4th Grade Teacher

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

Notre Dame School of Milwaukee (NDSM) is a Catholic School founded by the School Sisters of Notre Dame in Milwaukee, WI. The school was founded in 1996 as Notre Dame Middle School, an all girls 5th-8th grade middle school to serve Latinas on the southside of Milwaukee. Today Notre Dame School of Milwaukee is a Grade K3-8 Catholic school sponsored by the School Sisters of Notre Dame. It has a co-education primary school serving boys and girls in a Spanish and English dual language model. NDSM addresses the urgent, critical needs of the community through student-focused education. We currently serve over 690 students across three campuses and we have both an all-boys and all-girls middle school, a co-ed primary school, and an Early Childhood Education program. To learn more please visit our website at

Mission Statement:
Notre Dame School of Milwaukee, a Catholic school sponsored by the School Sisters of Notre Dame, challenges our students to reach their full potential as individuals, empowering them to direct their God-given gifts toward transforming their community.

Education/Experience:

• Current teaching license or pathway to obtain license

Responsibilities:

• Cultivates a classroom atmosphere conducive to learning
• Commitment to Catholic Education and Gospel values
• Maintains classroom management
• Organizes and prepares resources for students
• Teaches assigned subjects
• Leads daily prayer and participates in school liturgies
• Assists students as needed
• Supervises areas as assigned
• Communicates professionally and in a timely manner with parents
• Plans all-school liturgies as requested
• Plans instruction carefully and implements effectively
• Evaluates and grades students’ work
• Cooperates with the principal and staff in the planning and development of curriculum
• Performs duties as requested by the principal.
• Incorporates technology to create a 21st century learning environment within the classroom

Record Keeping Duties:

• Maintains grades and prepares grade reports
• Records daily attendance of students
• Completes all required forms and reports

Meetings and Organizations:

• Attends all faculty and in-service meetings, and other meetings as needed

Other:

• Actively engages in professional development
• Participates and meets the requirements of Sustaining the Mission and maintains the appropriate level of certification.
• Meet professional teacher education requirements of school district and state.
• Must have the ability and proven ability to report to work on a regular and punctual basis.
• Must have knowledge and experience with cultural sensitivity and awareness.

Other (continued):

• Ability to be flexible, resilient, and adaptable to changing priorities, with a willingness to put students first at all times.
• Performs other duties as assigned.