Elementary Classroom Teacher

Job Description

Title:

Teacher K-5

• Minimum of bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
• Satisfactory student teaching experience or a history of successful classroom teaching.
• New Hampshire certification or eligibility to hold NH Certification.

• An educator who has strong communication skills to effectively communicate with students, parents, other teachers, and specialists is essential for creating a supportive and collaborative environment.
• Strong organizational skills to keep up with multiple responsibilities, including lesson planning, instruction, data collection and analysis.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other educators and support staff as part of a grade level team.

Reports To:

Building Principals

The primary job goal of an elementary school classroom teacher is to educate and nurture young students academically, socially, and emotionally. This involves creating a supportive and engaging learning environment where children can develop essential skills in subjects like math, reading, writing, science, and social studies. Teachers also focus on fostering critical thinking, creativity, and problem‑solving abilities. Additionally, they play a crucial role in promoting positive behavior, building self-esteem, and teaching important life skills such as communication, collaboration, and empathy.

Ultimately, elementary school teachers aim to inspire a love of learning and help each student reach their full potential. The roles and responsibilities of the elementary classroom teacher provide necessary support for the Priority Areas outlined in the SAU # 34 Strategic Plan.

Priority Area:
Student Success:
Every student deserves an exceptional education, one grounded in purposes larger than themselves, regular and meaningful opportunities for self‑determination, feedback about the increasing difference they are making in matters important to them, and growing relationships.

Goal: SAU 34 will provide high quality educational opportunities for all students that foster the acquisition of critical academic skills, embedding the tenets identified in the Portrait of a Graduate (adaptive perseverance, responsibility, learner's mindset, global citizenship, communication, critical thinking, and collaboration), meeting the expectations for success in post‑secondary education and the workplace.

Priority Area:
Culture:
Staff and students thrive in positive learning and work environments where they feel physically, psychologically, and emotionally safe and connected; supported; reasonably autonomous; and driven by a strong sense of purpose and meaning.

Goal: SAU 34 will develop and maintain a welcoming environment that supports the tenets of the Portrait of a Graduate, ensuring students, staff, and families feel valued, safe, and supported to foster a responsive and high achieving culture.

Priority Area:
Learning Environments:
Few investments serve as such high profile demonstrations of how we value the education of our students as the facilities we use. The facilities in which we spend our time together provide daily cues and clues that affect the learning and work cultures for students and staff respectively.

Goal: SAU 34 will provide and maintain facilities that support a high quality, future focused, teaching and learning environment that allows multiple educational opportunities.

• Plans lessons that employ a variety of instructional techniques that, when implemented, meet, as much as possible, the needs and capabilities of the individuals or student groups involved.

• Creates a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students.
• Assists the administration in implementing all policies and rules governing student life and conducts and maintains order in the classroom in a fair and just manner.
• Builds meaningful relationships with students and families.
• Creates and contributes to a collaborative learning environment within the classroom where students feel safe and…