Third Grade Teacher at Garfield Heights City Schools

• Prepare and deliver lesson plans with the ability to modify them accordingly during the school year
• Differentiate instruction to meet the needs of all students
• Maintain accurate and complete records of students' progress and development
• Utilize research-based best practices in daily planning and classroom instruction
• Manage student behavior in the classroom
• Create a positive classroom environment for students to learn in
• Utilize school-approved curricula that reflect the diverse educational, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds of the students
• Implement school-wide culture expectations and norms
• Communicate and meet with families regarding the academic and social-emotional growth of their child
• Incorporate technology skills into daily classroom practice to support learning
• Participate in the planning and implementation of non-instructional activities, as needed
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with colleagues
• Perform other duties as assigned

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain and improve professional competence by attending professional seminars, workshops, etc., to keep current on relevant issues
• Support the school, enforce the school rules and policies
• Participate in building-level teams and/or teacher-based teams and/or district-level "teams"
• Organize various subject-specific programs within the assigned building, e.g.,  Art show
• Work closely with administrators as part of development teams to discuss and implement new practices such as  "team" teaching, semester projects, etc.
• Act as department chairperson when requested and agreed upon
• Serve as a role model for students
• Assist in the selection of textbooks, equipment, and other instructional materials
• Serve on committees and cocurricular activities as agreed upon
• Supervise student teachers
• Discipline students when necessary, following the district PBIS model
• Respond to routine questions and requests in a timely, appropriate manner
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Building Principal, Assistant, or designee

About You:

• Active and current state of Ohio teaching license in the appropriate content area
• Must have a Reading Endorsement
• Bachelor's degree in education or related field
• High level of comfort working in a growth-focused coaching environment based on frequent observations, debriefs, action planning, and progress monitoring
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to appropriately manage confidential information
• Able to supervise students of various ages in different school settings (playground, cafeteria, etc.)
• Training in varied instructional designs
• Skills that foster and facilitate learning and classroom management
• Knowledge in child development and an understanding of age-appropriate tasks
• Educational pedagogy
• Student/teacher professional relationship
• Technology skills eg.  electronic grades, Moodle
• Basic first aid
• Ability to pass federal and state criminal background checks
• Experience working within an urban environment

About Our District:

The Garfield Heights City Schools collaboratively and cooperatively serve students and families of the City of Garfield Heights. Located in Cuyahoga County and bordered on the north by the City of Cleveland proper, and on all other sides by the first ring communities of Northeast Ohio. Our District proudly serves approximately 3,500 students in three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school. The district also offers an award-winning Preschool program at William Foster Elementary to educate the youngest students in our community. All those who seek academic, co-curricular, student leadership, diversity, and community engagement success can find these things and more in the Garfield Heights City Schools.

As a product of our community-based strategic planning process completed in 2021, our district’s mission is: As the heart of the community, Garfield Heights City Schools fully prepares students to pursue their dreams and give back as engaged citizens and future leaders. Our vision is to become a premier educational institution, recognized throughout Ohio as fully preparing students to be leaders equipped with real-world skills to contribute to a global society.

The Garfield Heights City School prides itself on providing a rigorous and comprehensive pre-k through 12th-grade educational curriculum that clearly focuses on student success through college and career readiness. To that end, Garfield Heights High School offers a variety of Advanced Placement courses, including AP English, AP Government, AP American History, Honors Chemistry, Honors Calculus, and Honors Physical Science, among others. While the District offers these high-level academic courses, the GHCS also proudly sends more than 225 students on an annual basis to the Cuyahoga Valley Career Center for those individuals deeply interested in learning a skilled profession or hands-on expertise in one of the trades. Middle School students have increasingly greater opportunities to prepare themselves for high school, and parents are readily encouraged to be involved. Elementary School students in the GHCS also participate in valuable literacy programs, such as LETRs, and social-emotional initiatives, including the Zones of Regulation. The GHCS places a great deal of emphasis at all levels of education on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (P.B.I.S.), and each school has won awards from the State of Ohio for encouraging and promoting positive behavior.

A wide variety of co-curricular offerings are available to students of all ages in the Garfield Heights City Schools as well. Such opportunities include more than 18 varsity sports, the district’s show choir, Music Express, Marching Band, Theater, A ‘Capella Choir, National Honor Society, Student Council, Glass Ceiling, Future Engineers, and more. These co-curricular offerings are award-winning on the state, regional, and local levels. Students can expect success when they become involved in the various academic, co-curricular, and student leadership organizations in this District.

Garfield Heights City Schools is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, genetic information, race, color, age, religion, disabilities, military status, sexual orientation, or national origin in its programs and activities, including employment opportunities. 

Application Deadline: Until the position has been filled.

To Apply: Online