Alternative Education Kindergarten Teacher for 2026-2027 School Year

Decatur Public School District; Tennessee; On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

A public education district in Tennessee is seeking an Alternative Education Kindergarten Teacher for the 2026-2027 school year. The role involves maintaining a conducive learning environment, employing diverse instructional strategies, and providing effective feedback to motivate students. The ideal candidate must possess a Bachelor's degree and Illinois State Certification. This is a full-time teaching position with responsibilities including supervising students and collaborating with parents. Salary is based on collective agreements, and the work environment may be busy and occasionally noisy.

Qualifications

• Certified Teacher required with Illinois State Certification.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant education field is mandatory.
• Must be able to work effectively within a school staff.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a conducive instructional atmosphere for learning.
• Utilize diverse instructional strategies to accommodate differences.
• Provide constructive feedback to motivate students.
• Has high expectations for daily and long-term student achievement.
• Organizes and arranges classroom to facilitate learning and minimize disruption.
• Plans for the health, safety, and physical well-being of students during instruction.
• Supervises, classifies, evaluates and guides students.
• Keeps parents and students informed of each student's academic progress.
• Teaches in full compliance with curricular requirements of the State and of the Board.

Skills

Ability to function effectively as a member of the school staff

High expectations for daily and long-term student achievement

Utilizes community resources for educational enrichment

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Illinois State Certification in teaching field

Job description

Overview

Alternative Education Kindergarten Teacher for 2026-2027 School Year. JobID: 10006

Position and Dates

Position Type: Alternative Education / Elementary Grades K - 5

Date Posted: 3/13/2026

Date Available: 08/2026

Title and Qualifications

TITLE: Certified Teacher

• Illinois State Certification in teaching field.
• Bachelor's Degree
• Ability to function effectively as a member of the school staff.

Reports To and Supervises

REPORTS TO: The Principal

SUPERVISES: (Instructs, and Evaluates the work of):

• Students
• Student Teachers
• Assists the Principal with the evaluation of Teaching Assistants.

Liaison

MAINTAINS LIAISON WITH: Parents. Communicates with parents as the teacher deems necessary, or when requested by parents or administrators.

Job Goal

To help students learn subject matter and skills that will contribute to their development as mature, able, and responsible men and women.

Performance Responsibilities

The following are essential responsibilities and duties among others to consider in performance:

• Maintains an instructional atmosphere that is conducive to a high quality educational program.
• Utilizes a variety of instructional strategies to accommodate individual differences.
• Provides feedback which includes constructive criticism that motivates students.
• Has high expectations for daily and long-term student achievement.
• Organizes and arranges classroom so as to facilitate learning and minimize student disruption.
• Sets limits of student behavior which are defined, communicated, and monitored.
• Keeps up with current developments, research, and literature in his/her teaching field and the field of education.
• Keeps parents and students informed of each student's academic progress.
• Teaches in full compliance with curricular requirements of the State and of the Board.
• Complies with Board Policies, Administrative Regulations, and Board-Employee Agreements at the school level.
• Participates on an appointive, elective, or volunteer basis in the curriculum development process at the building and district levels, as required to periodically review all curricular areas to keep them up-to-date.
• Plans for the health, safety, and physical well-being of students during instruction.
• Supervises, classifies, evaluates and guides students.
• Utilizes community resources for the enrichment of the educational program.
• Assists in maintaining good school-community relations.
• Participates in the development of District Policies, and Administrative Regulations, on an appointive, elective, or volunteer basis.
• Is responsible for student safety education and accident prevention.
• Reports all unsafe conditions to the school principal promptly.
• Reports all accidents or injuries to the principal as soon as possible.
• Supervises and intervenes to regulate student behavior to alleviate risk that inappropriate behaviors will place students or staff at risk of harm.

Terms of Employment

Salary is based on Schedules A and B of the collective negotiated Agreement.

Evaluation

Each employee in contractual continuing service shall be evaluated at least once every two (2) years. Each employee not in continuing contractual service shall be evaluated once every year.

Physical and Mental Demands

Note: The following describes typical demands and environment. It does not imply requirements or guarantees of employment.

• Physical Demands: Handle work with people, objects, equipment in a general setting; depth perception and field of vision are important. May bend, stoop, twist, turn, reach, lift up to 50 pounds, carry, pull, push, climb, and kneel. Walking and standing approximately 50-75% of each shift. Ability to recognize differences in sound, tones, and volumes.
• Mental Demands: Ensure children are supervised at all times and engaged in safe activities. Be prepared to handle accidents and emergencies.

Work Environment

The work environment is busy and occasionally noisy. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The Teacher will supervise all students at all times. This position falls under the Decatur Education Association (DEA) Contract - 2022-2026.

Additional Information

The Salary Schedule is attached above. Benefit information can be found HERE.

Postings current as of 3/14/2026 6:41:23 AM CST.

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