Staff Opportunities

“Jess and I say that as dorm parents we are so fulfilled, so stretched, so dependent, so blessed to be part of the daily lives of these teenage guys, and doubly blessed to be partnering with their amazing families.”

“Few people know that I am an electrical engineer and had the chance to intern at NASA. When I was in college, I interned at the Goddard Space Flight Center outside Washington, DC. I worked at automating a vacuum chamber which was used to test optics before they were sent into space. The chamber was in a clean room, so I had to wear a full-body clean suit and gloves all day while I worked. Now that I teach aquatics at Faith Academy, I’ve traded in my full-body clean suit for a full-body wetsuit.

What I love most about working at Faith is getting to help students figure out who they are and giving them lots of opportunities to try different things as they do that. There were a couple students I had in Bible study who went to a large state school in the US together. They both ended up getting involved with CRU there and they wrote back to me after a year saying that they never would have gotten involved in student ministries if we hadn’t had that Bible study. One of them works for CRU full-time now, so it’s cool to see them passing on what they have learned and helping disciple others.

Ultimately, with my time here at Faith Academy, I hope to see our students know both what it means to love Jesus and to impact the world.”

“It may sound cliche, but my favorite thing about teaching Kindergarten are the students. They make waking up at 3:45 in the morning worth it – or at least 95% of the time. The students are always very excited to learn and hold nothing back. You would not believe some of the things that come out of their mouths. To them the world is a wonderment and every thing is a new amazing experience. I only hope to find such excitement in the little things!”

“Cheryl and I (Walt) Spicer met at Calvary University. I was an education major and Cheryl was a nurse. We believed God called us into missions, specifically in the support role of teaching missionary children. We joined New Tribes Mission (now called Ethnos360).

We believe that God called us to serve at Faith Academy and it has become our home: Cheryl grew up attending Faith Academy, starting first grade at FA and graduating from FA, having many fond memories of FA and the dorm; this is where all five of our children attended and graduated, and this is where we still serve–myself as the Deputy Head and Cheryl as a school nurse. It is only by God’s grace that we continue to serve, but we are confident in the school’s vision and mission. It is aligned with God’s Word and our calling in life–worthy to give our life for.”