7th Grade English Language Arts Teacher

 Crete Public Schools is seeking qualified applicants for the position of 7th grade ELA Teacher at Crete Middle School for the 2024-2025 school year. Benefits include paid health insurance, long term disability insurance, and personal and sick leave. This position is open until filled.

Essential Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher
• Nebraska Teaching Certificate with appropriate endorsement
• Satisfactory completion of criminal background check

Essential Functions: 

• Excellent skills in oral and written communication
• Skills in leadership, interpersonal relations, organization, prioritization, problem solving and conflict management, assessment and evaluation
• Ability to work with students, staff, administration, and parents

Essential Requirements:

• Develop and maintain a classroom environment which is conducive to effective learning.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to students and administration.
• Instruct through lectures, discussions, demonstrations and other appropriate methods for the subject area.
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students’ varying needs and interests.
• Prepare, administer, and grade assignments and tests to evaluate student performance, both with written and performance based assignments and assessments.

• Issues grade reports on a periodic basis.
• Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning for all students, including students with individual education plans, using approved curricula.
• Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators in order to resolve students’ behavioral and academic needs.
• Maintain accurate and complete records of attendance, absences, tardies, and other information as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulations.
• Serve as a model for students.
• Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom they are responsible.
• Relates with staff, parents and community through positive professional cooperation.
• Attend staff meetings, conduct parent/teacher conferences, and participate on committees as required.
• Participate in professional growth through an ongoing program of workshops, seminars, conferences, inservices, and/or advance course work at institutions of higher learning.
• Remains current with developments and contemporary interpretations of subject matter and  teaching methodology consistent with the professional assignment.
• Undergoes periodic evaluations according to State and Board policy and procedures.
• Follow the policies, regulations, procedures, and expectations established by the Board and administration.

Other Responsibilities:

• Perform other tasks or duties as assigned by the Superintendent or Principal.