Teacher - Early Childhood; Certified

Salary Information: SEE CERTIFIED SALARY SCHEDULE

Standard hours per week: 40

FTE: 1.0

Months per year: 9

Job Code: 0010EC

Position type: Permanent/Regular

Location: CO

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. We commit to eliminating the predictability of who is included in excellence and who is not. Students are first and we support our district's mission to elevate student success for every student every day in every classroom. Candidates who can contribute to this goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in this area.

A teacher will perform effective teaching methods to ensure student success and promote an exemplary educational program which fosters achievement for all students.

• Plan, prepare, and deliver instructional activities
• Create a positive educational climate for students to learn in
• Meet course and school-wide student performance goals
• Participate in ongoing training sessions
• Create lesson plans and modify them accordingly throughout the year
• Grade papers and perform other administrative duties as needed
• Read and stay abreast of current topics in education
• Utilize various curriculum resources and technologies to enhance student learning
• Integrate competencies, goals, and objectives into lesson plans
• Utilize district curricula that reflect the diverse educational, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds of the students served
• Establish and communicate clear objectives for all learning activities
• Prepare and distribute parent communications
• Observe and evaluate students' performance
• Manage student behavior in the classroom, creating appropriate behavior strategies

• Bachelor's degree or higher
• Must be a minimum of 18 years old

• Criminal background check required for hire
• Must possess, or be able to obtain, a valid Colorado Educator License
• Must possess the required license or the ability to fulfill the requirements for highly qualified status in the instructional area(s) listed

Preference given to candidates with ELL training and/or an ESL or (LDE) Linguistically Diverse Education Endorsement.

All salary placement on our certified salary schedule is dependent on the employee's education and/or work experience. Certified/licensed employees will be granted one (1) year for each full year of contractual and/or work experience up to a maximum of ten (10) years, which includes in-district and out-of-district contractual teaching and/or work experience. Responsibility for verification of outside experience shall rest with the individual employee.

For further explanation of salary placement please refer to our certified master agreement that can be found on our district website.

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is committed to providing an environment that promotes a healthy employee population able to serve our students at the highest level. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance as well as other programs for benefit-eligible employees. The employee assistance program, voluntary life insurance through PERA, and 401(k), 403(b), & 457(b) plans are available to all employees regardless of hours worked and are available immediately (upon hire date).

To learn more about our benefits including paid time off, please see our Benefits Overview.