SY - Teacher - Science; Signing Expenses

Position: 2025-2026 SY - Teacher - Science; Signing Incentive $17,000 - $20,000; Relocation Expenses $3,0[...]

Position Type

High School Teacher – Science (Secondary)

Location

Gallup High School

Job Details

• Date Posted: 10/24/2025
• School Year: SY
• Closing Date:
  Until Filled
• Contract Length: 194 days
• Hours:
  
  7.5 hours/day
• Salary: $59,984 – $84,026

General

Job Description

The Secondary teacher will provide guidance and instructional experiences that are academically and developmentally appropriate for students. The teacher is held accountable to the New Mexico Teacher Competencies and Domains, delivers State and District curriculum, and provides equal educational opportunities for all students.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Planning and Preparation
  • Demonstrates knowledge of content
  • Designs coherent instruction
  • Sets instructional outcomes
  • Uses resources effectively
  • Considers students’ needs
  • Designs student assessment
• Creating an Environment for Learning
  • Creates a respectful and rapport‑building environment
  • Organizes physical space within the learning environment
  • Establishes a culture for learning
  • Manages classroom procedures
  • Manages student behavior
• Teaching for Learning
  • Communicates with students in a culturally and developmentally appropriate manner
  • Uses questioning and discussion techniques to support classroom discourse
  • Engages students in learning
  • Assesses instruction
  • Demonstrates flexibility and responsiveness
• Professionalism
  • Communicates with families
  • Participates in a professional community
  • Reflects on teaching
  • Demonstrates professionalism
  • Grows and develops professionally
• Follow board policies and administrative rules and regulations

Additional Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage time appropriately
• Maintain accurate and complete records of grades and attendance as required by the district
• Report progress or lack thereof to parents in a timely manner
• Attend and participate in faculty, professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops
• Complete duties (e.g., hall, bus) as assigned
• Leave adequate preparations for a substitute
• Take precautions to protect equipment, materials, and facilities
• Actively and appropriately participate and collaborate in school teams/committees
• Support district initiatives
• Demonstrate public relations skills
• Use and apply appropriate conflict resolution skills
• Use diagnostic data to improve instructional programs
• Be available to parents, students, administration, and peers outside the school day
• Attend and sponsor extracurricular activities
• Report suspected child abuse and neglect
• Complete Safe Schools training as directed by the District
• Be responsible for students on field trips
• Act as a good role model within the context of the school
• Supervise educational assistants, practicum students, student teachers, and high‑school vocational lab/volunteer students
• Follow district and school procedures
• Accept other responsibilities as deemed necessary by the principal

Qualifications

• BA degree
• Valid New Mexico teaching license with endorsements as needed

Physical Requirements

Sitting, standing, lifting, moving about the room, carrying up to 50 lbs, reaching, squatting, kneeling, prolonged typing, and moving light furniture.

Equipment/Technology Handled

Must know how to operate multimedia equipment and current technology, or be willing to learn.

Work Environment

On‑site attendance is mandatory. Must work within varying noise, temperature, and air quality conditions. Flexibility and patience are required; after‑hours work may be required.

Terms of Employment

Salary and work calendar established yearly by the district.

Incentives

• Signing incentive for New Teachers (varies by graduation status and location)
• Relocation incentive for all new teachers, counselors, and administrators (paid on first paycheck)
• Additional incentives paid over two school years in four installments
• Eligibility requires new employment status during  and no prior relocation incentive within the last two years
• Employees moving to a higher grade level (e.g., EA to Teacher or Teacher to Principal) are exempt

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