Teacher-Sixth Grade English

SUMMARY

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.
• Meet 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.
• Must possess, or be able to obtain from, or be in process with, the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) for a valid Colorado Educator License within 30 days of hire.
• Must possess the required license and endorsement.
• If highly qualified by content test or semester hours, with no endorsement: applicant must posses 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.
• Responsibility for verification of outside experience shall rest with the individual employee.
• For further explanation of salary placement please refer to our Certified Master Agreement that can be found on our district website.

BENEFITS INFORMATION

• Adams 12 Five Star Schools is committed to providing an environment that promotes a healthy employee population able to serve our students at the highest level.
• 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).
• To learn more about our benefits including paid time off, please see our Benefits Overview.