Job Description:

Tempe Preparatory Academy is a nationally recognized public charter school with an open admission policy. Tempe Preparatory Academy is devoted to innovative teaching practices that are unparalleled among schools nationwide. 

The mission of Tempe Preparatory Academy is to educate students for the lifelong pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty. TPA Graduates have a foundation in the liberal arts of grammar and rhetoric, logic and mathematics, history, natural science, and philosophy. Graduates will also have practiced the fine arts of music, poetry, drawing and painting, and drama. TPA Graduates are thus prepared for every career, every course of advanced or specialized study, and every form of leisure. 

School History

Tempe Preparatory Academy was founded in 1996 by a group of Tempe professors, engineers and businessmen who wanted the very best form of education for their children. Early on the founding members contemplated opening a private liberal arts academy. Upon further review, however, they decided to open to the public after being awarded one of the first mandates to operate as an open-enrollment charter school. 

 The school published a flyer on its “Great Books” curriculum for residents of the East Valley. Families were attracted to the opportunity to receive a liberal arts, private school education in a public setting. The school filled quickly and Tempe Preparatory Academy began operation in September of 1996 with 120 students and nine teachers. As of August 2020, the student count has grown to 450 (grades 6-12), and the number of teachers to 34.