English Teacher - Junior High School

Concord Community Schools; Elkhart (IN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Concord Community Schools is seeking a Junior High School English Teacher to educate and empower students in critical thinking, reading, writing, and communication. The role requires Indiana certification and ongoing collaboration with staff to design coherent, engaging lessons and assessment plans.

Responsibilities include administering tests, maintaining records, informing parents of progress, and participating in meetings and training.

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.

Responsibilities

• Instruct students using various teaching methods, such as lecture and demonstration, and use audiovisual aids and other materials to supplement presentations.
• Collaborate with colleagues to develop lesson plans and research curriculum methods to implement that is coherent, purposeful and engaging.
• Plan individual and group activities employing 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 progress, record results, and 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.

Skills

Written and verbal communication

Teaching skills

Interpersonal relations

Time management

Organizational skills

Education

Indiana Department of Education certification

Job description

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.