Teacher - STEM - Middle (One Year Only 26-27 School Year)

Douglas County School District; Highlands Ranch (CO); On-site; USD 52,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

HSA (Health Savings Account)

FSA (Flexible Spending Accounts)

Life and AD&D insurance

Disability insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Retirement plans (401(k), 403(b), 457)

Job summary

Douglas County School District at Cresthill Middle School seeks a dedicated STEM teacher for the middle grades for the 2026-27 school year, emphasizing design thinking, engineering, and cross-disciplinary STEM learning.

The role requires collaboration with STEM and content-area teachers, designing project-based assessments, and differentiating instruction to meet diverse learners. Colorado teaching license and a Bachelor's degree are required; full-time benefits apply.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Colorado teaching license required.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with STEM and content-area teachers to integrate and support all contents.
• Collaborate with students to design project-based assessments.
• Facilitate learning opportunities that measure and integrate creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, communication, problem solving and 21st century skills.
• Differentiate instruction to meet the needs of all learners.

Skills

Collaboration

Project-based learning

Differentiated instruction

STEM education

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Job Posting Title

Teacher - STEM - Middle (One Year Only 26-27 School Year)

Job Description

Facilitates an innovative classroom environment for students to construct their own learning opportunities using design thinking, engineering, creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, problem-solving, and communication. Collaborates with other STEM and content-area teachers to authentically integrate multiple disciplines (topics such as alternative energy, robotics, mechanics, and social innovation). Understanding of problem-based learning and the ability to measure student growth in nontraditional ways.

Essential Physical Requirements

• Occasional lifting five (5) to ten (10) pounds
• Frequent sitting and standing
• Occasional bending or squatting

Position Specific Information (if Applicable)

This job would entail 5 class periods of STEM, one advisement period, and 2 planning periods. This job is for the second half of the 2026/2027 school year.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with other STEM and content area teachers to integrate and support all contents.
• Collaborate with students to design project-based assessments.
• Facilitate learning opportunities that measure and integrate creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, communication, problem solving, global awareness and other 21st century skills.
• Facilitate technology, design thinking applications, social innovation applications.
• Differentiate instruction and learning opportunities to meet the needs of all learners.

Certifications

Teaching License - Colorado Department of Education

Education

Bachelor's Degree (Required)

Position Type

Regular

Primary Location

Cresthill Middle School

One Year Only (Yes Or No)

Yes

Scheduled Hours Per Week

40

Full-Time Equivalent (FTE)

1.00

Approx Scheduled Days Per Year

185 Work Days

Full Salary Range

$51,914.00 USD - $108,643.00 USD Annual

Position Salary Schedule Eligibility

General Licensed position salaries are set based on one of three salary schedules; General, Hard to Hire, and Specialist/Extremely Hard to Hire. DCSD will award up to 7 years of previous licensed teaching experience at the time of hire.

• *All salary amounts listed on the schedules are based on a full-time (1.0) FTE. If applicable, part-time salaries will be prorated according to the assigned FTE.

Benefits

This position is eligible for health, vision, dental, health savings account (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), District paid and voluntary additional (supplemental) life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, critical illness and accident voluntary insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), voluntary 401(k), 403(b) and 457 retirement plan options.

Time Off Plans

This position will be open until filled, but will not be open past: December 30, 2026