Elementary Teacher

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor's degree and valid Indiana Teacher's license or eligible to receive a valid Indiana Teacher's license or permit in Elementary Education.

Experience:

Professional experience in the employment discipline with professional, technical, and experience requirements. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.

References:
Minimum of two (2) professional references required, including most recent supervisor and/or supervising student teacher mentor.

• Assist in the achievement of the short and long-term educational goals of the school corporation.
• Serve as the instructional leader in the classroom.
• Design and conduct learning situations which instruct students in the content of one's respective discipline per the MCS adopted curriculum, course of study and Indiana Academic Standards.
• Stimulate each student to want to live an honest, responsible, fruitful life, instilling within each one a feeling of competency and productivity.
• Encourage students through a positive personal attitude to utilize every opportunity for a constructive learning experience.
• Systematically acquire knowledge about individual students for helping them plan and conduct needed learning experiences.
• Teach students the skills for recognizing fact, opinion, theory, approximation, bias, and propaganda, and for evaluating each in terms of personal value.
• Participate in curricular and program development with principals, supervisors, and department chairpersons for initiating curricular improvements meeting students' needs.
• Assume active participation in in-service programs for professional improvement.
• Observe established policies of the corporation and school; make recommendations for changes in policies when advisable.
• Confer with students and parents at appropriate and set times.
• Sponsor and supervise reasonable extracurricular assignments, chaperone school events, and monitor assigned areas.
• Involve the students and parents, when feasible, in planning, implementing, and evaluating units of study.
• Execute teaching activities in a constructive and meaningful manner.
• Evaluate student progress, issue grades and reports; prepare, record and report class attendance.
• Handle discipline problems within classroom areas, arrange and conduct parent conferences; assist in building discipline and security.
• Supervise paraprofessional, student, and volunteer helpers.
• Perform other duties assigned by the Principal.

• Health Insurance with Free Clinic for those enrolled in the plan
• Life Insurance for $60,000 for $1 per year
• 10 sick days and 3 personal days for first year
• 7 sick days and 4 personal days after first year
• Half price tuition at Ball State University for up to six credit hours per year

• Seniority level:
  Not Applicable
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Education and Training
• Industries:
  Education Administration Programs