3rd Grade Teacher

Position Details

• Position Type:
  Elementary School Teaching/K-5 All Subjects
• Date Posted: 1/2/2026
• Location:
  
  Kempton Elementary
• Date Available:
  
  2025-26 School Year
• Closing Date:
  Until Filled
• District:
  Saginaw Public Schools

Saginaw Public Schools Teachers are responsible for planning, organizing and implementing an appropriate instructional program in a learning environment that guides and encourages students to develop and fulfill their academic potential. Saginaw Public Schools teachers are committed and focused on rapid school Turnaround.

The School District of the City of Saginaw, in partnership with parents, students, businesses and the community, is committed to ensuring the highest level of academic achievement and career planning for all students, the highest performing organizational structure at all levels, and a safe and effective learning environment for all students.

• Capacity to align curriculum, instruction and assessments while responding to individual student needs.
• Willingness to seek instructional support from peers, coaches, or administrators.
• Desire and ability to work in a multicultural, urban setting and develop rapport with students, staff, parents, and community.
• Prioritizes student‑learning needs over existing customs, routines, or relationships that hinder necessary change.
• Commitment to the relentless pursuit of increasing student learning and innovation.
• Competence to collect and analyze data from formative and summative assessments to inform instructional decisions.
• Skill to implement a tiered instruction system and leverage the intensive student support network.
• Strong desire to build meaningful, caring relationships with students to exert academic influence.
• Ability to help create a professional environment of mutual respect, teamwork, and accountability that includes all stakeholders.
• Willingness to engage in the PLC process, including:
  • Participating in ongoing instructional conversations.
  • Collaboratively creating and executing clear, logical instructional plans.
  • Coordinating instruction within and across grade levels.
  • Trying out new ideas to improve student learning.

• Content and pedagogical knowledge in the assigned subject/area.
• Knowledge of relevant technology.
• Critical thinking and problem‑solving skills.
• Verbal and written communication skills.
• Decision‑making skills.
• Organization and planning skills.
• Ability to tolerate high levels of stress.
• Flexibility and adaptability.
• Initiative and proactive attitude.
• Record‑keeping and reporting accuracy.
• Attention to detail.
• Use of classroom instruction techniques that stimulate inquiry, knowledge acquisition, and goal formulation.
• Collaboration with teachers, administrators, and staff.
• Independent working ability.
• Rapid learning of new tasks.
• Rapport building in a multicultural, urban setting.
• Alignment of curriculum, instruction, and assessments with student needs.
• Seeking support from peers, coaches or administrators.
• Prioritizing student learning over existing customs.
• Commitment to ongoing learning and innovation.
• Data analysis to inform instruction.
• Implementation of tiered instruction and support network.
• Building caring relationships with students.
• Creation of a professional environment of respect, teamwork, and accountability.
• Active engagement in PLC process.

• Plan, prepare, and deliver instructional activities that facilitate active learning experiences.
• Develop schemes of work and lesson plans.
• Establish and communicate clear objectives for all learning activities.
• Prepare classroom for class activities.
• Provide a variety of learning materials and resources.
• Identify and select instructional resources and methods to meet students’ varying needs.
• Instruct and monitor students in the use of learning materials and equipment.
• Use relevant technology to support instruction.
• Observe and evaluate student performance and development.
• Assign and grade class work, homework, tests, and assignments.
• Provide appropriate feedback on work.
• Encourage and monitor progress of individual students.
• Maintain accurate and complete records of student…