Job Summary:
The School District of New London is seeking a qualified 3rd Grade Teacher for a full-time (1.0 FTE) position at Sugar Bush Elementary School. The ideal candidate will hold or be eligible for a Wisconsin Elementary/Middle Education (1088).
Qualifications:
High Expectations For Every Student: Teachers should demonstrate through actions and words that every student can achieve high standards. Teachers should share a commitment to excellence and equity for all students.
Quality Instructional Practice: Teachers should plan and execute rigorous, engaging units and lessons and ensure student mastery of content. Teachers should provide necessary scaffolds, interventions, and extensions to meet a range of learning needs and support an inclusive learning environment.
Differentiation: Teachers should understand and articulate the systems and beliefs that may lead to inequitable outcomes for students of color as well as adapt instruction to meet the needs of each student. Teachers should make links between content and student experiences, perspectives, and personal goals.
Data Proficiency: Teachers should use data beyond standardized assessments to diagnose student learning needs and differentiate instruction in the classroom.
Team Collaboration: Teachers should collaborate with peers to reflect on student achievement and teacher practice data to continuously plan and improve instruction.
Student & Family Engagement: Teachers should take initiative to build relationships with students. Teachers should understand unique family characteristics and find ways to engage all families as full partners in their children''s education.
Resilience & Results Orientation: Teachers should find challenges exciting and persist in the face of challenges.
Self-Awareness & Growth Mindset: Teachers should reflect on strengths and growth areas regularly as well as seek mentors to improve.
Essential Job Duties:
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
Collaborating with all staff in support of student learning, e.g., team planning and co-teaching.
School District of New London
Mission: Success for ALL Students
Location:
The School District of New London is located in East Central Wisconsin on the border of Waupaca and Outagamie counties. It covers 144 square miles in three counties with an approximate population of 18,000 and a tax base of just over one billion dollars. We are well known for our recreation activities including historic Hatten Park and Mosquito Hill, with quick access to the Fox Valley for the Performing Arts Center (PAC), Timber Rattler Stadium and a variety of shopping and entertainment. New London is a district of the perfect size with access to all you need.
Notice of Accommodations/Nondiscrimination:
The School District of New London will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals who are employees or applicants for employment. If you need assistance or accommodation for the application process because of a disability, please contact the District Administrator's Office. Employment opportunities will not be denied to anyone because of the need to make reasonable accommodation for an individual's disability.
The School District of New London complies with the provisions of Title IX of the educational Amendments of 2024, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, color, race, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or disability in its employment practices. Questions regarding compliance should be addressed to: Sarah Johnson, Director of Pupil Services, School District of New London. Questions concerning policy should be addressed to: Scott Bleck, District Administrator, School District of New London. A formal complaint procedure is available.