Job Description
Bismarck Public Schools is accepting applications for a teacher for the School Within a School program at Legacy High School. This position is full-time and will begin August 15, 2024.
New Teacher Orientation will be held August 6, 7, 13 and 14th.
Legacy High School is looking for an individual with expertise/training and/or experience working with students who have behavioral health management needs. The position would be working in our school within a school program in the behavior and transition center. Appropriate experiential background may be in school counseling, special education, school social work, or general education.
This position will be open until filled.
Qualifications: 1. A valid ND teaching certificate in any secondary core subjects such as social studies, English, science, math, etc.
2. Bachelor's degree
Essential Functions: - Planning, preparing, differentiating, and delivering lessons based on your specialist subject areas and collaborating with other professionals to deliver education outside your area of speciality.
- Encouraging student participation in lessons and in other school-related activities.
- Supporting the leadership team to achieve schoolwide goals.
- Assessing, documenting, and reporting on the behavior of students.
- Ability to connect with students on an educational and personal level.
- Building relationships with students and staff.
- Providing educational and social-emotional (SEL) guidance to students and/or connecting them to a school counselor when needed.
- Ensuring the highest standards of quality and the use of evidence-based teaching practices.
- Participating in opportunities to boost your own learning and continuous professional development.
- Collaboration with all stakeholders, parents/guardians, support workers, and other professionals to safeguard and ensure the educational welfare of students.
- Using Data Driven Decision Making to ensure academic progress.
- Display strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work as a team in a highly collaborative setting is required.
- Other duties as assigned.
Current contracted part-time BPS teachers wanting a full-time position should also complete the external application.
Applicants for teaching positions will be asked to complete the EPI Candidate Assessment. You should receive an email prompting you to complete this survey. This is timed and takes approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour to complete. You only need to complete the survey one time and then it will show as completed on all applications.
Additional information on the BPS benefit package is posted in the District website:https://www.bismarckschools.org/Page/1701.
A teaching contract is 187 days. External applicants may bring in up to 15 years of K - 12 teaching experience.