Junior High Teacher East Valley

About the role

At Legacy Traditional Schools, we believe in igniting the desire to be the best. We aim to change lives through education by developing skilled readers and writers, critical listeners, and accomplished speakers. Our mission is to illuminate the talents of our educators, light up the minds of our students, and fuel our school spirit.

Responsibilities

• Implement instructional activities that contribute to a climate where students are actively engaged in meaningful learning experiences.
• Select and modify instructional resources to meet the needs of students with varying backgrounds, learning styles, and special needs.
• Guide students through world and U.S. history and geography, focusing on responsible citizenship and America's place in global history.
• Use direct instruction techniques to lead students through a variety of activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth.
• Achieve award-winning results through a spiral curriculum reinforced by mathematical practices.
• Enable students to construct and understand scientific concepts through investigation and analysis using laboratory equipment, student readings, and interactive technology.
• Assess changing curricular needs and offer plans for improvement.
• Maintain effective and efficient record-keeping procedures.
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with students, parents, and other professionals.
• Collaborate with peers to enhance the instructional environment.
• Model professional and ethical standards when dealing with students, parents, peers, and community members.
• Evaluate each student's learning capabilities and celebrate their accomplishments.
• Encourage students to uphold our values and model mature behavior and good character.
• Participate in training and staff meetings.
• Meet professional obligations through efficient work habits such as meeting deadlines, honoring schedules, and coordinating meetings as needed.
• Lift objects up to 25 pounds on occasion.
• Sit for long periods at times, talk on the phone, stand, kneel, stoop, and maintain long periods of concentration.
• Travel between campuses as required.
• Enjoy industry-leading pay, rewards, referral bonuses, and paid time-off.
• Care for your health and family with comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, discounted onsite childcare, and student enrollment priority.
• Invest in your future with retirement plans and enhance your growth with promotion opportunities, training, mentoring, and tuition reimbursement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Valid SEI Endorsement/Certification or ability to obtain a current teaching certificate from within the state.
• Pass a criminal history background check.

Preferred Qualifications

• A current teaching certificate from within the state position is located.

Pay

Industry-leading pay, rewards, referral bonuses, and paid time-off.

Schedule

Local and in-state travel required.