Empowering 5th Grade Teacher | Multicultural Growth

Region 8 Education Service Center; Marion (IN); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Marion Community Schools in Marion, Indiana, is seeking an Elementary School Teacher for grades 4-5. The role emphasizes creating a learning environment that is multicultural, gender-fair, and disability-sensitive while aligning with SIP goals.

The teacher will establish developmentally appropriate expectations, develop engaging lessons, collaborate with families, assess student progress, and participate in ongoing professional development to improve instructional practice.

Qualifications

• Valid Indiana teaching license, certificate, or other legal credentials required for level of assignment.
• Demonstrates continued professional development through coursework, research, and peer collaboration.
• Has working knowledge of the subject matter, classroom management techniques, and students' learning styles and needs, both academic and affective.

Responsibilities

• Establish developmentally appropriate instructional and behavioral expectations for students and for him/herself and communicate those to students and their families.
• Create lessons and learning environments that are safe, respectful, and interesting, as well as multicultural, gender-fair, disability sensitive.
• Teach students the required curricula using strategies that foster thinking, reasoning, and problem solving.
• Collaborate and communicate regularly with families in making educational decisions and uses family and community resources.
• Assess student's developmental, cognitive, and social needs and provide developmentally appropriate instruction to meet those needs.

Skills

Classroom management

Curriculum knowledge

Professional development

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Indiana teaching license

Teaching credentials

Job description

Marion Community Schools in Marion, Indiana, is seeking an Elementary School Teacher for grades 4-5. The role emphasizes creating a learning environment that is multicultural, gender-fair, and disability-sensitive while aligning with SIP goals.

The teacher will establish developmentally appropriate expectations, develop engaging lessons, collaborate with families, assess student progress, and participate in ongoing professional development to improve instructional practice.