Elementary Classroom Teacher (2026-27 School Year)

Responsibilities

• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom they are responsible.
• Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
• Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
• Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
• Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations.
• Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.
• Prepare objectives and outlines for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements of states, diocese, and schools.
• Guide and counsel students with adjustment and/or academic problems, or special academic interests.
• Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, and storytelling.
• Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers.
• Sponsor extracurricular activities such as clubs, student organizations, and academic contests.
• Perform administrative duties such as assisting in school libraries, hall and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading.
• Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Provide disabled students with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities such as restrooms.
• Administer standardized ability and achievement tests and interpret results to determine student strengths and areas of need.
• Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of elementary school programs.
• Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.
• Organize and label materials, and display students' work.
• Attend staff meetings and serve on committees as required.
• Confer with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.
• Use computers, audiovisual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.

Requirements

• Must possess a Bachelor's degree or higher, preferably in elementary education or a related field.
• Teaching certification preferred, or be willing to work towards obtaining one.
• Must possess the ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Must possess the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff, parents, and the community.
• Must comply with PA State clearance requirements.
• Must be a Catholic in good standing if teaching religion. Otherwise, must be willing to respect the teachings of the Catholic Church.

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong.
• Ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Ability to speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in both a normal classroom environment and in an outdoor setting.
• Ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• Ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• Ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
• Ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• Ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
• Ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time.
• Ability to hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels and in an outdoor environment.
• Ability to bend, stoop, climb stairs, and reach overhead.