6th Grade Teacher

6th Grade Teacher for the  School year Job Type:

Full Time

• Relate instruction to the Christian objectives in the school
• Communicate effectively with students, commending and reinforcing good conduct and achievement
• Communicate effectively with parents, both in written form and in personal contact when necessary
• Use wholesome motivational techniques that help produce the desired learning environment
• Make effective long-range and short-term (daily lesson plans) planning for classroom instruction
• Maintain effective Christian discipline in the classroom
• Counsel with students individually when necessary
• Keep the classroom appearance interesting, stimulating, neat, organized, and pleasant
• Use appropriate procedurs to evaluate student attendance and achievement
• Maintain adequate records of student attendance and achievement
• Execute the standardized testing program, record, study and utilize the results
• Train and supervise adies and volunteers when appropriate
• Assist with special school programs, religious services, projects and extracurricular activates as agreed on and according to one's contract or other written agreement
• Be responsible for playground, lunchroom, hallway and other supervision as assigned by the Principal
• As able, attend school programs and activities in which your students are participating
• Grow professionally through opportunities like educational readings, attendance at workshops, and participation in graduate courses
• Maintain a substitute teacher folder that contains the daily schedule, class list and materials used
• Be involved in the worship life of Trinity Lutheran Church and School if Called; if not Called, involved in the worship life of a local parish
• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Early Childhood Edu, Elementary Edu, or Secondary Edu
• Hawaii or other state teaching or certification, or taking steps toward such licensure
• Member in good standing of an LCMS congregation preferred
• LCMS Rostered Worker (or Roster Eligible) preferred
• Positive Christian role model

4 Year Degree

It is the school’s policy to seek and employ the most qualified individuals from the available labor force and to provide them the opportunity to advance when possible. This includes recruitment, selection, training, promotion, termination, and all other aspects of employment which will be conducted in a manner that does not discriminate because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, marital status, or other grounds protected by state and federal equal opportunity laws or regulations and in agreement with Church doctrine as specified by the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

TLS will pursue hiring Synodically trained Lutheran workers first, non-Synodically trained Lutheran workers second, and finally, other Christian workers, willing to teach from an LCMS perspective.