at Covenant Life School (PreK–12)
- Continuing Education and Professional Development opportunities
Part-time employees are not eligible for full-time employment benefits. Not all benefits may apply to every employee.Please refer to the Covenant Life School Employee Benefits Summary and Faculty Handbook for complete details.
Contact Kathy Simpson for details.
We are always looking for coaches who promote teamwork, sportsmanship, and godly work ethic.
Contact Athletic Director, Jen Brewer, if interested in coaching a team at CLS.
Ideal candidates will follow the teachers instructional plans and administer materials in a way which motivates, challenges and engages students while providing order and discipline in the classroom. Candidates should have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree, ideally in an education field, and teaching experience.
- If you’re interested in being a substitute teacher, please fill out our Substitute Teacher Interest Form
- This is an on-call position. Selected candidates will be added to an on-call list.
- Compensation: $18.00/hr for 26-27
Covenant Life School Seeks Enthusiastic Part-Time Seasonal Event Staff! Do you enjoy being part of exciting events and contributing to a vibrant school community? Covenant Life School is looking for energetic and reliable individuals to join our team as Part-Time Seasonal Event Help! This is a fantastic opportunity to gain experience in event support and make a real difference in our school’s activities. Positions are open immediately and into next year.
Responsibilities May Include:
- Assisting with the setup and breakdown of event spaces (e.g., arranging tables and chairs, setting up decorations).
- Assisting with food setup and clean up
- Ensuring event areas are clean and organized.
- Providing friendly and helpful assistance to attendees.
- Other duties as assigned to ensure the smooth execution of events.
Schedule:
- Part-time, seasonal position.
- Hours will vary depending on the school’s event calendar; to include beginning of the school year, December concert season and at the end of the school year.
Compensation: $18.00/hr for 26-27
To Apply:
Interested candidates are invited to contact Kathy Simpson at ksimpson@clsemail.org, with the subject line “Part-Time Seasonal Event Help.” We intend to hire 5-6 people for this position; this will afford each hire some flexibility in hours.
Covenant Life School is seeking applicants for a part-time or substitute Bus Driver.
Candidates should have a genuine commitment to student safety and our school community. Candidates should be dependable, responsible, and demonstrate a spirit of care and professionalism in all interactions. Qualified candidates will hold a valid Commercial Driver’s License (CDL). Previous experience driving a bus or working with children is advantageous. Responsibilities of this role are outlined below.
- Safely transport students to and from school, field trips, and school-related activities
- Conduct pre- and post-trip vehicle inspections to ensure safety and proper operation
- Maintain order and appropriate student behavior while on the bus
- Follow all traffic laws, safety regulations, and school transportation policies
- Communicate effectively with school staff, parents, and students
- Report any incidents, concerns, or maintenance needs promptly
- Ensure timely arrival and departure for all routes and trips
Required education: High School Diploma or equivalent
Required licensure: Valid Commercial Driver’s License (CDL)
Job Type: Part-time or Substitute
Schedule: As needed, Monday to Friday
Compensation: $28.00/hr to $32.96/hr, depending on qualifications and level of assignment
To apply for any CLS position, the following must be completed and submitted to the Office of Human Resources:
- Read the CLS Statement of Faith and Christian Philosophy Of Education.
- Submit your resume, including a cover letter indicating position for which you are applying and your agreement with our Statement of Faith and Christian Philosophy Of Education
- Submit two (2) references from former employer or close affiliates
Please send this via email to: ksimpson@clsemail.org or postal mail to
Covenant Life School
Attn: Human Resources
7503 Muncaster Mill Rd.
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
CLS is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for employment, in accordance with applicable laws and with its legal rights as a religious ministry. CLS also seeks to employ and promote the most qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, traits historically associated with race, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law (all as defined by applicable law) from which CLS is not exempt under applicable law and CLS’s rights as a religious ministry. It is CLS’s intention to provide equal opportunities in employment, promotion, wages, benefits and all other privileges, and terms and conditions of employment. CLS does reserve the right to employ persons who have made a life commitment to Jesus Christ and a commitment to the mission of CLS, and who have a work history, belief system, and a lifestyle that is consistent with scriptural principles and CLS’s Statement of Faith, Christian Philosophy of Education, Family Life Values statement. CLS may also make other employment decisions on the basis of these religious criteria.