English Teacher - Junior High School

Concord Community School Building Corporation; Elkhart (IN); On-site; USD 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

CONCORD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS is seeking a certified Junior High School English Teacher to instruct students, develop engaging lesson plans, and monitor progress. The role emphasizes critical thinking, reading, writing, and effective communication.

The teacher will collaborate with colleagues, maintain records, and participate in professional development while upholding classroom discipline and school-wide expectations.

Qualifications

• Certification as required by the Indiana Department of Education.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; strong teaching ability.
• Compassionate, patient, observant, detail-oriented, and creative.
• Ability to collaborate with parents and other teachers on student progress.
• Experience with classroom management and meeting professional expectations.

Responsibilities

• Instruct students using varied teaching methods and audiovisual aids.
• Collaborate with colleagues to develop coherent, purposeful lesson plans.
• Plan individual and group activities with dialogue, language games, literature, film, etc.
• Prepare outlines, assign lessons, and correct homework.
• Administer tests, record results, and report progress to parents.
• Maintain classroom discipline and participate in school activities.
• Discuss student progress and behavior with parents and suggest remedial actions.
• Attend faculty meetings and trainings; maintain attendance and grade records.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Certification (Indiana DOE)

Written & verbal communication

Teaching skills

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Organizational skills

Compassion & patience

Creativity

Team coaching

Job description

CONCORD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Junior High School English Teacher

POSITION: Certified

REPORTS TO: Principal

POSITION PURPOSE: Teach and equip students to think critically, read deeply, communicate and write effectively. Encourage students to practice what they have learned and assist them in accurately listening, speaking, writing and reading.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily.

• Instruct students in subject matter, utilizing various teaching methods, such as lecture and demonstration, and uses audiovisual aids and other materials to supplement presentations.
• Collaborate with colleagues to develop lesson plans and research different curriculum methods to implement that is coherent, purposeful and engaging.
• Plan individual and group activities to use techniques such as dialogue, language games, literature, film, and other formal exercises.
• Prepare teaching outline for course of study, assign lessons, and correct homework assignments.
• Administer tests to evaluate student’s progress, record results, and issue reports to inform parents of progress.
• Maintain discipline in classroom and in other school activities.
• Discuss student’s academic and behavior problems with parents and suggest remedial action.
• Participate in faculty and professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops.
• Keep attendance and grade records.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Appropriate certification as required by the Indiana Department of Education.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, excellent teaching skills, interpersonal relations skills, time management and organizational skills
• Must be compassionate, patient, observant, detail-oriented, creative and think outside the box.
• Coach students individually or as a group; communicate with parents and other teachers about a student’s progress
• Other qualifications as deemed desirable by the School Board.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, reach with hands and arms.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to ten (10) pounds and occasionally lift and or move up to fifty (50) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• The employee should be able to use the following machines, tools, equipment, and work aids which may be representative, but not all inclusive, of those commonly associated with this type of work: computer, projector, phone, copy machine and any other office equipment.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
• There are no environmental hazards indicated for this position.

TERMS: Length of year and salary to be determined by the School Board.

EVALUATION: Evaluation of performance on this job will be in accordance with the provisions of the policy handbook.