Teacher - Kindergarten

About the role

A teacher will perform effective teaching methods to ensure student success and promote an exemplary educational program which fosters achievement for all students.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Plan, prepare and deliver instructional activities
• Create positive educational climate for students to learn in
• Maintain course and school-wide student performance goals
• Participate in ongoing training sessions
• Create lesson plans and modify accordingly throughout the year
• Grade papers and perform other administrative duties as needed
• Read and stay abreast of current topics in education
• Utilize various curriculum resources and technologies to enhance student learning
• Integrate competencies, goals, and objectives into lesson plans
• Utilize District curricula that reflect the diverse educational, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds of the students served
• Establish and communicate clear objectives for all learning activities
• - Prepare and distribute parent communications
• - Observe and evaluate student's performance
• - Manage student behavior in the classroom creating appropriate behavior strategies

Education And Related Work Experience

• Bachelor's degree or higher
• Must be a minimum of 18 years old

Licenses, Registrations Or Certifications

• Criminal background check required for hire
• Valid Colorado Educator License within 30 days of hire
• Required license and endorsement
• If highly qualified by content test or semester hours, with no endorsement: applicant must possess a Colorado educator license license with a passing score on a CDE approved content test or 24 semester hours in specific core content classes as determined by Human Resources
• Preference given to candidates with ELL Training and/or an ESL or (LDE) Linguistically Diverse Education Endorsement

Salary Information (for External Candidates)

All salary placement on our Certified Salary Schedule is dependent on the employees' education and/or work experience. Certified/licensed employees will be granted one (1) year for each full year of contractual and/or work experience up to a maximum of ten (10) years, which includes in-district and out-of-district contractual teaching and/or work experience.

Benefits Information

• We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision and life insurance as well as other programs for benefit eligible employees.
• The employee assistance program, voluntary life insurance through PERA, and 401(k), 403(b) & 457(b) plans are available to all employees regardless of hours worked and are available immediately (upon hire date).