Job Description
Position Type: Middle School Teaching/Social Studies
Date Posted: 8/8/2024
Location: Riverside Middle School
Date Available: 08/22/2024
Closing Date: 08/16/2024
District: Crestwood School District
MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHER QUALIFICATIONS: - Bachelor Degree or higher
- Valid Michigan teaching certificate with Secondary CC, CX or RX endorsement
JOB DESCRIPTION: - Plan challenging and engaging lessons and curriculum that aligns with the school mission and vision and helps students meet high academic expectations
- Be a reflective practitioner, open to continuous learning
- Empower students to be self-directed in establishing positive culture and climate
- Engage in school improvement planning
- Actively engage in an organizational culture that relentlessly pursues excellence
- Work and plan collaboratively
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES: - Utilizes a variety of instructional skills and methods; vary instructional modes to accommodate student needs, interests, learning style, and ability levels; provide individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of students.
- Maintains school standards of pupil behavior required to provide an orderly and productive environment, in cooperation with the school administration.
- Assess each student's progress; prepare, document and communicate progress reports to students,parents, and school administration.
- Perform basic student attendance accounting and maintain and submit upon request, accurate,complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulations.
- Involve parents in setting learning goals and integrate parents into the learning processes.
- Prepare and maintain lesson plans with identified learning objectives.
- Administer student assessments and use the resulting data to improve student learning.
- Attend and participate in staff meetings and district meetings as assigned.
- Other duties as assigned.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. - The employee must occasionally lift and move up to 25 pounds in supplies which requires bending, stooping and lifting.
- The employee must be able to use a variety of instructional materials in the classroom.
- The employee must use hands and arms to manipulate objects.
- The employee must use keyboards, tools and other controls.
- the employee must sit and stand for long periods of time.
- The employee must have normal vision and hearing with or without aid.
- The employee must be able to move about the assigned location unaided during the day.
REPORTS TO: Building Principal EVALUATION: Annual SALARY: Commensurate with Teaching Contract Salary Schedule EFFECTIVE DATE: 2024/2025 School Year DEADLINE: August 16, 2024 METHOD OF APPLICATION: Qualified and interested persons must apply online by going to the Crestwood Home page under employment. Please include a letter of interest, resume, letters of recommendation, copy of certificate(s) and transcripts. We no longer accept paper applications delivered via mail, in person, faxed, or email. If your qualifications meet our needs, we will contact you for further information and a possible interview. Crestwood Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This document is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work performed by those assigned to this position. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. Administration reserves the right to amend the change responsibilities to meet business and organizational needs as necessary. The Crestwood Board of Education is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and to the provision of equity in its educational programs, services and activities for all students and employees. The Crestwood School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, color, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, marital status, age, religion, national origin, disability, or genetic information in employment or in its programs and activities.
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