Deadline: June 14, 2024
District/Organization: Ludington Area School District
Position/Type: Teacher, full time
Salary: Base salary $44,350 but based on years of teaching experience.

Position Details

OJ DeJonge Middle School English Language Arts Teacher Posting – OJ DeJonge Middle School in Ludington, MI seeks a dynamic, relationship-driven English Language Arts teacher to provide instruction to middle level students in a building that works to provide students with an experience-rich education that promotes independence and responsibility. OJ DeJonge Middle School, located near the Lake Michigan shoreline, has recently undergone a major renovation project to provide teachers with the most up-to-date teaching technology in a positive classroom environment. The successful candidate for this full-time position will meet the requirements listed below:

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plan, prepare, and deliver lesson plans and instructional materials that facilitate learning for middle level students using the Michigan standards for English Language Arts and the district-approved curriculum to drive instructional decisions.

• Collaborate with teachers within the structure of a Professional Learning Community to enhance curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

• Use relevant technology, including the development of learning modules in the Canvas Learning Management System, to support and differentiate instruction and engage students in the learning process.

• Establish a classroom structure that values positive relationships and supports the Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports system.

• Communicate necessary information regularly to students, colleagues, and parents regarding student progress and needs.

• Establish and communicate clear objectives for all learning activities.

Additional Qualifications: Qualified candidate should skillfully demonstrate the following competencies:

• The strong desire and ability to build meaningful, caring relationships with students.

• The skill and willingness to leverage the ASCD Whole Child model to ensure that

students’ social, emotional, nutritional and health needs are addressed.

• The ability to collaboratively create and execute clear, logical instructional plans that produce strong results in student learning.

• The ability to integrate 21st Century competencies such as technology literacy, collaboration, communication, critical thinking and problem solving, goal setting, ethical citizenship, and personal accountability in curriculum.

• The capacity to create a system of ongoing data collection and analysis to inform a tiered intervention system.

• The capacity to align curriculum, instruction and assessments while responding to individual needs of students.

Required Professional Qualification:

• Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in Education

• Valid Michigan Teaching Certificate in English Language Arts

• BA or BX certification
• Valid state licensing to meet Highly Qualified requirements

Apply in writing with a letter of interest, resume, copies of certification, transcripts and three letters of recommendation to Mr. Michael Hart, Principal, OJ DeJonge Middle School, Ludington Area School District, 809 E Tinkham Avenue, Ludington MI 49431. Application materials should be submitted as one (1) PDF attachment to: mhart@lasd.net.

E-mail: mhart@lasd.net