Valor Education

Valor’s Winter Symposium was a full day of true leisure and insightful conversation enjoyed as a community of friends. Valor faculty, staff, and leaders, along with our special guests, met together for shared meals, rich seminar discussions, inspiring remarks, and a festive social. Mr. Peter Crawford gave the keynote address, "Pathmarks to Freedom: Recasting the Drama of Education." We also discussed Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning and Robert Spaemann's "Education as an Introduction to Reality." It was a lovely day and a beautiful reminder of the importance of education.

On Thursday, Valor Upper School students engaged in deep discussions and vibrant community at our annual Integrated Humanities Program Symposium. Along with teachers and members of leadership, students discussed Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning and Robert Spaemann's “Education as an Introduction to Reality.”

Erin Chase is a Valor mom of two boys and in the video below, she shares why she loves being a part of the vibrant community at Valor San Antonio. Are you looking for a K-12 school where students are actively engaged in their learning within a community of warmth and kindness? Enroll now for a mid-year start or for the 2024-2025 school year! Visit education.org/enroll. To hear the six reasons Erin loves Valor, please view our story!

Valor is hiring! Join our upcoming webinar to learn how teaching at Valor is different. Teaching certification is not required! November 29th at 12:00 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. CST  Use this link to register: https://lnkd.in/gjfipyfh Whether you've worked as a teacher for years or are looking to start a new career, you can foster a deep love of learning in your students while working within a supportive team environment. Our faculty formation program equips and supports teachers within a community of friendship and offers deep discussion, insightful reading, and refreshing retreats. Positions for the 2024-25 school year are currently open at our Valor South Austin, Valor North Austin, Valor Kyle, Valor Leander, and Valor San Antonio schools. 

We are excited to be at Texas State University tomorrow for their Teacher Career Fair! We have a number of TX State Alumni teaching with us in our tuition-free Classical Charter Schools in Austin and San Antonio. We hire all majors and do not require teaching certifications because we instead provide our own training program and ongoing formation for new teachers. Our mission is to educate the whole person in authentic communities for a full human life. Will you teach with Valor? We're hiring for Summer 2024!

Have you considered working at Valor Education? We are already hiring teachers for the 2024-2025 school year! Join a community of attentiveness and warmth that inspires every person to be fully present and deeply engaged. Today we launch a new video series called "Why Work at Valor," where Valor faculty members share about a key aspect that sets Valor apart from other schools. Watch this one-minute video as Headmaster Christopher Ochoa of Valor Leander discusses the importance of establishing a healthy school culture as a shared way of life.

Last Friday, Valor Education hosted the annual Fall Symposium for leaders, faculty, and friends of Valor such as Christopher Haley of the Hildebrand Project. Centered on the topic of tradition, this special day marked a key moment for us to reflect anew on the nature and meaning of this word. Hearing from Valor Leaders Joel VanDerworp, President and CEO Dave Williams, Headmaster Conor D Hill, and our keynote speaker, faculty and friends of Valor enjoyed a day of contemplative leisure - time dedicated to think about the highest things and ponder their relevance to our lives. Our Keynote speaker, poet, and critic in our day, Dr. James Matthew Wilson, spoke eloquently on tradition, gratitude, and poetry, drawing us ever deeper into a sense of hope from our past and gratitude into our present moment. Further, in preparing readings on T.S. Eliot and Josef Pieper, we participated in seminars to discuss how the past is interwoven into the present through tradition within the arts and broader culture. Our day concluded with a Symposium Social to carry on conversations and deepen friendship over food and good cheer. We are so grateful for the Fall Symposium to spend cherished time together! We have been entrusted with this great tradition and are compelled to share this life of wisdom through wonder with our students, our faculty, and our friends. In words often attributed to Gustav Mahler, “Tradition is not the worship of ashes but the preservation of fire.” At Valor Education, we tend this flame well to honor those who came before us and guide those who will come after us. 

The Freshman Tie Ceremony extends the Valor Upper School tradition of wearing ties to our ninth-grade class. The tie symbolizes an elevated demeanor and unites our students in pride and distinction. Last week our Valor North Austin students were able to participate in this special tradition.

Valor Education is looking forward to our newest addition to the team, Faculty Recruiter Thomas Roe (featured below), representing Valor at the Notre Dame Career Fair today! The University of Notre Dame is the Alma Mater to a number of distinguished Valor Leaders such as Valor President and CEO Dave Williams, Headmaster Christopher Ochoa of Valor Leander and Headmaster David Schuler of Valor Kyle. We’re dedicated to finding the best teachers to guide our students to wisdom through wonder and are hiring for the upcoming 2024-25 school year. Know anyone at Notre Dame?

There's no greater feeling than seeing your child thrive. At Valor, we foster an environment where students not only excel academically but also find a supportive community committed to their growth. Enroll now for the 2024-2025 school year at one of our free K-12 classical schools in South Austin, North Austin, Kyle, Leander, and San Antonio.