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title: Teacher Handbook
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date: 2025-12-16T08:38:07.429Z
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<h1>Addendum to School Handbook</h1>
<p>This handbook assumes that the reader has already read and understood the policies of the <a href="/en/handbooks/school-handbook">CRICS School Handbook</a>. Please read the CRICS School handbook before reading this CRICS Teacher Handbook.</p>
<h1>Foundational Documents</h1>
<p>Vision and Mission, Philosophy, Statement of Faith, Lifestyle of Teachers, Non-discrimination Statement, Conflict of Interest Statement, Core Values, and Expected School-wide Learning Results can be found in the <a href="/en/handbooks/teacher-handbook">CRICS School Handbook</a>.</p>
<p>Vision and Mission, Philosophy, Statement of Faith, Non-discrimination Statement, Core Values, and Expected School-wide Learning Results can be found in the <a href="/en/handbooks/teacher-handbook">CRICS School Handbook</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Organizational Charts</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1rk09LObcUsTtiXfVVNWywm2xlMrwBn9jZnhNk-eiAYc/edit?usp=sharing">CRICS Flow Chart</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1X7JgyQxtCddAZQulwbAwaI4lJao2MdZGPQKy4Vcg7MM/edit?usp=sharing">Academic Flow Chart</a></p>
<p><strong>Teacher Job Description</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/14iu1MALZMLs7F2rpwhQuC2NGArZ_eg549A7-ETNohjU/edit">General Teacher Job Description</a></p>
<h2>Lifestyle of Teachers</h2>
<p>Our mission at Chiang Rai International Christian School (CRICS) is to “serve the servant by providing quality, innovative, affordable, family-oriented English Christian Education.”&nbsp; Teachers and staff in a Christian school must be ever mindful that they instruct not only through formal explanation but even more powerfully through example and shared experience.&nbsp;</p>
<p>A lifestyle not aligned with biblical standards of conduct is grounds for dismissal because it both violates the occupational qualification for volunteers to be Christian role models and hinders CRICS from fulfilling its mission. This agreement is not an exhaustive list, and we reserve the right to make institutional decisions (including hiring, placement, and retention) based on lifestyle decisions and behaviors that may hinder our mission as a Christian school.</p>
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<p>As a teacher/volunteer/expatriate staff member at CRICS, I am called to prepare young men and women to live fully for God. In order to accomplish this mission, I acknowledge that I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and I am committed to a lifestyle based on biblical standards of conduct.</p>
<p>In cultivating a Christ-centered life:</p>
<ul>
<li>I will honor God in all my relationships and activities and will strive to rid myself of anger, greed, impure thoughts, and whatever else belongs to my “sinful” nature. (Galatians 5:19-21)</li>
<li>I will earnestly strive to honor God with all that I say and do, and to love others as evidence of my love for God. I will practice compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience and choose to respect, bear with, and forgive others. (Mark 12:28-31) Hateful and harassing speech or attitudes directed towards any individual are not in accord with the Bible nor CRICS’s Statement of Faith.</li>
<li>I will exercise godly wisdom, sensitivity, discipline, and balance in my lifestyle choices in order to avoid offense and provide a godly model for my students, colleagues, and community. This includes refraining from the use of profanity; possession or use of pornographic materials; promotion of violence; possession, use, or promotion of unauthorized controlled substances or illegal drugs; and the abuse of alcohol or drugs. (Ephesians 4:29, Ephesians 5:18, Matthew 5:27)</li>
<li>I will engage with the body of Christ through regular attendance at a local church and fellowship with believers. (Hebrews 10:25, Colossians 3:16, Acts 2:42)</li>
<li>In the event of a disagreement with an adult member of the community, I will address my concerns directly in keeping with the principles of Scripture. (Matthew 18)</li>
<li>I will treat everyone with dignity and respect and strive to provide a safe and protected learning environment. I will refrain from any behavior that violates CRICS’s child safety guidelines. (Psalm 139, Colossians 3).</li>
<li>I will live in accordance with biblical purity, honoring God's design for singleness and for marriage, which is a covenantal commitment between one man and one woman. Biblical purity includes refraining from premarital, extramarital, bisexual, homosexual and incestuous conduct, as well as any form of provocative sexual behavior. (1 Thessalonians 4:3-8, Genesis 2:18-25, I Corinthians 6:18, 7:2-5, 32-35, Hebrews 13:4)</li>
<li>I will live in accordance with my biological sex as determined at birth, recognizing that God's perfect design for humanity was male and female in His image*. (Genesis 1:26-27)</li>
<li>In summary, I will strive to be a Christian role model who hates evil and clings to what is good, regards each person with love and respect, is diligent and enthusiastic in service to the Lord, rejoices in hope, is patient in affliction, prays steadfastly, shares with those in need, attempts to live in peace and harmony with everyone, does what is right and honorable, avoids pride and revenge, and is not overcome by evil but overcomes evil with good. (Romans 12:9-21)</li>
</ul>
<p><span class="text-small">* Please note: An individual’s eligibility to serve as faculty or staff at CRICS is not impacted by being born intersex.&nbsp;</span></p>
<h2><strong>Conflict of Interest Statement</strong></h2>
<p>CRICS staff have a duty to reduce or eliminate any conflict of interest between their assigned school duties and any other connection, relationship, business, or other activity involvement. No CRICS staff should exploit their role or information obtained in the course of their duties to further their own private interest. All CRICS staff have a duty to disclose any potential or apparent conflict of interest which may affect their ability to carry out their role.</p>
<p>In keeping with the core values of biblical worldview and community, CRICS values both integrity in decision making and involvement of community members in various school roles (i.e., parent, teacher, staff, board member, volunteer). CRICS may hire relatives and spouses of other staff members provided they are approved through the appropriate application process. The goal is that no spouse will supervise the other in a school role, although exceptions may be made by the ELT.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Many people in the CRICS community hold various roles with respect to the school community - parent, teacher, board member, administrator, department head, etc. Sometimes the best person for a particular role also holds other roles within the school community. The governing board (only for board members and head of school) and ELT carefully and prayerfully consider placements, also considering possible conflicts of interest. Healthy, God-honoring relationships include working relationships that recognize and respect the authority of various positions. Those holding multiple roles must be intentional about which “hat they are wearing” and must be cautious not to take advantage of power (perceived or otherwise) based on a certain role.&nbsp;</p>
<p>There is also a conflict of interest policy specifically for board members in the bylaws of both the governing and legal boards.</p>
<p><span class="text-small">Thanks to Faith International Academy (Davao, Philippines) &amp; Foundry Road Preschool UK for information supporting the creation of this policy.</span></p>
<h1>School Information</h1>
<h2>Mandatory Dates/Holidays</h2>
<p>The following holidays are generally observed, but the ELT may make changes annually depending on the local situation. All holidays are marked clearly in the CRICS Calendar (Google Calendar) which is on our <a href="https://crics.asia/">crics.asia</a> website in the <a href="https://portal.crics.asia/">CRICS Portal</a>.</p>