Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education

What You'll Do

Teaching according to the Danielson Framework is a key aspect of this role:

• Planning and Preparation: By applying knowledge of content and pedagogy, knowing and valuing students, setting instructional outcomes, using resources effectively, designing and analyzing assessments.

Creating a respectful and affirming environment, fostering a culture for learning, and maintaining purposeful environments are crucial.

• Learning Environments: Cultivating respectful and affirming environments, fostering a culture for learning, maintaining purposeful environments, supporting positive student behavior, organizing spaces for learning.

Communicating the purpose and content of lessons, using questioning and discussion techniques, engaging students in learning, and assessing for learning are essential skills.

• Learning Experiences: Communicating about purpose and content, using questioning and discussion techniques, engaging students in learning, using assessment for learning, responding flexibly to student needs.

Engaging in reflective practice, documenting student progress, engaging families and communities, contributing to the school community, growing and developing professionally, and acting in service of students are critical components of this role.

• Principled Teaching: Engaging in reflective practice, documenting student progress, engaging families and communities, contributing to the school community, growing and developing professionally, acting in service of students.

Effectively teaching assigned classes with diligence and preparation, familiarizing oneself with the curriculum scope and sequence to develop a weekly lesson plan and learning objectives based on curriculum guides are key responsibilities.

• Teaches assigned classes with diligence and preparation.
• Familiarized with curriculum scope and sequence to develop a weekly lesson plan and learning objectives based on curriculum guides.

Integrating Biblical principles and a Christian worldview across all subject areas and utilizing varied instructional strategies to engage students and meet curricular goals within the framework of the school's philosophy are critical skills.

• Integrates Biblical principles and a Christian worldview across all subject areas.
• Utilizes varied instructional strategies to engage students and meet curricular goals within the framework of the school’s philosophy.

Designing a program of study that addresses individual student needs, interests, and abilities, and encouraging each student to reach their full potential are key objectives.

• Designs a program of study that, as much as possible, addresses the individual needs, interests, and abilities of students, encouraging each to reach their full potential.

Coordinating and planning excursions following Field Trip Protocols and working with grade level groups for field trips, guest speakers, and media to enhance instruction and provide extension of learning opportunities are essential responsibilities.

• Coordinates and plans excursions, following the Field Trip Protocols, collectively with grade level groups (Lower/Upper Elementary) for field trips, guest speakers, and media to enhance instruction and provide extension of learning opportunities.

Regularly assessing student learning and providing timely progress reports, maintaining effective classroom management, and preparing comprehensive materials and guidance for substitute teachers to ensure instructional continuity are critical.

• Regularly assesses student learning and provides timely progress reports.
• Maintains effective classroom management both in and outside the classroom.
• Prepares comprehensive materials and guidance for substitute teachers to ensure instructional continuity.

Requirements

Non-Instructional Responsibilities:

• Supports the administration by adhering to school policies, procedures, and directives.

Acknowledging parents as the primary educators before God and partnering with them in their child's educational journey is key.

• Acknowledges parents as the primary educators before God and partners with them in their child’s educational journey.

Nurturing the whole child spiritually, intellectually, physically, socially, and emotionally is a vital aspect of this role.

• Nurtures the whole child—spiritually, intellectually, physically, socially, and emotionally.

Maintaining accurate and timely attendance and academic records to track student progress, communicating regularly with students, parents, and administration regarding student performance, and excellent oral and written communication skills are essential.

• Maintains accurate and timely attendance and academic records to track student progress.

Regularly communicating with students, parents, and administration regarding student performance and maintaining accurate and timely attendance and academic records to track student progress are key responsibilities.

• Communicates regularly with students, parents, and administration regarding student performance.

Effective communication with parents, students, and staff through conferences, formal and informal meetings, notes, newsletters, end-of-year written reports on children, and injury reports as needed is crucial.

• Excellent oral and written communications to parents, students and staff, through conferences, formal and informal meetings, notes, newsletters, end of year written report on children and injury reports as needed.

Keeping the classroom clean, organized, and visually engaging, with attention to bulletin boards, storage, and layout, is essential.

• Keeps the classroom clean, organized, and visually engaging, with attention to bulletin boards, storage, and layout.

Preparing the classroom each morning for learning and ensuring it is ready for after-school ministry use are critical responsibilities.

• Prepares the classroom each morning for learning and ensures it is ready for after-school ministry use.

• Able to positively supervise and mentor aides and other personnel (support staff, volunteers, etc.).

• Maintains a supportive, caring, and spiritual environment for students, colleagues, and families.

Nice to Have

• A degree in a related field or extensive experience in a similar role may be advantageous.

Benefits