What are the responsibilities and job description for the MJHS Secondary English Teacher position at Maryville Junior High School?
Education, Certification, and Work-Related Experience:
- Teaching certification in secondary English
- Teaching experience in 8th or 9th grade English preferred
Procedure for Applying:
COMPLETE ONLINE APPLICATION LOCATED AT THE MARYVILLE CITY SCHOOLS WEBSITE
E-mail cover letter to David Combs, Principal of Maryville Junior High School david.combs@maryville-schools.org
Overview of Teaching Expectations at Maryville Junior High School
Maryville Junior High School is one of the top public schools in the State of Tennessee. We hold high expectations for our staff and students. Our team believes that every student should be challenged in every class, every day. Students must think to learn and must be challenged to think. Our job, as educators, is to create lessons, support scenarios, and build environments that promote productive struggles that lead to dynamic student products. This work requires creativity and a culture of risk taking. To develop each of our students to accel in our ever-changing world, it takes every member of our team from support staff to teachers to administrators.
Qualities of a Desired Candidate Include:
- A dynamic educator who brings high expectations, engagement, and creativity to daily lessons that are intentionally designed to meet each student's needs.
- Highly-motivated teacher with the ability to cognitively engage the adolescent learner and facilitate the instructional process, higher order thinking, problem solving, real- world connections for students
- A track record of success as evidenced by TCAP and/or EOC growth scores, student perceptions and relationships, positive communication and relationships with parents and through the strong recommendation of colleagues and supervisors
- Ability to contribute strongly to a team, collaborate with colleagues and appropriate others
- Past positive experience in leading and/or participating in a professional learning community structure focused on increasing student learning and achievement
- Understanding of pedagogy and central concepts of secondary English as defined by the TNReady State Standards and Tennessee Assessment Blueprints
- A track record of successful implementation of formative and summative assessments data analysis, with concrete progress monitoring to increase student ownership, goal setting, and communicating results with stakeholders
- Ability to use data to drive instructional decisions through action-based analysis and reflection, which impacts increased student learning
- Experience in standards-based grading and creating common assessments, lesson plans, and pacing guides with colleagues for both formative and summative purposes
- Possess confidence in learning and utilizing technology in a blended learning environment (1:1 student/device ratio) to facilitate instruction and as a means of effective two-way communication with students, parents, and other stakeholders (experience with Canvas Learning Management System a plus)
- Evidence of engaging in high-quality professional development as defined by the Tennessee Department of Education
- Ability to perform any physical duties associated with this position (e.g., lifting up to 50 pounds on a regular basis, sitting for long periods of time, walking, seeing, standing for extended periods of time, etc.).
- FLSA Status Exempt
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