Teach at South Pacific Academy in American Samoa

South Pacific Academy’s vision is to foster a supportive community that allows students to acquire a quality education in a multicultural setting. This includes but is not limited to an academic and social environment that will contribute to successful learning and the development of core human values. To maintain this vision, the Academy relies on its commitment to academic excellence, institutional stability, and fiscal responsibility.

School Materials
Many educational materials in local languages are often out of date. We work with school leaders and publishers to ensure that students have access to current textbooks that are age appropriate and written in their primary language.

Continuing Education for Teachers
We create bespoke continuing education programs to address the needs of teachers and their student communities. From training on the latest technology to new pedagogical methods, we help teachers make their classrooms engaging and successful.

Support for Communities
Education happens within the context of a larger community. Our approach extends beyond the school to help ensure students have the necessary support to do their best learning.

Philosophy

South Pacific Academy is committed to its goal of ensuring student success through its efforts to promote high academic expectations and achievement.

Vital and diverse instructional strategies are implemented to provide for and to encourage innovative and exciting challenges in teaching and learning. We strive to develop and maintain an atmosphere that is not only conducive to learning and teaching but is also deemed safe, healthy, and enjoyable by all members of the SPA community.

South Pacific Academy operates under a set of guiding principles. We believe that learning is the surest path to individual freedom. We possess the belief that every child should be given exciting educational opportunities and that every child has a tremendous capacity for learning. Additionally, each person’s character and individuality are to be respected and celebrated. We believe that respecting, affirming, and learning from our differences are central to what binds us together.