Job Posting ID: 34
Location(s): PHCSE SCHOOL BUILDING
Employment Type: Full Time
Job Type: FULL-TIME
Posted Date: 04/08/2026
Deadline: Until Filled
Pay: $50,000.00
The 8th Grade ELA Teacher plans, organizes, and implements appropriate instructional programming to guide and encourage students to develop and fulfill their full academic potential while facilitating students' understanding and application of writing concepts.
Bachelor’s and/or Master’s Degree in Education is required
Active PA certification in 4 - 8 ELA, Elementary K - 6, and/or 7 - 12th Grade ELA required.
Extensive knowledge of the Pennsylvania State Standards and Common Core
Experience in teaching a non-basal curriculum
3 years teaching experience required
Superior interpersonal skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to effectively communicate and coordinate actions with Principal, leadership team, parents, students, and other staff and, if applicable, third party vendors/contractors
Consultation and coaching skills
Critical evaluation skills
Flexibility & Responsiveness
Strict adherence to confidentiality and ability to handle sensitive information
Ability to perform multiple assignments without immediate supervision
Time management and ability to prioritize tasks to meet deadlines
Able to use basic numeric concepts to perform job tasks
Aptitude in using spreadsheet, word processing, email, database, and presentation software
Understanding of the social/emotional needs of students
Commitment to entrepreneurial education and the associated values of resourcefulness, problem-solving, persistence, and innovation
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the following essential functions:
Instructional Responsibilities
Strong understanding and implementation of Pennsylvania State Standards
Provide direct instruction to students
Uses identified needs (based on data and observations) to guide the learning process toward student achievement
Utilize Pennsylvania Value-Added Assessment System (PVAAS) projection data in conjunction with achievement data to ensure that students are on a path to proficiency and beyond
Response to differentiation, and the implementation of accommodations, modifications and interventions that enable students to be successful in all academic content standards
Support student entrepreneurial endeavors as part of PHCSE Microsociety or NFTE curriculum
Design coherent instruction and student assessments
Classroom Responsibilities
Classroom management utilizing a school wide positive behavior support model
Assists the administration in implementing all policies and rules governing student life and conduct, and, for the classroom, develops reasonable rules of classroom behavior and procedure, and maintains order in the classroom in a fair and just manner.
Conduct student assessments to identify those eligible for intervention services, to plan instruction, and/or to assist staff members in learning various assessment techniques. Assess the accomplishments of students on a regular basis and provide progress reports as required. Collaborates, as needed, with appropriate district/campus personnel regarding students who may need specialized interventions.
Problem solve to identify innovative, practical, and effective differentiation strategies to meet student learning needs
Support the school-wide House System
Follows and implements intervention plans or processes to provide service and support to students to meet school goals or intervention plan goals
Assists Special Education Department with maintaining organization of special education files and student learning records
Organize physical space that is conducive to learning
Interdisciplinary approach to instruction
Use of varied teaching strategies
Use of questioning and discussion techniques
Meetings & Professional Development
Team planning of unit lessons and grade level curriculum
Periodic meetings with Curriculum Coordinator regarding scope and sequence and lesson planning
Conducts or participates in parent conferences, telephone conferences, and other forms of professional communication
Involvement in at least one C.A.R.E. alignment committee is required, plus additional committees/task-forces as needed
Commitment to professional development to keep up-to-date on curriculum developments and trends in the field of education
Commitment to professional growth through participation in professional learning communities and development opportunities; after hours and weekends
Attend mandatory school events at the discretion of the employee’s supervisor
Attend one Board Meeting and one PTA meeting per school year
Active certifications which include Google certification, Act 48 continuing education, and relevant certifications per administration
All other duties as required by supervisor
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. Work is primarily sedentary in nature, exerting up to 10 lbs of force occasionally and/or up to a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to move throughout the building, sit, and navigate stairs in order to access classrooms and meeting areas throughout the school. Occasionally reaches with hands and arms. Frequent handling and fingering. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision. Must be able to talk and hear. Mental acuity required. Primarily assigned to a classroom or office environment that is climate and noise controlled with adequate lighting, using standard office equipment such as computers, telephones, printers. Frequently called upon to monitor recess, lunch, or other activity periods in an outdoor playground or athletic field setting with exposure to outdoor elements.
