7/24/2025 4:00 PM Pacific
Date Posted 7/10/2025 Contact Andrea AlvarezNumber of Openings 2 Salary Add'l Salary Info $65,512 - $130,837 Depending on Education and Experience Length of Work Year 186 Days Employment Type Full Time Job ID: #658 About the Employer
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Job Description / Essential Elements: PrintJunior High Classroom Teacher - English 7th and 8th grade
Brief Description of Position:
As part of a junior high teaching assignment, teaches one or more classes of English to pupils in grades 7-8.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Teaches content and skills in English language, literature and composition, and reading, to 7th and 8th grade pupils, utilizing course of study adopted by the Board of Education.
2. Instructs pupils in citizenship, basic communication skills and other general elements of the course of study as specified in state law and administrative regulations and procedures of the school district.
3. Adapts English material and methods to develop assignments that guide and challenge pupils.
4. Determines instructional materials designed to achieve instructional goals and behavioral objectives. Selects among available books and instructional aids appropriate to the interest and maturity levels of pupils.
5. Provides individual and small group instruction when possible in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each pupil.
6. Evaluates each pupil's development in course being taught and prepares report cards.
7. Encourages pupils to think independently and to express original ideas.
8. Establishes and maintains standards of pupil behavior needed to provide an orderly, productive classroom environment during regular class sessions or field trips, assuming appropriate administrative, financial and community support.
9. Maintains professional competence through participation in self-selected professional growth activities.
10. Developes lesson plans and appropriate instructional aides.
11. May plan and coordinate the work of aides, teacher assistants, and other paraprofessionals, if applicable.
Other Duties and Responsibilities: (not to be used as a basis for evaluation unless mutually agreed upon by evaluatee and evaluator.)
Identifies pupil needs and cooperates with other professional staff members in assessing and helping pupils solve health, attitude and learning problems.
Attempts to communicate with parents and schopol counselors on the individual pupil's progress.
Administers or monitors group tests.
Requisition books, instructional aids, and instructional supplies and maintains required inventory records.
Participates in curriculum and other developmental programs within the school of assignment on a volunteer basis. May teach under modular or flexible scheduling plans.
Performs basic attendance accounting as required
Shares in the sponsorship of student activities and participates in faculty committees on a voluntary basis.
Under the immediate direction of the site administrator.
Requirements / Qualifications
*NOTE: Must also possess EL Authorization/CLAD or BCLAD
Copy of Transcript (Official transcripts required upon hire)Credential Copy (From CTC website.)Letter of Introduction (Addressed to Pete Bland, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources)Letter(s) of Recommendation (2 letters of recommendation, DATED WITHIN 1 YEAR.)ResumeMultiple Subject Teaching Credential - General Subjects (with English Authorization to teach at Junior High level) OR Single Subject Teaching Credential - English
Requirements / Qualifications
*NOTE: Must also possess EL Authorization/CLAD or BCLAD
Copy of Transcript (Official transcripts required upon hire)Credential Copy (From CTC website.)Letter of Introduction (Addressed to Pete Bland, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources)Letter(s) of Recommendation (2 letters of recommendation, DATED WITHIN 1 YEAR.)ResumeMultiple Subject Teaching Credential - General Subjects (with English Authorization to teach at Junior High level) OR Single Subject Teaching Credential - English
Comments and Other Information The Santa Maria-Bonita School District prohibits discrimination, intimidation, harassment (including sexual harassment) or bullying based on a person’s actual or perceived age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical information, national origin, parental status, pregnancy status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. For questions or complaints, contact Equity Office/ Title 9 Compliance Officer: Mark Palmerston Director of Pupil Personnel Services 708 S. Miller Santa Maria, CA 93454 805-361-8141 El Distrito Escolar de Santa María-Bonita prohíbe la discriminación, intimidación, hostigamiento (incluido el hostigamiento sexual) o acoso en base a la edad, ascendencia, color, discapacidad, origen étnico, género, expresión de género, identidad de género, información genética, estado de inmigración, estado civil, información médica, origen nacional, estado parental, estado de embarazo, raza, religión, sexo, orientación sexual, real o percibido de una persona, o asociación con una persona o grupo con una o más de estas características reales o percibidas. Si tiene preguntas o quejas, comuníquese con la Oficina de Equidad / Oficial de Cumplimiento del Título 9: Mark Palmerston Director de Servicios Estudiantiles 708 S. Miller Santa María, CA 93454 805-361-8141 Comments and Other Information
The Santa Maria-Bonita School District prohibits discrimination, intimidation, harassment (including sexual harassment) or bullying based on a person’s actual or perceived age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical information, national origin, parental status, pregnancy status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. For questions or complaints, contact Equity Office/ Title 9 Compliance Officer: Mark Palmerston Director of Pupil Personnel Services 708 S. Miller Santa Maria, CA 93454 805-361-8141 El Distrito Escolar de Santa María-Bonita prohíbe la discriminación, intimidación, hostigamiento (incluido el hostigamiento sexual) o acoso en base a la edad, ascendencia, color, discapacidad, origen étnico, género, expresión de género, identidad de género, información genética, estado de inmigración, estado civil, información médica, origen nacional, estado parental, estado de embarazo, raza, religión, sexo, orientación sexual, real o percibido de una persona, o asociación con una persona o grupo con una o más de estas características reales o percibidas. Si tiene preguntas o quejas, comuníquese con la Oficina de Equidad / Oficial de Cumplimiento del Título 9: Mark Palmerston Director de Servicios Estudiantiles 708 S. Miller Santa María, CA 93454 805-361-8141 CalSTRS Links Not all postings qualify for CalSTRS. Informational Only. CalSTRS Info for New Educators ADD TO WISHLIST VIEW JOB WISHLIST APPLY (Current Employees ONLY) APPLY QUICK APPLY