JOB SUMMARY
Normandy Schools Collaborative is seeking Certified Teachers for the 2025 – 2026 School Year. Providing students with appropriate learning activities and experiences designed to fulfill their potential for intellectual, emotional, physical, and social growth.
Reports to Building Principal Supervises None Pay Grade Certified
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
Plan a program of study that as much as possible meets the individual needs, interests, and abilities of the students. Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students. Prepare lessons that reflect accommodation for individual differences. Teachers leverage the materials, tools, and professional development provided by PLTW to support their instruction. Encourage students to set and maintain standards of classroom behavior. Guide the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and in harmony with the goals establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, projects, and the like to communicate these objectives to the students. Teachers evaluate student understanding and progress through various means including project-based assessments and the PLTW learning management system. Take necessary and reasonable precautions to protect the students equipment, materials, and facilities. Maintain accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulations. Assist the administration in implementing all policies and rules governing student life and conduct. Develop reasonable rules of classroom behavior. Maintain order in the classroom in a fair and just manner. Make provisions for being available to the students and to the parents for education-related purposes outside of the instructional day when required or requested to do so under reasonable terms. Plan and supervise purposeful assignments for teacher aides and cooperatively with department heads evaluate their job performance. Maintain and improve professional competence. Participate in district staff development. Attend staff meetings and serve on staff committees as required. Maintain a professional relationship with colleagues. Establish and maintain open lines of communication with students, parents, and community members. Maintain open communication with parents. Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
Ability to communicate effectively in both written and oral forms with all levels of management both internal and external to the district. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships both internal and external to the district. Ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into focus, judge distance, close and distant, reach with arms extended, and use hands to manipulate the keyboard. Ability to lift and carry up to 10 pounds, stoop, kneel, crouch, walk, twist, bend, climb, and/or be mobile.
EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION
Minimum of a Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university. Valid Missouri Teacher Certification appropriate for level and/or subject area of assignment. PLTW Training
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or listen. The employee frequently is required to walk and use fingers, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and depth perception. Occasionally the employee will lift up to 50 lbs., such as lifting files and paper.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. The employee continuously interacts with the public and staff.
Note: I have added newlines to improve readability, formatted bulleted lists, and separated sections with blank lines to make the document more readable.