Grade 3 Teacher - Hawthorne - 1.0 FTE - 26-27 SY

About the role

The Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) is seeking highly motivated and energetic applicants for a teaching position. Applicants should have a good attitude, willingness to learn, and passion for impactful work and learning.

Responsibilities

• Use standards (CCSS, SELS, Language) to identify common learning targets that represent what all students should know, do and understand as a result of the instruction
• Develop daily and weekly plans to support student growth towards mastery of standards
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students
• Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations to build student engagement, collaboration, and independence with complex tasks
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests
• Provide daily opportunities for students to describe their reasoning, share explanations, make conjectures, justify conclusions, argue from evidence, and negotiate meaning
• Define and plan formative assessments to show evidence of learning
• Check for student understanding and clarify, reteach and/or make adjustments to instruction based on information gathered
• Provide students with meaningful feedback that reinforces effort, provides recognition and promotes student involvement and progress in the learning process
• Provide opportunities for teacher–to-student, student-to-student and student-to-teacher feedback both orally and written
• Establish rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom they are responsible
• Meet with parents/guardians to discuss their student's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs
• Collaborate with all staff in support of student learning, e.g., team planning and co-teaching

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• Official transcripts are required for formal employment
• Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) teaching license in Regular Education and/or Secondary Core Content Area

Skills

• High expectations for every student
• Quality instructional practice
• Cultural competence
• Data proficiency
• Team collaboration
• Student & Family Engagement
• Resilience & Results Orientation
• Self-Awareness & Growth Mindset

Benefits

MMSD offers a great compensation package and a supportive work environment. For more information, visit our benefits page and compensation page.

Pay

Annual salary minimum: $52,154 (25-26 TE Salary Schedule)

Schedule

Length of Contract: 192 days

Employment Type: Exempt