Elementary Dual Language Teacher

Indiana Public Schools • Muncie, IN

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About The Position

The position requires a Bachelor's degree and a valid Indiana Teacher's license or eligibility to receive one in Elementary Education. The role involves professional experience in the employment discipline, with a focus on effective communication skills, both orally and in writing, and fluency in Spanish.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education.
• Valid Indiana Teacher's license or eligibility to receive one.
• Professional experience in the employment discipline.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Fluency in Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the achievement of the short and long-term educational goals of the school corporation.
• Serve as the instructional leader in the classroom.
• Design and conduct learning situations which instruct students in the content of one's respective discipline per the MCS adopted curriculum, course of study and Indiana Academic Standards.
• Stimulate each student to want to live an honest, responsible, fruitful life, instilling within each one a feeling of competency and productivity.
• Encourage students through a positive personal attitude to utilize every opportunity for a constructive learning experience.
• Systematically acquire knowledge about individual students for helping them plan and conduct needed learning experiences.
• Teach students the skills for recognizing fact, opinion, theory, approximation, bias, and propaganda, and for evaluating each in terms of personal value.
• Participate in curricular and program development with principals, supervisors, and department chairpersons for initiating curricular improvements meeting students' needs.
• Assume active participation in in-service programs for professional improvement.
• Observe established policies of the corporation and school; make recommendations for changes in policies when advisable.
• Confer with students and parents at appropriate and set times.
• Sponsor and supervise reasonable extracurricular assignments, chaperon school events, and monitor assigned areas.
• Involve the students and parents, when feasible, in planning, implementing, and evaluating units of study.
• Execute teaching activities in a constructive and meaningful manner.
• Evaluate student progress, issue grades and reports; prepare, record and report class attendance.
• Handle discipline problems within classroom areas, arrange and conduct parent conferences; assist in building discipline and security.
• Supervise paraprofessional, student, and volunteer helpers.
• Perform other duties assigned by the Principal.

Benefits

• Health Insurance with Free Clinic for those enrolled in the plan.
• Life Insurance for $60,000 for $1 per year.
• 10 sick days and 3 personal days for the first year.
• 7 sick days and 4 personal days after the first year.
• Half price tuition at Ball State University for up to six credit hours per year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees