Grade 8 Science Teacher- Keithville

GRADE 8 SCIENCE TEACHER - KEITHVILLE

Caddo Parish School District, Keithville Elementary/Middle School – Keithville, Louisiana

Job : 5767845

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Jun 08, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Aug 6, 2026

Job Title: Classroom Teacher

Working under the direction of the principal or assigned evaluator, administers the classroom in accordance with School Board policies and uses instructional and administrative skills to promote the educational development of each student. Classroom teachers will fulfill duties and responsibilities associated with instruction, supervision, classroom management, student assessment and evaluation, communication and collaboration, and extracurricular involvement.

Teachers are held accountable for meeting the TAP Teaching Skills, Knowledge, and Responsibilities Performance Standards, research‑based standards based on twenty‑six indicators and operationalized against a five‑point scale rubric. Teachers are also responsible for the academic growth of their students.

The Teaching Skills, Knowledge, and Responsibilities Performance Standards are divided into four domains. Descriptors for each indicator may be found in the TAP Rubric.

Standards and Objectives:
Planning effective lessons aligned to the standards is dependent upon the teacher’s ability to create and communicate clearly defined learning outcomes or objectives appropriate for the students. Both the students and the teacher should understand what is to be accomplished during each lesson.

Motivating Students:
This indicator focuses on a teacher’s ability to organize and present the content in a manner that motivates students to learn. This indicator connects strongly to Teacher Knowledge of Students.

Presenting Instructional Content:
The use of visuals and a teacher’s ability to clearly communicate performance expectations in a concise and logically sequenced manner are addressed by this indicator’s descriptors. The use of visuals with examples, illustrations, analogies, and/or labels are important tools to use when introducing new concepts and can lead students to mastery of specific skills in a more efficient manner.

Lesson Structure and Pacing:
This indicator blends time and form as it applies to instruction. It addresses the effective segmenting of the lesson so that sufficient time is allocated to all parts of the lesson to best support student learning.

Activities and Materials:
This indicator addresses the variety and appropriateness of activities and materials that a teacher chooses to implement during a lesson. By using a variety of materials and activities, teachers are able to address various learning styles and intelligences.

Questioning:
Questioning is an art form that reveals a great deal about a teacher’s effectiveness. The rubric descriptors provide a basic framework for the types of questions to ask within a lesson and how teachers should lead students in responding to questions.

Academic Feedback:
This indicator focuses on how teachers respond to students’ comments and questions. The descriptors address the quality of the feedback in supporting student learning as opposed to feedback that only informs students of the accuracy of their responses.

Grouping Students:
This indicator deals with the instructional arrangements of the students during a given lesson. It focuses on how the students will be grouped for the instruction and activities of the lesson and how they will be held accountable for the work they are expected to complete.

Teacher Content Knowledge:
This indicator addresses the teacher’s knowledge of the content he/she is teaching, as well as his/her ability to implement strategies to support student learning. Also addressed in this indicator is the teacher’s ability to connect the content being taught to other ideas and concepts.

Teacher Knowledge of Students:
This indicator deals with how well a teacher knows his/her students and their learning styles and interests. It is closely connected to Motivating Students.

Thinking:
Students should be encouraged to generate ideas and alternatives, analyze…