Teacher / Grade 6 / Highland Elementary School

Cheshire Public Schools; Cheshire (CT); On-site; USD 52,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheshire Public Schools seeks a dedicated Grade 6 Teacher for Highland Elementary School for the 2026/2027 school year. The role requires integrating academic and social needs of elementary students with innovative instructional strategies while aligning with national, state, and local standards.

Applicants must hold a Connecticut Teaching Certificate with appropriate endorsements and be capable of personalizing standards across subjects.

Qualifications

• Connecticut Teaching Certificate with appropriate endorsements.
• Ability to teach grade 6 and adapt standards to elementary learners.
• Strong knowledge of national, state and local standards and strategies to personalize instruction.

Responsibilities

• Integrate academic and social needs of elementary students into daily teaching.
• Demonstrate growth of all students through effective instructional strategies.
• Create a positive, enthusiastic classroom atmosphere aligned with Cheshire Performance Standards.

Education

Connecticut Teaching Certificate

Job description

Description

Exciting, rewarding and challenging opportunities for highly-skilled individual who posses the ability to integrate academic and social needs of elementary level students into their teaching and learning on a daily basis. Individual must be innovative, creative and be skilled in the use of effective instructional strategies to demonstrate growth of all students. Must demonstrate a thorough knowledge of national, state and local standards and have the ability to personalize these standards through instruction to all students in all subject areas. A positive, enthusiastic, dynamic classroom atmosphere is desired embedding the Cheshire Performance Standards. Skilled integration of technology as a tool for teaching and learning is required.

TEACHER (GRADE 6)

HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

2026/2027 SCHOOL YEAR

Description

Exciting, rewarding and challenging opportunities for highly-skilled individual who posses the ability to integrate academic and social needs of elementary level students into their teaching and learning on a daily basis. Individual must be innovative, creative and be skilled in the use of effective instructional strategies to demonstrate growth of all students. Must demonstrate a thorough knowledge of national, state and local standards and have the ability to personalize these standards through instruction to all students in all subject areas. A positive, enthusiastic, dynamic classroom atmosphere is desired embedding the Cheshire Performance Standards. Skilled integration of technology as a tool for teaching and learning is required.

Qualifications

• Connecticut Teaching Certificate #001, #002, #004, #005, #013, #305 or the ability to qualify, with appropriate endorsement(s), and expertise in curriculum sub-areas.

Salary

• In accordance with the Agreement Between Cheshire Board of Education and the Education Association of Cheshire.

Benefits

• Children of a teacher who does not reside in Cheshire may attend the Cheshire Public Schools so long as the teacher continues to teach in Cheshire and pays 50% of the published regular education tuition cost, plus any additional costs incurred by the district regarding their child.

Cheshire Public Schools reserves the right to close the posting when a suitable applicant is found before the closing date.