Grade 6 Language Arts Teacher - Black Hawk - 1.0 FTE - 26-27 SY

Madison Metropolitan School District•Madison, WI

23h•Onsite

About The Position

The Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) is seeking a highly motivated and energetic Grade 6 Language Arts Teacher. Applicants should possess a positive attitude, a willingness to learn, and a passion for impactful work and learning. MMSD is committed to being anti-racist, culturally responsive, and inclusive, with a vision to ensure every student graduates high school ready for college, career, and community. The district serves a diverse student population and aims to create a challenging and rewarding work environment that supports employee career paths and reflects the diversity of its students.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree.
Official transcripts are required for formal employment.
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) teaching license in English/Language Arts or English (2300 or 1300) or Regular Education (1777, 1088 or 2088) to cover the grade level(s) being taught.
If you do not already have an active Wisconsin teaching license, you must obtain and maintain the necessary license(s) for the position.
An application must be on file within 30 days of starting your employment with MMSD.
An unlicensed candidate can be considered, but they must be hired by a school district in order to apply for a One-Year License with Stipulations with DPI.

Nice To Haves

Fluency in Spanish and/or Hmong (for bilingual positions).

Responsibilities

Use standards (CCSS, SELS, Language) to identify common learning targets that represent what all students should know, do and understand as a result of the instruction.
Use knowledge of students’ background, interest, style, culture, language, individual needs, and assessment data to inform planning.
Develop daily and weekly plans to support student growth towards mastery of standards.
Develop common year-long/course plans that identify the essential questions and resources to support student learning.
Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students.
Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations to build student engagement, collaboration, and independence with complex tasks.
Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
Provide daily opportunities for students to describe their reasoning, share explanations, make conjectures, justify conclusions, argue from evidence, and negotiate meaning.
Define and plan formative assessments to show evidence of learning.
Use multiple ways to check for student understanding and clarify, reteach and/or make adjustments to instruction based on information gathered.
Provide students with meaningful feedback that reinforces effort, provides recognition and promotes student involvement and progress in the learning process.
Provide opportunities for teacher–to-student, student-to-student and student-to-teacher feedback both orally and written.
Analyze data and adjust instruction based on student achievement, observation, and teacher practice data.
Establish rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom they are responsible.
Meet with parents/guardians to discuss their student's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs.
Collaborate with all staff in support of student learning, e.g., team planning and co-teaching.