MATH TEACHER Job at Elizabethtown Area School District in Elizabethtown

Position Type:
Middle School Teaching/Mathematics

Date Posted:
9/19/2025

Location:
Middle School

Closing Date:
10/03/2025
POSITION TITLE: Math Teacher (8th grade)

STATUS: Full-Time
BUILDING: Middle School
DEPARTMENT: Education
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Exempt
CATEGORY: Professional
REPORTS TO: Principal
Assistant Principal

SUPERVISES: None

General Responsibilities/Job Summary:
Plans and delivers effective instruction that promotes student growth and achievement aligned with District curriculum using various assessment measures. Establishes and maintains a classroom environment that engages students and fosters a culture for learning. Maintains professional certifications in accordance with state law and School Code.

Essential Functions/Duties:
Plans and prepares effective instruction based on comprehensive knowledge of students, including:

• Selects clear instructional outcomes aligned to curricular sequence and suitable for diverse learners
• Designs coherent instruction using appropriate activities, materials and resources and student grouping, meeting individual needs as necessary
• Designs formative and summative student assessments that are aligned to instructional outcomes and curriculum standards and that can be used to make instructional decisions

Creates a classroom environment of respect and rapport and establishes a culture for learning by:

• Establishes clear expectations for procedures and behavior
• Managing all classroom procedures
• Managing student behavior
• Organizing physical space within the classroom

Delivers high quality instruction in assigned content area and/or grade level through:

• Communication with students that includes expectations, directions and procedures and explanation of content
• Effective use of questioning and discussion techniques that drive student participation
• Engaging students in their own learning by attending to appropriate activities and assignments; effective and varied grouping of students; use of available instructional resources; and appropriate structure and pacing

Professional Responsibilities

• Reflects on individual performance as a professional educator and articulates plans for professional development
• Maintains accurate records on student progress and other areas as required by the District
• Communicates with families regarding individual student progress and engages families in the instructional program
• Grows and develops professionally through engagement in a professional community
• Exemplifies professionalism and models commonly held values of the District through integrity, ethical personal conduct and service to students

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to analyze data linked to student needs
• Decision-making skills
• Planning and organization skills
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills
• Apple Mac and Microsoft Office skills
• Demonstrates a knowledge of relevant content areas
• Demonstrates a knowledge of educational resources for use in the classroom and for the extension of student knowledge and learning
• Knowledge of child and adolescent development
• Knowledge of the learning process
• Knowledge of content-related pedagogy
• Ability to communicate with a diverse audience through written and spoken word
• Decision-making ability
• Judgment in academic and discipline matters
• Flexibility in response to student needs

Minimum Qualifications:
Education and Training: Bachelor's Degree
Experience: Completion of Student Teaching requirements for PA Teaching Certification
Required Certification/Licenses: Level I or Level II PA Teaching Certification - Mathematics 7-12
Travel Requirements: Within the District; other locations for training and meetings

Physical and Mental Job Requirements:

• Physically active, standing and walking for extended periods of time
• Occasional bending, crouching, stooping, twisting, reaching and grasping
• Some lifting, up to 25 pounds
• Able to receive and deliver detailed information through written and oral communications
• Manual dexterity and repetitive movement of fingers and hands for keyboarding
• Typically sits for sustained periods of time at a desk and/or computer
• Typically requires close visual acuity involved with preparing and analyzing data, viewing a computer screen and extensive reading
• Able to function at a high level in a fast paced work environment
• Able to work 1-on-1, in small groups and in large groups of students and colleagues
• Able to observe and manage students in multiple school settings

Working Conditions:

• School setting, including offices, classrooms, labs, hallways, cafeteria, library and school grounds

Terms of Employment:

• 190 Days, Full-Time Position
• Seven and one-half hours per day with a thirty minute unpaid lunch break

Interested individuals are requested to submit an online application through the district's website at www.etownschools.org.

The above job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this job title. This is not a comprehensive or exhaustive list of all job duties and responsibilities. Employees may be expected to perform tasks that are not included in the job description. The Elizabethtown Area School District reserves the right to amend or change job responsibilities as needed to support the best interests of students, employees and communities within the District.