Interim 4th and 5th Grade ELA (Effective 9/14/2026 with an estimated end date of 12/18/2027)

About the Role

To teach elementary school children academic and social skills.

Education and Experience

• Valid teacher's license with appropriate endorsement
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal skills
• Meets health and physical requirements

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepares teaching outline for course of study
• Lectures, demonstrates, and uses audiovisual teaching aids to present subject matter in class
• Prepares, administers, and corrects tests and records results
• Assigns lessons and corrects papers
• Maintains order in classroom and on playground
• Counsels students when adjustment and academic problems arise
• Discusses students' academic and behavior problems with parents and suggests corrective action
• Keeps attendance and grade records as required by school board
• Observes students to detect signs of ill health and emotional disturbance and to evaluate progress
• Represents the school and the community in a positive manner
• Reports to the principal when one knows or reasonably suspects that a child's health or welfare has been or appears to have been harmed as a result of abuse or neglect
• Performs other work related duties as assigned

Physical Demands

• May require lifting of objects that exceed 50 lbs., or the weight of an average child, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs.
• Pushing and/or pulling
• Climbing
• Stooping and/or kneeling
• Reaching
• Talking
• Hearing
• Seeing

Personal Traits

• Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure
• Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction, control, or planning of an activity
• Adaptability to dealing with students
• Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria

Capacity and Ability Requirements

• Intelligence: The ability to understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments.
• Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and the ideas associated with them.
• Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately.
• Manual Dexterity: Ability to move the hands easily and manipulate small objects with the fingers rapidly and accurately.
• Form perception: To make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures.
• Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive or recognize similarities or differences in colors or shades or other values of the same color.

Work Environment

Normal working environment.