High School Agriscience Teacher

Job Title:

High School Agriscience Teacher

Reports to:

High School Principal

Collaborative and community-focused, Delton Kellogg is committed to enriching the experience of staff by encouraging the sharing of knowledge and skills through teamwork, mentorship, and professional development.

The Agriscience Teacher provides engaging, hands-on instruction in agricultural education while preparing students for careers and post-secondary opportunities in agriculture, natural resources, animal science, plant science, agribusiness, and related industries. The teacher creates a positive learning environment that integrates classroom instruction, laboratory experiences, leadership development through FFA, and supervised agricultural experiences (SAEs).

• Build a comfortable routine within each of your regularly scheduled high school classes
• Create an engaging classroom environment that is conducive to learning, encourages student interest, and maintains standards of behavior
• Tailor a program of study to meet the individual needs, interests, and abilities of your students using District-approved curriculum
• Integrate modern technology into lesson design through Google Classroom and a one-to-one student technology ratio
• Demonstrate higher-order thinking skills by embedding instruction with high-level depth-of-knowledge questioning techniques
• Guide learning by establishing objectives for lessons, units, and projects, maintain records of progress and adjust instruction accordingly to maximize student learning
• Collaborate with colleagues in focused learning teams, coordinate with fellow subject-area teachers, and communicate with students and parents to further education-related goals
• This position is teaching Ag Bio, Bio, Wildlife and Natural Resources and one MS Ag/FFA class

• A Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies and Natural Resources or a related field.
• Michigan Secondary teaching certificate with an occupational (vocational) endorsement.
• HX
  - Agriscience and Natural Resources
• VA
  - Vocational Agriculture (Agriscience and Natural Resources)
• Will consider certification in
• Biology (DA), Physics (DE) or Chemistry

• Competitive pay commensurate with experience, and according to DKEA contract
• Excellent health, dental, vision, and life insurance options
• Your choice between the two retirement options
• This position will stay open until filled.

The final candidate for this position will be required (at the applicant’s cost) to furnish Delton Kellogg Schools with a current Michigan State Police and FBI criminal records check prior to our recommendation to hire.

Delton Kellogg School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in its educational policies on the basis of religion, race, color, sex, national origin, or handicap of any individual.