3rd Grade Teacher - Long-Term Substitute
Meadow Brook Elementary
Duration: Beginning of May 2025 - End of 2024-2025 School Year
Reports To: Building Principal
Salary: $110/day first 10 days, $120/day on the 11th day and thereafter
Job Summary: To teach appropriate grade-level content while in an elementary learning environment that guides and encourages students to develop and fulfill their academic potential.
Preferred Qualifications:
- State of Michigan Teacher Certification
- Elementary K-5 All Subjects (ZG) endorsement
Essential Job Functions:
- Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others.
- Communicate effectively with students, staff, and parents.
- Use relevant technology to support instruction.
- Successfully educate students on state and district standards.
- Plan and deliver effective instruction aligned with the district-provided curriculum.
- Assess students' proficiency levels and adapt instruction accordingly.
- Create a welcoming and inclusive classroom environment.
- Foster respect and understanding among students of all backgrounds.
- Provide one-on-one and small group support to students as needed.
- Collaborate with special education staff as needed to provide students with individualized education programs (IEPs) appropriate accommodations and supplementary aids.
- Administer assessments to measure students' proficiency and track their progress over time.
- Maintain accurate records of student performance and communicate progress to parents/guardians.
- Establish and maintain a positive and structured classroom environment conducive to learning.
- Attend staff meetings and collaborate with colleagues to improve instructional strategies.
- Provide a variety of learning materials and resources for use in educational activities.
- Adhere to FERPA regulations and district policy when working with confidential data.
- Consistent and reliable attendance.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Physical Requirements:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, talk, hear (in a quiet or noisy environment). The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust/focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
Work Environment:
The noise level in the work environment is usually loud to moderate. Work may be performed indoors and/or outdoors. The employee is directly responsible for the safety, well-being and work output of students.
Mental Functions:
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to compare, analyze, communicate both orally and in writing, copy, coordinate, instruct, compute, synthesize, evaluate, use interpersonal skills, compile and negotiate.
Terms of Employment:
The employee shall remain free of any alcohol or non-prescribed controlled substance abuse in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the District.
The Forest Hills Public School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, or sexual orientation), marital status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally prohibited basis in its employment decisions or the provision of services.