8th Grade Language Arts Teacher - FTE

Classroom Teacher

Permanent 1.0 FTE position to begin with the 2026-27 school year.

Salary range is pending final budget approval for the 2026-27 school year; posted salary range is for the 2025-26 school year.

The classroom teacher helps students learn subject matter and/or skills in a positive atmosphere that will result in their development as responsible, respectful and independent learners. This growth and development pertains to the students' academic, social, emotional, and physical needs.

Professional Preparedness and Growth

• Instruction reflects well-planned and effective methodology.
• Develop and implement instructional practices and strategies that include multiple methods of assessment, support student in meeting rigorous learning goals and engage and encourage learners to develop deep understanding of content areas.
• Understand how learners grow and develop, recognizing variations within and across cognitive, linguistic, social, emotional and physical areas, diversity of cultures and communities; implement and insure a developmentally appropriate, challenging and high-standards learning environment.
• Make objective, non-emotional, well-informed decisions regarding the welfare of students.
• Instruction reflects adequate and current knowledge of essential skills, literacy promotion, and technology.
• Improves professional skills through inservice workshops, district meetings, continuing education, etc.
• Goal setting and cooperative planning with supervisor.

Principles of Teaching and Learning

• Shows respect, consideration and fairness of students varying learning levels.
• Meets needs of students with special interests, abilities, and learning problems.
• Gives students personal help and positive reinforcement.
• Challenges students to think and express their thoughts through engaging lessons and activities.
• Helps students set achievement expectations and evaluate their own progress.
• Establish and communicate clear objectives for all learning activities.
• Provide a variety of learning materials and resources for use in educational activities.
• Makes clear to the students what they are learning and why.

Multi-Ethnic/Multi-Cultural Education

• Includes culturally diverse themes in lessons and instruction, including historical or other information as to cultures having significant impact on the world, nation or community.
• Aware and appreciates cultural diversity and the importance of communication skills reflecting sensitivity to the feeling of all persons regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, age or national origin.

Evaluation

• Planning instruction assessing student progress on State Standards.
• Uses tests and/or other evaluative information in planning instructional units and after instruction to determine if goals have been met.
• Update and maintain accurate and complete records of student progress and development as required by school, district, state, and federal policies, regulations and laws.
• Consults principal, specialist, other teachers in the school, and students in evaluating own plans, methods, and results.
• Uses instruments and methods that effectively measure the students' attainment of learning goals.
• Makes clear to students how success in learning will be judged.
• Communicates effectively in a professionally appropriate manner with parents/guardians, colleagues and students regarding student achievement behavior.

Classroom Management

• Develop and implement effective classroom management strategies, providing a safe, secure and respectful learning environment; communicate student behavior expectations in a positive manner; convey reminders, rules and expectations with consistency and equity, while recognizing the unique qualities and characteristics of the individual.

Communication Skills

• Regularly communicates with parents, students, colleagues and supervisors in writing and verbally in a professionally appropriate manner.
• Actively listens to concerns, problems or issues and formulates a professionally appropriate response which is aligned with the Medford School District's core values.
• Encourages and builds strong school to home and community partnerships to better serve the needs of all students in the Medford School District.
• Routes and/or directs parents, students, or patrons to the appropriate location of information or person(s) that can provide clarity in situations where the teacher is not able to respond completely, or to something that is complex in nature.

Organizational Responsibilities

• Cooperates with and supports faculty members.
• Observes the spirit and intent of rules and regulations of the school and school system.
• Assumes necessary non-instructional responsibilities.
• Provides complete data to the school and district administration as requested for management purposes.
• Maintains accurate student records.
• Assists with budgeting in his or her building.
• Encourages parent participation in school programs and activities.
• Shares the responsibilities with all other employees for promoting the…