Part-Time Elementary Music Teacher Job Des Moines area,Iowa USA,Education / Teaching

Position: Part-Time Elementary Music Teacher (.25 Only)

Elementary Music Teacher

Des Moines Public Schools is hiring a part-time elementary music teacher for Findley Elementary. This position is only.
25. Any elementary music-endorsed applicant is welcome to apply.

Classification: TCHR

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

Bachelor's degree
Work Experience:

N/A
Licensure or Certification:
Valid Iowa teaching license (K-6 music required).

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:

Ability to collaborate effectively with a diverse workforce and student population.

Effective written and oral communication.

Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.

Maintain confidentiality.

Attend work on a prompt and regular basis.

Maintain satisfactory and harmonious working relationships with the public, students, and other employees.

Essential Functions:

Deliver daily lessons, aligned to state and district standards that meet students' individual needs and ensure growth.

Create an engaging, affirming, and meaningful classroom environment that meets the academic and social emotional needs of students.

Participate in building and district professional learning communities to plan for instruction, analyze data, and create assessments.

Monitor student learning on a daily basis. Use multiple data points to guide and individualize instruction.

Communicate with families on a regular basis.

Participate in professional development.

Demonstrate consistent progress on meeting the eight Iowa Teaching Standards.

Other duties, as assigned.

Physical Requirements:

Physical Demand:

- Frequency:

Standing
- Frequent 33% - 66%

Walking
- Frequent 33% - 66%

Sitting
- Frequent 33% - 66%

Bending/Stooping
- Occasional 1% - 32%

Reaching/Pushing/Pulling
- Occasional 1%- 32%

Climbing/Stairs
- Occasional 1% - 32%

Driving
- Occasional 1% - 32%

Lifting (20 lbs.) - Frequent 33% - 66%

Carrying (20 feet) - Frequent 33% - 66%

Manual Dexterity Tasks

Telephone
- Frequent 33% - 66%

Computer
- Frequent 33% - 66%

Other
- Never 0%

Working Conditions:

Inside
- Constant 67%+

Outside
- Occasional 1% - 32%

Extremes of Temperature/Humidity
- Occasional 1% - 32%

Employee Benefits Information:

All candidates offered a position will be required to successfully pass a criminal background check, and a child and adult abuse registry check. Certain positions may require fingerprinting, a drug and alcohol test, a physical capacity test and/or a motor vehicle record check.