SY2026-2027 - Elementary Teacher (Primary Grades K-2)

Perea Elementary School•Memphis, TN

17h

About The Position

The Elementary Teacher serves as the classroom instructor for primary grades K–2 for the 2026–2027 school year. The teacher teaches fundamental subjects—including social studies, science, language arts (phonics, reading, writing, listening, and speaking), and math—and integrates a research-based Social Emotional Learning curriculum throughout the day. The teacher works alongside an Instructional Assistant to provide students with a fully integrated learning day. The role supports students’ academic, social, and emotional development through active engagement, inquiry, literacy and numeracy instruction, self-regulation and communication skills, and developmentally appropriate behavior support. The teacher evaluates student achievement against grade-level expectations based on TDOE standards and works regularly with students and families, including helping families identify student strengths and growth areas and access wrap-around services.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree with a strong record of academic achievement.
Valid Tennessee Teacher License or eligibility for emergency credentials.
Affinity for the compelling mission of Perea Elementary School.
Personal and professional integrity.

Responsibilities

Provide children with a fully integrated learning day alongside an Instructional Assistant.
Teach students self-regulation and communication skills through active engagement and lines of inquiry.
Evaluate students’ achievement of grade-level expectations based on TDOE standards.
Communicate regularly with parents and students.
Model emotional regulation, appropriate behavior, understanding, and responses to behavior.
Create and model clear classroom and broader behavioral rules and consistent expectations.
Use developmentally appropriate positive discipline aligned with Perea’s Student Support Model.
Help students develop positive relationships with peers and others in their lives.
Teach practical and relevant emotional intelligence, including using words to express increasingly sophisticated feelings.
Teach and model behaviors of strong readers and listeners and teach the foundations of literacy and numeracy.
Help families identify students’ strengths and areas for growth to address individual needs, and help families access wrap-around services and supports.
Participate in professional learning and share professional resources.
Praise students appropriately to acknowledge their development and achievements.
Conduct work in a timely and professional manner consistent with best educational practices.
Support and reinforce Perea’s Core Values of community, empathy, innovation, safety, and excellence with students, parents, community members, and colleagues.