Classroom Teacher - Grade 6

North Smithfield School Department – North Smithfield Middle School

Location:

North Smithfield, Rhode Island

Job  | Final date to receive applications:
Posted until filled | Starting Date:
August 24, 2026

Title:

Classroom Teacher (Grade
6)

Reports to:

Building Administrator

Terms of Employment:
School Year. Salary and other conditions as per contractual agreement with School Committee.

Evaluation:
Evaluation annually in accordance with provisions of the School Committee Policy on Evaluation.

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

• Standard 1: Teachers create learning experiences using a broad base of general knowledge that reflects an understanding of the nature of the communities and world in which we live.
• Standard 2: Teachers have a deep content knowledge base sufficient to create learning experiences that reflect an understanding of central concepts, vocabulary, structures, and tools of inquiry of the disciplines/content areas they teach.
• Standard 3: Teachers create instructional opportunities that reflect an understanding of how children learn and develop.
• Standard 4: Teachers create instructional opportunities that reflect a respect for the diversity of learners and an understanding of how students differ in their approaches to learning.
• Standard 5: Teachers create instructional opportunities to encourage all students’ development of critical thinking, problem solving, performance skills, and literacy across content areas.
• Standard 6: Teachers create a supportive learning environment that encourages appropriate standards of behavior, positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.
• Standard 7: Teachers work collaboratively with all school personnel, families, and the broader community to create a professional learning community and environment that supports the improvement of teaching, learning, and student achievement.
• Standard 8: Teachers use effective communication as the vehicle through which students explore, conjecture, discuss, and investigate new ideas.
• Standard 9: Teachers use appropriate formal and informal assessment strategies with individuals and groups of students to determine the impact of instruction on learning, to provide feedback, and to plan future instruction.
• Standard 10: Teachers reflect on their practice and assume responsibility for their own professional development by actively seeking and participating in opportunities to learn and grow as professionals.
• Standard 11: Teachers maintain professional standards guided by legal and ethical principles.

• Responsibility to Students: Commitment to ensuring that all students achieve at high levels necessary for productive lives.
• Responsibility to Self: Commitment to maintaining high professional standards through individual performance.
• Responsibility to Colleagues and the Profession: Commitment to collaborate with school and district colleagues and professional communities to enhance student learning.
• Responsibility to Parents and the Community: Commitment to collaborate with families and communities to provide a quality education to all students.
• Responsibility to Rhode Island Board of Regents: Demonstrate commitment to Rhode Island standards for educator quality.

• Meet and instruct assigned classes in the locations and at the times designated by the administration.
• Develop and maintain a classroom environment conducive to effective learning.
• Prepare for classes assigned and provide written evidence of preparation when requested.
• 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 and the needs and capabilities of students.
• Apply the district’s philosophy of education and instructional goals and objectives through instruction and action.
• Take necessary precautions to protect students, equipment, materials,…