Secondary Teacher

Secondary Teacher

Dinwiddie County Public Schools Encompass Learning Center - Dinwiddie, Virginia

Job : 5714779

Final date to receive applications: May 28, 2026 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Re-Posted: May 16, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Aug 6, 2026

Position Type: Full-Time

Salary: $58,500 to $92,596 Per Year

The position is responsible for creating a classroom environment favorable to the learning and personal growth of middle and high school students enrolled in an alternative education setting.

• Collaborates with teachers, administrators, parents, school counselors, and related service providers to develop the overall educational plan for students enrolled in the alternative education setting.
• Assists in developing and implementing an individual education service and transition plan for students enrolled in the alternative education setting.
• Instruct students in a program of study that meets stated objectives and prepares students to master grade-level standards.
• Develops plans and supplementary materials that are compatible with the division’s basic instructional philosophy and are congruent with course/state standards.
• Provides individualized and small group instruction to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student and subgroup of students.
• Translates lesson plans into learning experiences to utilize the available instruction time best and engage students actively.
• Establishes and maintains standards of student behavior needed to achieve a functional learning atmosphere in the classroom by providing positive reinforcement of acceptable behaviors and modifying unacceptable behaviors.
• Evaluates students' academic and social growth, prepare report cards, and keep appropriate records, including attendance reports and other activities as required.
• Communicates regularly with parents or guardians through conferences and other means to discuss student progress.
• Supervises and monitors student movement.
• Administers standardized testing per division testing practices.
• Maintains professional competence by attending staff development programs, curriculum development meetings, and other professional activities.
• Participates in student and parent activities.
• Performs any other related duties as assigned by school administrators.

• Knowledge of subject(s) taught.
• Knowledge of secondary and special education principles, practices, and procedures.
• Knowledge of the principles and methodology of effective teaching.
• Knowledge of school division rules, regulations, and procedures.
• Ability to establish and maintain standards of behavior.
• Ability to deliver articulate oral presentations and written reports.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with staff, students, administration, and parents.

• Hold a valid Virginia Department of Education teacher’s license or certification with appropriate endorsement in a secondary core content subject area (Math or Science preferred); or
• Previous licensed secondary teaching experience in public schools.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the School Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

• Ability to communicate in a clear, concise manner both orally and in written form.
• Regularly requires speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handling or feeling, and repetitive motions.
• Requires frequent exertion of up to 10 pounds of force and occasional exertion of up to 25 pounds.
• Frequently requires walking and occasionally requires standing, sitting, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, reaching with hands and arms, tasting or smelling, pushing, pulling, and lifting.
• Work has standard vision requirements; visual inspection involves minor defects and small parts.
• Vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas through the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels, receive detailed information through oral communications, or make fine distinctions…