Magis Values & Pillars

Magis teachers live together in intentional, faith-based community, sharing with each other the many rewards and challenges of teaching. The community experience gives our teachers the opportunity to challenge, encourage, and support one another as they develop personally, professionally, and spiritually.

During the summer, all teachers live on campus at Creighton University with all food and housing paid. Teachers live in our local community houses during the school year: modest houses or converted convents with 3-6 people. As a Magis Community, members break bread together regularly, pray together regularly, and contribute to the community’s living expenses.

Our spirituality pillar is guided by the practices and traditions of Ignatian Spirituality. Ignatian spirituality invites an approach of prayer in asking teachers to “seek God in all things,” in one’s classroom, students, coursework, community members, and other areas of daily life. 

Magis teachers value the growth of their own faith and spirituality and, in turn, offer spiritual support to members of their community.  This “openness to growth” is supported through retreats, faith-sharing, spiritual direction, and communal prayer.

In preparation for their profession in education, Magis teachers engage in a rigorous graduate program, having opportunities for both licensed and non-licensed teacher candidates to pursue. Courses are completed through intensive study during the summer on campus and through online coursework during the school year. 

At their placement school, Magis teachers are full-time educators, each responsible for their students and their classroom. Magis teachers are assigned a mentor teacher who supports them in these initial years of teaching and receive professional coaching from university supervisors visiting for multiple lessons each semester.