Frontline Applicant Tracking - Valparaiso Community School District

Openings as of 4/16/2025

Long Term Substitute Teacher - 4th Grade

JobID: 1274

Position Type:
  Elementary School Teaching/Intermediate - Grades 4, 5


Date Posted:
  4/7/2025


Location:
  Memorial Elementary School


Date Available:
  Approx. Late April 2025


Closing Date:
  when position is filled


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Valparaiso Community School Corporation
Valparaiso IN 46385
 
 
TITLE:                                     Long Term Substitute Teacher – 4th Grade 
                                                Approximately Late April - May 30, 2025
                                                Memorial Elementary School
                                               
QUALIFICATIONS:             
1.         Bachelor Degree
2.         Indiana Teachers’ License
3.         Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the board may find appropriate and acceptable
 
REPORTS TO:  Building Principal
 
JOB GOAL:  To create a flexible elementary grade program and a class environment favorable to learning and personal growth; to establish effective rapport with pupils; to motivate pupils to develop skills, attitudes and knowledge needed to provide a good foundation for upper elementary grade education, in accordance with each pupil’s ability; to establish good relationships with parents and with other staff members.
 
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
 
1.         Teaches reading, language arts, social studies, mathematics, science, and health to pupils in a classroom, utilizing course of study adopted by the                      Board of Education, and other appropriate learning activities.
 
2.         Instructs pupils in citizenship and basic subject matter specified in state law and administrative regulations and procedures of the school district.
 
3.         Develops lesson plans and instructional materials and provides individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs              of each pupil.
 
4.         Translates lesson plans into learning experiences so as to best utilize the available time for instruction.
 
5.         Establishes and maintains standards of pupil behavior needed to achieve a functional learning atmosphere in the classroom.
 
6.         Evaluates pupils’ academic and social growth, keeps appropriate records, and prepares progress reports.
 
7.         Communicates with parents through conferences and other means to discuss pupil’s progress and interpret the school program.
 
8.         Identifies pupil needs and cooperates with other professional staff members in assessing and helping pupils solve health, attitude, and learning                          problems.
 
9.         Creates an effective environment for learning through functional and attractive displays, bulletin boards, and interest centers.
 
10.       Maintains professional competence through in-service education activities provided by the district and self-selected professional growth activities.
 
11.       Supervises pupils in out-of-classroom activities during the assigned working day.
 
12.       Administers group standardized tests in accordance with district testing program.
 
13.       Participates in faculty committees and the sponsorship of pupil activities.
 
14.       Serves as a role model for students.
 




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Openings as of 4/16/2025

Instructional Aide

JobID: 1135

Position Type:
  Support Staff/Instructional Assistant


Date Posted:
  3/11/2025


Location:
  Memorial Elementary School


Date Available:
  01/06/2025


Closing Date:
  04/07/2025


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Instructional Aide - Memorial Elementary School

QUALIFICATIONS:
1. 2 years of college experience; or
2. A 2-year college degree; or
3. Passed the ParaPro Assessment within 1 year of employment; or
4. One year or 1,000 hours of previous employment experience in a school or other setting in a position that supported student academic instruction; or
5. Completed 48 credit hours of college level classes
6. Experience with Special Education Instruction Preferred  
 
REPORTS TO:  Building Level Administrator
  
JOB GOAL:  To assist the classroom teacher achieve teaching objectives by working with individual students or small groups to help them achieve the skill level of the class a whole.
 
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
 
1. Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
2. Assists teachers in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
3. Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
4. Assists with the supervision of student during emergency drills, assemblies and field trips.
5. Provides assistance and monitors progress of students receiving services.
6. Reads assignments and tests to students when accommodation is prescribed by an IEP, 504, or GEI.
7. Reads to students, listens to students read, and participates in other forms of oral communication with students.
8. Assists students in the library or media center.
9. Alerts the regular teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student.
10. Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
11. Perform other duties as requested by the principal.
 
LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to students, and other employees of the district.
 
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals, Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
 
REASONING ABILITY: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
 
OTHER SKILLS & ABILITIES:
Ability to develop effective working relationships with students, staff and the school community. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies.
 
PHYSICAL DEMANDS; The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or listen. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
 
 
SALARY:  Hourly Range $13.85- $17.00, 180 days per year, non-PERF paying position, paid time off
 
EVALUATION:  Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on Evaluation of Classified Personnel.




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