Elementary -5 Classroom Teacher

Position: Elementary 3-5 Classroom Teacher

• Position Type:
  Elementary School Teaching/ AES Teacher
• Date Posted:
  1/27/2025
• Location:
  
  Alamosa Elementary 3-5 Building
• Date Available:
  
  08/01/2025
• Closing Date:
  UNTIL FILLED

TITLE: CLASSROOM TEACHER

PROBATIONARY POSITION

DEFINITION: A staff member responsible for directly delivering the curriculum and providing instruction for students.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• The teacher must be appropriately certified and/or licensed as a teacher in the State of Colorado as provided by law.
• Licensed staff must be qualified for the area or grade level in which they perform, meeting Colorado Department of Education accreditation standards.
• Ready endorsement, preferred.

REPORTS TO: The Building Principal

JOB GOAL: To facilitate learning by all students, in a standards-based classroom and other educational environments, that will promote higher levels of student achievement by providing an environment conducive to learning that upholds the ideals of collaboration to ensure the highest levels of professionalism.

PROFESSIONAL/ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Confidentiality
• Courtesy
• Cooperation and positive attitude
• Reliability/Punctuality
• Accuracy and efficiency
• Respectfulness toward others
• Honesty
• Timeliness in respect to deadlines
• The classroom teacher must display, at all times, acceptable professional and ethical standards
• Will productively participate in Professional Learning Communities

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

• Models ethical standards, continual growth, collaborative work, and care and concern for students, materials, and facilities.
• Adheres to the code of ethics of the teaching profession of the State of Colorado.
• Accepts, fulfills, and supports assigned building procedures, responsibilities and duties in a prompt and efficient manner.
• Follows Board of Education policies and other rules, regulations, or procedures that may be established by the central or building administration.
• Maintains accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulations in an effective and prompt manner.
• Participates in staff development activities, continuing education courses and/or professional organizations to meet educational goals.
• Implements new learning from staff development opportunities.
• Works together across grade level/content areas to implement standards, instruction, and assessment, and to adapt best practice, products, and programs.
• Reports suspected/confirmed injury or abuse of students to building administration and proper authorities.
• Provides and promotes an educationally, emotionally, and physically safe environment for students.
• Models and ensures student awareness of proper use of materials, equipment, and/or facilities.

The classroom teacher demonstrates effective classroom management strategies

• Establishes classroom routines and acceptable behaviors, then recognizes and reinforces those positive behaviors.
• Uses appropriate behavior management plans and uses appropriate solutions when identifying student behavioral problems.
• Provides clear, concise, and reasonable directions, and then offers appropriate levels of questioning and responses while checking for understanding.
• Communicates the belief that all students can learn and sets high expectations for student learning while providing opportunities for student success.
• Maximizes instruction time.

The classroom teacher will use state and district standards to drive the design of standards-based assessment, planning, and instruction.

• Clearly displays and ensures that students are aware of the standards and benchmarks.
• Uses appropriate assessment data to guide instruction prior to and following instruction, and communicates that data to students, parents, and administrators effectively.
• Provides adaptations and multiple ways for students to express their learning, and adjusts instruction, curriculum, and assessment to meet individual learning needs.
• Establishes clear expectations for student learning at the beginning of each assignment or course, shares assessment criteria for assignments so students know how to demonstrate proficiency, then uses instructional strategies that are aligned to the assessment.
• Uses standards-based lesson design and unit organizers to…