4th Grade Elementary Teacher

You became a teacher to change lives. Here, you actually will.

If you’re the kind of teacher who can see a student’s potential before they see it in themselves…
who knows how to build trust with kids others have written off…
who believes that academic excellence, equity, and community aren’t buzzwords but the work—
then this is the place where your impact will matter most.
Because when you teach here, students show up. They lean in. They grow.
Not because it’s easy—but because you make school a place worth coming to.


About You — and the Opportunity Ahead

You’re looking for more than a classroom. You’re looking for purpose, mastery, belonging, and a place where great teaching is both needed and valued. You want:

• Scope: A chance to influence not just student learning, but school culture, attendance, and engagement.
• Growth: Daily opportunities to sharpen your craft alongside colleagues who analyze student work, collaborate in PLCs, and push each other to be better.
• Impact: Students who depend on strong relationships—and who flourish when they have them.
• Progression: A district investing heavily in professional development, coaching, mentorship, and instructional excellence.
• Flexibility & Innovation: Freedom to bring evidence-based practices to life—explicit instruction, data-driven teaching, tiered supports—while shaping a classroom where every student can access grade-level learning.

If that sounds like the work you’re meant to do, you’ll thrive here.


About Us

Battle Creek Public Schools (BCPS) is in the midst of one of the most ambitious transformation efforts in Michigan. Backed by a historic W.K. Kellogg Foundation investment and driven by our mission to see, challenge, and support our scholars to reach their infinite potential, we are rebuilding what an urban public school experience can be—Every Student. Every Dream. Every Day.

We serve a diverse and resilient community of learners who deserve exceptional teaching. Our students are brilliant. They are funny, perceptive, creative, and capable. They also need teachers who know how to connect, reset expectations, and deliver instruction that sticks.

Academic achievement, attendance, and behavior are real challenges here—but they are not fixed conditions. They are opportunities for the right teachers to make a measurable, life-changing difference. You will not do this work alone: our core values of academic excellence, equity, and community ground everything we do—from PLCs to interventions to how we support new staff.

Here, your classroom becomes a catalyst for something bigger: a district rewriting its story one student, one lesson, one breakthrough at a time.


What You’ll Experience as a BCPS Teacher

Instead of listing every responsibility, here is what your work will feel like:

• You’ll design learning that is clear, engaging, aligned, and rigorous—because you believe grade-level instruction is a promise, not a privilege.
• You’ll use your skill with explicit instruction, formative assessment, differentiation, and relationship-building to help students make real academic gains.
• You’ll collaborate in strong PLCs where you analyze data, plan interventions, and celebrate wins together.
• You’ll build a classroom culture where students feel seen, supported, and pushed to grow—because you set high expectations and teach them how to meet them.
• You’ll constantly refine your practice through coaching, PD, and a districtwide culture of collective responsibility.

This is challenging work. It is also deeply rewarding work. And for the right teacher, it is career-defining work.


What You Bring

• A valid Michigan Department of Education Certification with an appropriate endorsement
• A belief in the individual worth of every student
• The knowledge that relationships are the foundation of learning
• A proven ability to use data to drive decisions and adapt your instruction
• Collaboration, reflection, and persistence—with positivity and professional will
• High expectations for students and the commitment to support them every step of the way
• The ability to thrive in diverse, urban settings

Above all, you bring a moral purpose: to help young people build the skills, mindsets, and confidence they need to succeed in school and in life.


Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: $50,000–$82,010, plus potential for additional stipends
• Up to $1,500 signing bonus for newly hired teachers
• Comprehensive benefits
• Up to $20,000 in home purchase assistance for eligible staff
• Extensive professional development and coaching
• A community that will celebrate your wins—and feel your impact

If you’re ready to teach where great teaching matters most, we’d love to meet you. Apply today!
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School Safety Clearance: The successful candidate will be subject to a fingerprint and background check as a condition of employment. All fees require for this check (estimated $73) are the responsibility of the successful applicant.


The Battle Creek Public School District is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate on the basis of race,color, handicap, sex, age, religion, national origin, weight, height or marital status in its employment practices.