High School Teaching/ Science - Chemistry

Position Type:
High School Teaching/ Science - Chemistry

Date Posted:
8/14/2024

Location:
Battle Creek Area Math and Science Center

Date Available:
ASAP

Closing Date:
Until Filled

District:
Battle Creek Public Schools - website

At Battle Creek Public Schools, transformation is underway and excellence is on the rise!

Battle Creek Public Schools (BCPS) is located in Calhoun County, Michigan (between Chicago and Detroit), serving the City of Battle Creek as well as parts of Emmett, Pennfield and Bedford townships, and the City of Springfield. With a bold goal of achieving 100% success for every Bearcat, we offer a broad range of educational experiences to meet the individual needs of students at all levels, including experiential learning, individualized instruction, advanced and accelerated curricula, and outdoor education.

In 2017, BCPS received an historic investment from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and we are continuing our transformation plan, advancing bold, top-to-bottom changes to provide a world-class career, college, and community-ready education for every student, in every grade, at every school. In May of 2023, we were thrilled to announce an average teacher pay increase of more than $10,000, positioning us as one of the best-paying districts for teachers in Southwest Michigan.

We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits (including up to $20k in home purchase assistance), and opportunities for professional development. Apply now and join the Bearcat family. Great things are happening at Battle Creek Public Schools!

The Battle Creek Area Mathematics and Science Center (BCAMSC) is a unique, exciting partnership with 15 school districts, offering a rich, diversified, college preparatory program in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Established in 1990-1991 with its first enrollment in 1991-1992, the BCAMSC is the result of a collaboration of business, industry and education created to enhance the learning of STEM subjects for students in Calhoun, Barry, and Branch counties in Michigan. The BCAMSC provides services directly to secondary students who are talented and motivated to study STEM subjects in greater depth and with more acceleration than may be available in their home high schools. The Center, by offering a rigorous curriculum in accelerated STEM subjects to high school students, is educating the scientific and technical leaders of tomorrow in a nurturing environment focused on the technical and intellectual needs of advanced students.

Responsibilities:

• Delivering pedological approaches to teaching chemistry
• Using trauma-sensitive practices and equity-centered inquiry to create classrooms where students want to learn
• Promoting problem-solving, critical thinking, and reflective inquiry-based approaches to learning.
• Assessing the accomplishments of students on a regular basis, providing progress reports as required and proactively communicating with parents
• Exercising a positive, team-oriented approach to work using excellent communication skills.
• Developing and delivering innovative, STEM connected elective course curriculum.
• Planning, implementing and participating in programs that are family and community-related activities.
• Practicing high impact professionalism in all work and relations with others.
• Other duties or responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Valid Michigan teaching certificate with endorsement in teaching area or approval of the Michigan Department of Education
• Secondary Teaching Certificate in the following:
  • DC
  • DI
  • DX
• Bachelor's degree
• Graduate Level Coursework in STEM-related discipline preferred
• Additional non-core elective certifications or expert permits preferred

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Demonstrably understanding the pedological approaches to teaching Chemistry
• Demonstrated ability to teach, model and practice social emotional learning competencies explicitly and integrated throughout academic instruction
• Experience delivering teaching and learning by seeing each student by name, need and strength
• Possesses flexibility, agility and the resilience needed to propel excellent teaching and learning
• Team-oriented and collaborative with excellent communication skills
• Experience with coaching competitive science programs (e.g., Chemistry Olympiad, Science Olympiad, National Science Bowl, NOBCChE)

Salary: $50,000-$82,010 based on current salary schedule
Additional signing bonus of up to $1,500, payable upon commencement of employment

Contract: 188 Days (10 Months)

SCHOOL SAFETY CLEARANCE: The successful candidate will be subject to a fingerprint and background check as a condition of employment. All fees required for this check (estimated $73.00) will be the responsibility of the successful applicant.

The Battle Creek Public School District is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, handicap, sex, age, religion, national origin, weight, height, or marital status in its employment practices.