Elementary Teacher

Elementary Teacher

Reports To: Building Principal Salary: Range is $45,784 to $56,805 per the YCEA Contract Endorsements: Must have a valid endorsement in your content area

Summary: Instructs students in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth in the subject matter and skills that will contribute to their development as mature, able and responsible adults.

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Valid Michigan teaching certificate
• Bachelor's degree with required certification
• Individuals with relevant teaching experience will receive extra consideration.
• Excellent reasoning ability.
• Understanding of concepts in your content area.
• Excellent reasoning ability.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Other duties may be assigned.

1. Teaches district-approved curriculum.
2. Meets and instructs assigned classes in the locations and at the times designated.
3. Plans a program of study that meets the individual needs, interests and abilities of the students.
4. Creates a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interest of the students.
5. Encourages students to set and maintain standards of classroom behavior.
6. The learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and, in harmony with the goals, establishes clear objectives for all lessons, units, projects and the like to communicate these objectives to students.
7. Diagnoses the educational needs of students.
8. Evaluates pupils' academic and social growth, keeps appropriate records and prepares progress reports.
9. Is available to students and parents for education-related purposes outside the instructional day.

Turnaround Skills

Ypsilanti Community Schools is a part of the MI Excel Turnaround Network and believes that a new teacher should be able to skillfully demonstrate the following skills:

• Collaborates, creates, and executes clear, logical instructional plans that produce strong results in student learning.
• Aligns curriculum, instruction, and assessments while responding to the individual needs of the students
• Implements a tiered system of instruction within the classroom to meet the needs of all students
• Discuss subject specific content instruction and the drive to try out new ideas to improve student learning.
• Coordinate instruction within and across grade levels.
• Seek out knowledgeable peers, coaches, or administrators for the instructional support in the never-ending quest to deliver the vision of high quality subject-specific instruction in every class period every day.
• Thrive in a professional environment that is one of mutual respect, teamwork, and accountability.