Teacher - Secondary - Family Consumer Science

Chesterfield County Public Schools; United States; Sur place; USD 55 000 - 84 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Chesterfield County Public Schools is seeking a Family and Consumer Sciences teacher for the 2026-27 school year. You will deliver curriculum focused on nutrition, clothing, child development, and FCCLA-guided leadership.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and Virginia teaching licensure in Family and Consumer Science. You’ll plan instruction, assess student learning, and collaborate with staff while engaging with families and the community.

Qualifications

• Plans, delivers appropriate curriculum content to students.
• Plans, teaches and assesses writing.
• Maintains order within the classroom per guidelines.

Responsabilités

• Demonstrates commitment to improving professional competence.
• Performs other duties as established by School Board Policy.
• Communicates regularly with parents.
• Collaborates with other faculty in planning and delivering instruction to students.

Connaissances

Curriculum planning

Instructional delivery

Communication with parents

Collaboration

Formation

Bachelor's degree

Description du poste

Our outstanding teachers, support staff members and leaders are top-notch educators whom others seek to emulate, and quite simply – we would like for you to consider joining us.

General Description: This is for the 2026-27 school year. Delivers instruction in family and consumer sciences, focusing on the areas of instruction, food nutrition, clothing and textiles, child development and parenting, housing, and consumer education. The teacher will use a curriculum designed to develop knowledge and skills to support healthy, functioning individuals, families and their work roles. Instruction centers around career preparation in early childhood education, culinary arts and work-based learning. Through Family, Career, Community Leaders of America (FCCLA), the students’ organization, the advisor guides students in developing leadership skills, occupational proficiency and self-esteem.

Job Description

• Plans and delivers appropriate curriculum content to students.
• Plans, teaches and assesses writing.
• Assesses students' learning on an ongoing basis and alters instruction to meet group/individual needs.
• Uses the curriculum of the district to plan daily instructional activities.
• Maintains order within the classroom setting in accordance with division guidelines regarding student behavior management.
• Supervises students in non-classroom time (before school, after school, student activities, fire drills).
• Collaborates with other faculty in planning and delivering instruction to students.
• Communicates regularly with parents.
• Ensures compliance with existing applicable federal and state statutes and local policies, regulations and guidelines related to public schools.
• Demonstrates commitment to improving professional competence.
• Performs other duties as established by School Board Policy.
• Performs other duties as needed.

Budgetary Responsibility: NA

Report Preparation: NA

Equipment Operation: Various equipment such as, but not limited to a personal computer, calculator, copier, fax machine, LCD, kitchen equipment, sewing machine

Contacts: Teachers, regular classroom and instructional assistant, building administrators and parents

Work Direction: NA

Supervision: NA

Decision Making: Performs majority of functions independently.

Formal Policy-Setting Responsibilities: NA

Physical Demands

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to lift, support, handle or feel objects, tools, equipment and/or controls; reach with hands and arms and talk and hear. The employee is required to stand, walk, and sit. Requires some climbing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, and repetitive motions.

Work Environment

Work Environment: Work is performed is a public school. The noise level is moderate.

Qualifications

• Requires knowledge of the concepts, principals and methodologies of instruction as well as general knowledge of academic curriculum for assigned classes.
• Demonstrated ability to develop instructional goals to design and deliver instruction and to assess students' learning.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate with others effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Demonstrated ability in decision making, problem analysis, conflict resolution, interpersonal relationships, and planning.

Additional Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Must hold or be eligible for a Virginia teaching license with an endorsement in Family and Consumer Science (FACS).
• Applicants considered for employment must successfully complete the following background investigations/tests: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal History Investigation State Police Criminal History Investigation Child Protective Services (CPS) Investigation Tuberculosis Screening/Test

Compensation

$55,046.62 - $83,594.34 Hours Per Day 8 Days Per Year 200

Benefits

Chesterfield County Public Schools offers a wide variety of benefits to employees. Benefit offerings may differ based upon full-time and part-time employee status.

Equal Employment Opportunities

Chesterfield County Public Schools assures Equal Employment Opportunities for employees as required by Federal and State Orders and Laws.

Accommodations

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential tasks.

Job Description Intent

This job description is intended to accurately reflect the position activities and requirements. However, administration reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and assign other duties as necessary. It is not intended to be and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of all the responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with the position and does not imply an employment contract.

About Our Division

As one of the largest and most innovative school divisions in the nation, Chesterfield County Public Schools is committed to creating a better tomorrow through authentic and captivating learning experiences. With work guided by the values of equity, integrity, teamwork and ingenuity, we believe that a better tomorrow is created one student at a time. Through our strategic plan, Imagine Tomorrow, our focus is to create an infinite learner mindset while encouraging students and staff to exemplify personal responsibility and supportive relationships. We think our schools are pretty amazing, but we aren’t the only ones. Our award-winning school division – which includes six National Blue Ribbon Schools, seven National Title I Distinguished Schools and six Middle Schools to Watch – is often cited as the reason people choose to live and work here. Educators from outside of our school division routinely visit our nationally-recognized schools to learn more about what we are doing, how we are doing it and why we are doing it.

Our outstanding teachers, support staff members and leaders are top-notch educators whom others seek to emulate, and quite simply – we would like for you to consider joining us. You have a choice to make, and we would like for you to choose Chesterfield.