Industrial Arts Teacher – OJ DeJonge Middle School

Deadline: May 31, 2024
District/Organization: Ludington Area Schools
Position/Type: Teacher, full time
Salary: Per LEA Contract

Position Details

OJ DeJonge Middle School Industrial Arts Teacher Posting – OJ DeJonge Middle School in Ludington, MI seeks a dynamic, relationship-driven Industrial Arts teacher to provide instruction to middle level students in a building that works to provide students with an experience-rich education that promotes independence and responsibility. The industrial arts classroom has recently had an extensive renovation to provide the most up-to-date technology. Courses to be taught within the industrial arts curriculum include Introduction to Woods, Advanced Woods, Drafting and Rocket Cars, and Home Technology. More information on these courses can be found in the OJMS Curriculum Guide. The successful candidate for this full-time position will meet the requirements listed below:

• Duties and Responsibilities:

• • Plan, prepare, and deliver lesson plans and instructional materials that facilitate learning for middle level students using the Michigan standards for Industrial Arts and the district-approved curriculum to drive instructional decisions.
  • Collaborate with other industrial arts teachers within the structure of a Professional Learning Community to enhance curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
  • Use relevant technology, including the development of learning modules in the Canvas Learning Management System, to support and differentiate instruction and engage students in the learning process.
  • Establish a classroom structure that provides a safe learning environment and that values positive relationships and supports the Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports system.
  • Communicate necessary information regularly to students, colleagues, and parents regarding student progress and needs.
  Establish and communicate clear objectives for all learning activities.
  

Additional Qualifications: Qualified candidate should skillfully demonstrate the following competencies:

• The strong desire and ability to build meaningful, caring relationships with students.
• The skill and willingness to leverage the ASCD Whole Child model to ensure that students’ social, emotional, nutritional and health needs are addressed.
• The ability to collaboratively create and execute clear, logical instructional plans that produce strong results in student learning.
• The ability to integrate 21st Century competencies such as technology literacy, collaboration, communication, critical thinking and problem solving, goal setting, ethical citizenship, and personal accountability in curriculum.
• The capacity to create a system of ongoing data collection and analysis to inform a tiered intervention system.
• The capacity to align curriculum, instruction and assessments while responding to individual needs of students.

Required Professional Qualification:

• Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in Education
• Valid Michigan Teaching Certificate in Industrial Arts
  • IX certification
• Valid state licensing to meet Highly Qualified requirements

Apply in writing with a letter of interest, resume, copies of certification, transcripts and three letters of recommendation to Mr. Michael Hart, Principal, OJ DeJonge Middle School, Ludington Area School District, 809 E Tinkham Avenue, Ludington MI 49431. Application materials should be submitted as one (1) PDF attachment to: mhart@lasd.net .

E-mail: mhart@lasd.net