Certified - 7th Grade English Language Arts Teacher

Position Title: 7th Grade English Language Arts Teacher 

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Assignment: Middle School 

Reports to: Building Principal 

Date Available: 2026-2027 School Year

Contract: 186 days

Crete Public Schools is seeking qualified applicants for a 7th Grade English Language Arts Teacher for the 2026-2027. 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

Required Job Tasks:

1. Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom they are responsible.
2. Observe and evaluate students'; performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
3. Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to students.
4. Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students’ varying needs and interests.
5. Instruct through lectures, discussions, and demonstrations in one or more subjects, such as English, mathematics, or social studies.
6. Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments in order to evaluate students' progress.
7. Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
8. Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
9. Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
10. Assign lessons and correct homework.
11. Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
12. Confer with parents or guardians, teachers, counselors, and administrators in order to resolve students'; behavioral and academic problems.
13. Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to  persevere with challenging tasks.
14. Prepare objectives and outlines for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements of the State and the school district.
15. Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs.
16. Guide and counsel students with adjustment or academic problems, or special academic interests.
17. Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students'; needs and progress.
18. Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.
19. Prepare for assigned classes and show written evidence of preparation upon request of immediate supervisors.
20. Perform administrative duties such as assisting in school libraries, hall and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading.
21. Administer standardized ability and achievement tests and interpret results to determine student strengths and areas of need.
22. Organize and supervise games and other recreational activities to promote physical, mental, and social development.
23. Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.
24. Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
25. Serve as a role model to all students.
26. Serve as a positive member of the community in a way that does not negatively affect the District’s reputation or image in the community.
27. Refrain from engaging in conduct that interferes with the operations of the District, including the education of students
28. Develop and maintain a positive and professional working relationship with other staff and administration.
29. Adhere to all District policies, rules, regulations, and supervisory directives.
30. Maintain confidentiality of information concerning staff, students, and parents in accordance with law and District rules.
31. Adhere to the code of ethics of the District and the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE Rule 27).

Other Responsibilities:

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

FLSA Status: Exempt 

Professional exemption: The employee has a primary duty of performing work requiring knowledge of an advanced type in a field of science or learning customarily acquired by a prolonged course of specialized intellectual instruction and study or has a primary duty of teaching, tutoring, instructing, or lecturing in the activity of imparting knowledge and is employed and engaged in this activity as a teacher.

Essential Functions: 

The essential functions of the Teacher position include: (1) regular, dependable in-person attendance on the job; (2) the ability to perform the identified tasks and to possess and utilize the identified knowledge, skills, and abilities and to perform the identified work activities; and (3) the ability to perform the following identified physical requirements: