<p>Position Type:</p> <p>Elementary School Teaching</p> <p>Date Posted:</p> <p>4/30/2025</p> <p>Location:</p> <p>Bristol Local Schools</p> <p>Closing Date:</p> <p>05/14/2025</p> <p>&nbsp&nbspAdditional Information: Show/Hide</p> <p>Position:</p> <ul> <li>Elementary Teacher - 3rd Grade </li><li>FOR 2025-2026 SCHOOL YEAR </li></ul> <p>Reports to:</p> <ul> <li>Elementary School Principal </li></ul> <p>Employment Status:</p> <ul> <li>Regular/Full-time </li></ul> <p>FLSA Status:</p> <ul> <li>Exempt </li></ul> <p>Description:</p> <ul> <li>Instruct students in the specific area of specialty; help students learn subject matter and skills that will broaden their learning experiences and contribute to their development in order to set realistic expectations; establish proper rapport and effectively communicate with parents; create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning; guide the process towards the achievement of curricular goals; participate in professional development activities. </li><li>NOTE: The below lists are not ranked in order of importance </li></ul> <p>Essential Functions:</p> <ul> <li>Ensure safety of students </li><li>Effectively manage the classroom and individual student behavior to maintain a good learning environment </li><li>Prepare clear and timely lesson plans </li><li>Maintain accurate and complete records as required </li><li>Provide guidance to students to promote their educational development </li><li>Attend parent/teacher conferences </li><li>Collaborate with colleagues </li><li>Distribute course-related assignments </li><li>Ensure students are learning all subject material by appropriately assessing on a regular basis </li><li>Provide complete lesson plans for substitute </li><li>Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of students </li><li>Assist the administration in implementing all procedures and rules governing student life </li><li>Follow the scope and sequence of the instructional program as defined in the Board of Education approved courses of study </li><li>Take necessary and reasonable precautions to protect equipment, materials, and facilities </li><li>Demonstrate knowledge of subject matter and present clear, complete and accurate explanations utilizing a variety of instructional techniques and media suitable to the level of learners </li><li>Maintain respect at all times for confidential information </li><li>Attend meetings and in-services as required per negotiated agreement </li><li>Teach students using sound instructional practices </li><li>Attend educational field trips </li><li>Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with parents through effective use of interim reports, report cards, and conferences </li><li>Refer students suspected of learning difficulties to the intervention assistance team </li><li>Notify parents if student is not meeting classroom goals </li><li>Observe ethics of the teaching profession </li></ul> <p>Other Duties and Responsibilities:</p> <ul> <li>Assist in the selection of textbooks, equipment, and other educational materials </li><li>Promote good public relations </li><li>Respond to routine questions and requests in a timely, appropriate manner </li><li>Serve as a role model for students </li><li>Establish and maintain cooperative professional relationships </li><li>Participate in committees, study teams, and co-curricular activities as agreed upon </li><li>Participate in intervention assistance team meetings </li><li>Maintain and improve professional competence by attending professional seminars, workshops, etc. to keep current on relevant issues </li><li>Supervise student teachers </li><li>Counsel, advise, encourage, and motivate students </li><li>Perform other duties as assigned by the Principal or designee </li></ul> <p>Qualifications:</p> <ul> <li>Bachelor's degree or equivalent from a four-year college or university </li><li>Appropriate state of Ohio certifications/license (Pk-3 licensing preferred) </li><li>A reading endorsement K-12, a Master's Degree with a major in Reading, or evidence of passing the Praxis Test, Teaching Reading: Elementary Education (5203). </li><li>Experience teaching students in primary grades is preferred </li><li>Extensive training in the Science of Reading preferred </li><li>Experience preparing students to successfully meet promotion requirements stipulated by the Third Grade Reading GuaranteeDemonstrated ability to gather and analyze data to inform instructional decisions and/or familiarity with the multi-tiered system of supports model </li><li>Such alternative to the above qualifications as the Superintendent and/or Board of Education may find appropriate </li></ul> <p>Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:</p> <ul> <li>Knowledge of academic area and teaching methodology </li><li>Ability to work effectively with others </li><li>Ability to communicate ideas and directives clearly and effectively both orally and in writing </li><li>Effective, active listening skills </li><li>Organizational and problem solving skills </li><li>Training in varied instructional design </li><li>Knowledge of child development and an understanding of age appropriate tasks </li><li>Background/knowledge base in methodology and supervised practice </li><li>Ability to work in a team environment </li><li>Computer/word processing skills </li></ul> <p>Equipment Operated:</p> <ul> <li>Various office machines </li><li>Computer </li><li>Calculator </li><li>Telephone </li><li>Printer </li><li>TV </li><li>DVD player ELMO, Smartboard, Student Response devices </li><li>Copy machine </li><li>Fax machine </li></ul> <p>Additional Working Conditions:</p> <ul> <li>Occasional evening/weekend/summer work </li><li>Occasional exposure to blood, bodily fluids, and tissue </li><li>Occasional interaction with unruly students </li><li>Occasional operation of a vehicle in inclement weather conditions, i.e., being prepared to work on all scheduled school days, except calamity days </li><li>Frequent requirement to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, see, read, speak, reach, stretch with hands and arms, crouch, kneel, climb, and stoop </li><li>Occasional travel, e.g., attending workshop outside of district </li><li>Frequent repetitive hand motion, e.g., computer keyboard, calculator, writing </li><li>Occasionally lift, carry, push, and pull various items up to a maximum of 25 pounds </li></ul> <p>Application Process:</p> <ul> <li>Please email a letter of interest and resume to: </li></ul> <p>Nathan Kish, Principal: nathan.kish@bristol.k12.oh.us</p> <p>Equal Employment Opportunity Statement</p> <p>The Trumbull County Educational Service Center Governing Board does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, or genetic information in employment or the provision of services.</p>