1st Grade Dual Language Teacher

1st Grade Dual Language Teacher

Location:

La Joya Independent School District E.B. Reyna Elementary - Mission, Texas

Job  — Final date to receive applications:
Posted until filled — Posted:
May 29, 2026 — Starting Date:
To Be Determined

Job Title: Teacher —
Wage/Hour Status: Exempt-Professional

Reports to: Principal —
Pay Grade: According to District’s Teacher Salary Schedule

Dept./School: Assigned Campus —
Funding Source: 199 Local Funds

District Primary

Purpose:

To assist and promote La Joya ISD in implementing a rigorous curriculum/instructional program that supports student success and achievement.

Department Primary

Purpose:

To lead students toward the fulfillment of their potential for intellectual, emotional, and psychological growth and maturation.

Education/Certification: Bachelor’s degree from accredited university.

Valid Texas teaching certificate with required endorsements for subject and level assigned.

Experience/Knowledge: Knowledgeable in effective schools research, principles of accreditation standards, and Texas Education Agency requirements. Also skilled in teaching techniques and methodology, child development, and special needs of exceptional learners.

• Meet and instruct assigned classes in the locations and the times designated.
• Develop and maintain a classroom environment conducive to effective learning within the limits of the resources provided by the district.
• Prepare for classes assigned, and show written evidence of preparation upon request of immediate supervisor within the effective schools research and framework for school excellence.
• Encourage students to set and maintain standards of classroom behavior.
• Employ a variety of instructional techniques and instructional media consistent with the physical limitations of the location provided and the needs and capabilities of the individuals or student groups involved.
• Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
• Evaluate student progress on a regular basis.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulation to accomplish instructional goals and objectives.
• Assist in formulating, upholding, and enforcing school rules, administrative regulations, and Board Policy.
• Make provisions for being available to students and parents for educational-related purposes outside the instructional day when required or requested to do so under reasonable terms.
• Attend and participate in faculty meetings.
• Cooperate with other members of the staff in planning instructional goals, objectives, and methods.
• Assist in the selection of books, equipment, and other instructional materials.
• Establish and maintain cooperative and professional relations with others.
• Work to establish and maintain open lines of communication with students and their parents concerning both the academic and behavioral progress of all assigned students.
• Provide for his/her own professional growth through an ongoing program of reading workshops, seminars, conferences, and/or advanced course work at institutions of higher learning.
• Accept responsibilities for co-curricular activities as assigned when these activities do not interfere with a teacher’s primary teaching assignment.

Mental Demands: Ability to communicate effectively, interpret policy, procedures, and data; maintain emotional control under stress; implement TEA rules and regulations.

Physical Demands/Environmental Factors: Occasional prolonged hours, stooping, lifting, and other strenuous demands.

Position working days: 187 days.

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

• Lucina Lara-Garza, Principal
• E.B. Reyna Elementary
• Phone:

Position Type:
Full-Time — Salary: $57,200 Per Year