Openings as of 4/14/2025

3rd Grade Teacher

JobID: 2114

Position Type:
  Elementary School Teaching/Grades K-5


Date Posted:
  4/8/2025


Location:
  Houston Elementary


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Primary Purpose:
 
Provide students with appropriate learning activities and experiences in the core academic subject area assigned to help them fulfill their potential for intellectual, emotional, physical, and social growth. Enable students to develop competencies and skills to function successfully in society.
 
Qualifications:
 
Education/Certification:
 
Bachelor’s degree from accredited university
 
Valid Texas teaching certificate with required endorsements or related training and work experience for certification waivers under the District of Innovation Plan (DOI)
 
Demonstrated competency in the core academic subject area assigned
 
Special Knowledge/Skills:
 
Knowledge of core academic subject assigned
 
Knowledge of curriculum and instruction
 
Ability to instruct students and manage their behavior
 
Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
 
Experience:
 
Student teaching, approved internship, or related work experience
 
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
 
Instructional Strategies
 
1. Develop and implement lesson plans that fulfill the requirements of district’s curriculum program and show written evidence of preparation as required. Prepare lessons that reflect accommodations for differences in individual student differences.

2. Plan and use appropriate instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials, equipment, and technology that reflect understanding of the learning styles and needs of students assigned and present subject matter according to guidelines established by Texas Education Agency, board policies, and administrative regulations.

3. Conduct assessment of student learning styles and use results to plan instructional activities. 

4. Work cooperatively with special education teachers to modify curricula as needed for special education students according to guidelines established in Individual Education Plans (IEP).

5. Work with other members of staff to determine instructional goals, objectives, and methods according to district requirements.

6. Plan and assign work to instructional aide(s) and volunteer(s) and oversee completion.
 
Student Growth and Development
 
7. Conduct ongoing assessment of student achievement through formal and informal testing.

8. Assume responsibility for extracurricular activities as assigned. Sponsor outside activities approved by the campus principal.

9. Be a positive role model for students; support mission of school district.
 
Classroom Management and Organization
 
10. Create classroom environment conducive to learning and appropriate for the physical, social, and emotional development of students.

11. Manage student behavior in accordance with Student Code of Conduct and student handbook.

12. Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.

13. Assist in selecting books, equipment, and other instructional materials.

14. Compile, maintain, and file all reports, records, and other documents required.
 
Communication
 
15. Establish and maintain a professional relationship and open communication with parents, students, colleagues, and community members.
 
Professional Growth and Development
 
16. Participate in staff development activities to improve job-related skills.

17. Comply with state, district, and school regulations and policies for classroom teachers.

18. Attend and participate in faculty meetings and serve on staff committees as required.
 
Other
 
19. Follow district safety protocols and emergency procedures.
 
Supervisory Responsibilities:
 
Direct the work of assigned instructional aide(s).
 
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
 
Tools/Equipment Used: Personal computer and peripherals; standard instructional equipment; [P.E. teachers: automated external defibrillator (AED)]
 
Posture: Prolonged standing; frequent kneeling/squatting, bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting
 
Motion: Frequent walking
 
Lifting: Regular light lifting and carrying; may lift and move textbooks and classroom equipment
 
Environment: Work inside, may work outside; regular exposure to noise
 
Mental Demands: Maintain emotional control under stress; work prolonged or irregular hours





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Openings as of 4/14/2025

Elementary Music Teacher

JobID: 2075

Position Type:
  Elementary School Teaching/Music - Instrumental


Date Posted:
  3/6/2025


Location:
  Houston Elementary


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Elementary Classroom Teacher

Position Purpose
Under the general supervision of the School Principal, to facilitate student success and growth in academic and interpersonal skills through implementing district approved curriculum; documenting teaching and student progress/activities/outcomes; addressing specific educational needs of individual students and by creating a flexible, safe and optimal learning environment; and providing feedback to students, parents and administration regarding student progress, expectations, goals, etc.
 
Essential Functions
 
• Develops and administers school elementary curriculum consistent with school district goals and objectives.
• Promotes a classroom environment that is safe and conducive to individualized and small group instruction, and student learning.
• Develops lesson plans and instructional materials and translates lesson plans into learning experiences so as to best utilize the available time for instruction
• Conducts ongoing assessment of student learning, and modifies instructional methods to fit individual student's needs, including students with special needs; conducts individual and small group instruction as needed.
• Instructs students in the principles of responsible citizenship and other subject matters specified in applicable laws, as well as administrative regulations and procedures of the c school system.
• Continues to acquire professional knowledge and learn of current developments in the educational field by attending seminars, workshops or professional meetings, or by conducting research.
• Organizes and maintains a system for accurate and complete record-keeping, grading, and reporting for all student activities, achievement and attendance as required by district procedures and applicable laws.
• Encourages parental involvement in students' education and ensures effective communication with students and parents.
• Ensures that student conduct conforms with the school's standards and school district policies, and establishes and maintains standards of pupil behavior needed to achieve a functional learning atmosphere in the classroom.
• Coordinates with other elementary professional staff members, especially within grade level, to evaluate and assess curriculum, and participates in faculty meetings and committees.
• Selects and requisitions appropriate books, instructional aids and other supplies and equipment and maintains inventory records.
• Supervises students in activities that take place out of the classroom during the school day, including activities involving school transportation.
• Administers standardized tests in accordance with District testing programs.
Additional Duties
Performs other related tasks as assigned by the Principal and other central office administrators as designated by the Superintendent.
                Note:    The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities.  It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.

Equipment
Uses standard office equipment such as personal computers, printer, copy and fax machines, and telephone.

Travel Requirements
Travels to school district buildings and professional meetings as required.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Knowledge of current teaching methods and educational pedagogy, as well as differentiates instruction based upon student learning styles.
• Knowledge of elementary school curriculum and concepts.
• Knowledge of data information systems, data analysis and the formulation of action plans.
• Knowledge of applicable federal and state laws regarding education and students.
• Ability to use computer network system and software applications as needed.
• Ability to organize and coordinate work.
• Ability to communicate effectively with students and parents.
• Ability to engage in self-evaluation with regard to performance and professional growth.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others contacted in the course of work.
Physical and Mental Demands, Work Hazards
Works in standard office and school building environments.
                Note:    Also see the Summary of Physical, Sensory and Environmental Requirements Needed to Perform Essential Job Duties for this position.

Qualifications Profile
• Certification/License:
• [State] State Certification as an Elementary Teacher
• [State] State Certification in the appropriate grade level preferred.
Education
• Bachelors from an accredited college or university in Elementary Education or related discipline applicable to teaching assignment.
• Masters Degree in related area preferred.
Experience
Successful prior teaching experience for the appropriate grade levels a plus.

FLSA Status:       Exempt




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Counselor

JobID: 2072

Position Type:
  Student Support Services/Guidance Counselor


Date Posted:
  3/6/2025


Location:
  Houston Elementary


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Job Title: School Counselor
Exemption Status: Exempt
 
Reports to: Principal
Date Revised: March 2025
 
Dept./School: Assigned Campus
 

Primary Purpose:
 
Plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive school counseling program at assigned campus. Counsel students to fully develop each student’s academic, career, personal, and social abilities and address the needs of special population students. Deliver guidance curriculum in various group sizes. Educate students of skills necessary to address troublesome circumstances, support students in challenging situations, and assist students with needed resources to navigate crisis situations. 
 
Qualifications:
 
Education/Certification:
 
Master’s degree in counseling from an accredited college or university
 
Valid Texas school counselor certificate
 
Special Knowledge/Skills:
 
Knowledge of counseling procedures, student appraisal, and career development
 
Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
 
Ability to instruct students and manage their behavior
 
Ability to present information in one-on-one, small group, and large group situations to students, parents or guardians, and district staff
 
Experience:
 
Two years creditable experience as a classroom teacher
 
Major Responsibilities and Duties
 
Guidance Curriculum
 
1. Plan, organize, implement, and deliver structured group lessons according to the district’s guidance curriculum to improve students’ interpersonal and intrapersonal effectiveness, personal health and safety, post-secondary planning and readiness, and other developmental needs. 

2. Teach the school guidance curriculum components through the use of effective instructional strategies and planned structured groups considering diverse student populations and needs for differentiated instruction. 

3. Work with students, staff, parents or guardians, and the community to identify priorities where students will be served through the guidance curriculum component. Collaborate across curricular areas to integrate guidance lessons into content area curriculum. 

4. Create a balanced curriculum by using well-planned and intentional activities and materials, incorporating guest speakers, and offering engaging delivery techniques, including technology tools.
 
Responsive Services
 
5. Use accepted theories and effective techniques of developmental guidance to respond to problematic or critical incidents to support students and offer services in time of need. 

6. Use preventive activities to remove barriers that interfere with a student’s educational, career, personal, and social development.

7. Implement remediation practices to assist students in coping with problem situations or unwise choices. Identify precipitating and antecedent factors, effective and ineffective approaches to dealing with the circumstances, and provide feedback to guide future decisions.

8. Use specialized skills to support students in crisis situations requiring immediate response. Maintain a healthy and safe school environment by collaborating with district staff, parents or guardians, and local officials. 

9. Provide continued support to students in need through individual counseling, small group counseling, consultation, or referral to services outside the school or district.  

10. Serve as an impartial, non-reporting resource for interpersonal conflicts and discourse involving two or more students, including accusations of bullying.
 
Individual Planning
 
11. Create school counseling services that are developmental and age appropriate and provide information or literature that highlights related topics to students, teachers, and administrators. 

12. Assist individual students and their parents or guardians in monitoring their academic, career, personal, and social development as they progress in school.

13. Act as a student advocate, leader, collaborator, and systems change agent. Advocate for a school environment that acknowledges and respects diversity and ensures equitable access and placement in courses and programs for minority, disenfranchised, homeless, and other special populations. 

14. Interpret standardized test results, offer career development activities, provide strategies for grade level transitions, and guide students in individual goal setting and planning including creating and reviewing personal graduation plans and providing information about post-secondary opportunities.
 
System Support
 
15. Collect, summarize, and interpret testing data to plan, create interventions, guide students, and address specific student needs.

16. Conduct an annual program audit to inform accountability, action plans, time management, and systemic change. 

17. Participate in campus-based school improvement planning and goal setting. 

18. Provide parent or guardian and staff training and consultation to foster student educational, career, personal, and social development. 

19. Clearly articulate and communicate the counseling program’s management system and related program action plans to campus and district staff, parents or guardians, and the community. 

20. Participate in staff development and continuing education opportunities to improve job-related skills and research to identify best practices in implementing a comprehensive school counseling program. 
 
Other Related Duties
 
21. Compile, maintain, and file all reports, records, and other documents.

22. Comply with policies established by federal and state law, State Board of Education rule, and board policy. Comply with all district and campus routines and regulations.

23. Adhere to legal, ethical, and professional standards for school counselors including current professional standards of competence and practice.

24. Follow district safety protocols and emergency procedures.
 
Supervisory Responsibilities:
 
Supervise assigned counseling aide(s) and clerical employee(s).
 
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
 
Tools/Equipment Used: Personal computer and peripherals; standard instructional equipment
 
Posture: Prolonged sitting; frequent standing, kneeling/squatting, bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting
 
Motion: Frequent walking
 
Lifting: Regular light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds); occasional physical restraint of students to control behavior
 
Environment: Work inside, may work outside
 
Mental Demands: Maintain emotional control under stress; may work prolonged or irregular hours





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Permanent Substitute

JobID: 2109

Position Type:
  Support Staff/Instructional Assistant


Date Posted:
  4/2/2025


Location:
  Houston Elementary


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Position Purpose
Under the direct supervision of a certified staff member, to assist certified professional staff with students in the classroom to meet instructional goals and objectives, and to free certified professional employees from non-professional duties such as proctoring study halls to enable them to make a contribution to other aspects of the educational program, such as curriculum development.

Essential Job Functions
• Assists and guides students to reinforce reading, language arts, mathematics, computer instruction, and other skills. 
• Works with students individually and in small groups to reinforce basic learning and implement assigned programs.
• Assists professional staff in the administration and correction of classroom exercises, tests and assessments.
• Assists in classroom preparations and strategies for reinforcing instructional materials and skills according to individual student needs.
• Assists with record-keeping procedures to document student learning and performance.
• Assists with classroom behavioral management to minimize disruptions, ensure a safe and orderly classroom, and ensure students are on task.
• Assists students in non-instructional areas, such as supervising the student lunch programs, bus duty, playground duty, corridor, study hall, and other related non-instructional areas.
• Accompanies students on field trips for the purpose of assisting with supervision.
• Constructs, copies and distribute and use educational materials as needed.
• Assists teacher with parent contact as requested to foster effective and participatory parent involvement in student education.
• Assists students with special needs in all aspects of classroom instruction to maximize inclusion, learning, achievement if IEP objectives, etc.
• Participates in IEP process and serves as resource for the student personnel evaluation team as needed.
• Assist students with physical or mental disabilities with activities of daily living for the purpose of maximizing their ability to participate in school or learning activities.
• Follows all applicable safety rules, procedures and regulations governing the proper manner of assistance for all students, including those with disabilities or other special needs.
• May assist in the training of other paraprofessionals.
Additional Duties:
• Assist guidance, pupil services staff or building administration, as needed.
• Perform any other related duties as assigned
  Note:    The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities.  It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.
Equipment
      Use standard office equipment, such as personal computers and copiers.

Travel Requirements
      Travel between schools, or between schools and central offices, may be required for certain positions.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide, and perform arithmetic operations as needed to assist students.
• Ability to understand, apply and use personal computers and software applications (e.g., Word, Excel).
• Ability to work with a diverse group of individuals.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of information regarding students, employees and others.
• Ability to establish a supportive and compassionate relationship with students with special needs.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with students, staff and others contacted in the course of work.
• Ability to report work orally or in writing to supervisor as required.
• Effective writing and verbal communication skills.
Physical and Mental Demands, Work Hazards
Works in standard office and school building environments.
Ability to work outdoors during outdoor student activities.
                Note:    Also see the Summary of Physical, Sensory and Environmental Requirements Needed to Perform Essential Job Duties for this position.

Qualifications Profile:
Any combination of education and experience providing the required skill and knowledge for successful performance would be qualifying.  Typical qualifications would be equivalent to:
• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Successful completion of college level coursework or passing of examination as required by the No Child Left Behind Act.
• Prior experience working with special needs children desirable.
FLSA Status: Non-exempt





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Openings as of 4/14/2025

Reading Paraprofessional

JobID: 2025

Position Type:
  Support Staff/Teacher Assistant


Date Posted:
  10/16/2024


Location:
  Houston Elementary


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Position Purpose
 
 
 
-  Under the direct supervision of a certified staff member, to assist certified professional staff with students in the classroom to meet instructional goals and objectives, and to free certified professional employees from non-professional duties such as proctoring study halls to enable them to make a contribution to other aspects of the educational program, such as curriculum development.
 
 
 
 
 
Essential Job Functions
 
 
 
-  Assists and guides students to reinforce reading, language arts, mathematics, computer instruction, and other skills. 
 
 
 
-  Works with students individually and in small groups to reinforce basic learning and implement assigned programs.
 
 
 
-  Assists professional staff in the administration and correction of classroom exercises, tests and assessments.
 
 
 
-  Assists in classroom preparations and strategies for reinforcing instructional materials and skills according to individual student needs.
 
 
 
-  Assists with record-keeping procedures to document student learning and performance.
 
 
 
-  Assists with classroom behavioral management to minimize disruptions, ensure a safe and orderly classroom, and ensure students are on task.
 
 
 
-  Assists students in non-instructional areas, such as supervising the student lunch programs, bus duty, playground duty, corridor, study hall, and other related non-instructional areas.
 
 
 
-  Accompanies students on field trips for the purpose of assisting with supervision.
 
 
 
-  Constructs, copies and distribute and use educational materials as needed.
 
 
 
-  Assists teacher with parent contact as requested to foster effective and participatory parent involvement in student education.
 
 
 
-  Assists students with special needs in all aspects of classroom instruction to maximize inclusion, learning, achievement if IEP objectives, etc.
 
 
 
-  Participates in IEP process and serves as resource for the student personnel evaluation team as needed.
 
 
 
-  Assist students with physical or mental disabilities with activities of daily living for the purpose of maximizing their ability to participate in school or learning activities.
 
 
 
-  Follows all applicable safety rules, procedures and regulations governing the proper manner of assistance for all students, including those with disabilities or other special needs.
 
 
 
 
 
Additional Duties:
 
 
 
-  Assist guidance, pupil services staff or building administration, as needed.
 
 
 
-  Perform any other related duties as assigned.
 
 
 
Note:   The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities.  It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.
 
 
 
 
 
Equipment
 
 
 
-  Use standard office equipment, such as personal computers and copiers.
 
 
 
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
 
 
 
-  Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form.
 
 
 
-  Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide, and perform arithmetic operations as needed to assist students.
 
 
 
-  Ability to understand, apply and use personal computers and software applications (e.g., Word, Excel).
 
 
 
-  Ability to work with a diverse group of individuals.
 
 
 
-  Ability to maintain confidentiality of information regarding students, employees and others.
 
 
 
-  Ability to establish a supportive and compassionate relationship with students with special needs.
 
 
 
-  Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with students, staff and others contacted in the course of work.
 
 
 
-  Ability to report work orally or in writing to supervisor as required.
 
 
 
-  Effective writing and verbal communication skills.
 
 
 
 
 
Physical and Mental Demands, Work Hazards
 
 
 
-  Works in standard office and school building environments.
 
 
 
-  Ability to work outdoors during outdoor student activities.
 
 
 
 
 
Qualifications Profile
 
 
 
-  Any combination of education and experience providing the required skill and knowledge for successful performance would be qualifying.  Typical qualifications would be equivalent to:
 
 
 
-  High School diploma or equivalent.
 
 
 
-  Successful completion of college level coursework or passing of examination as required by the No Child Left Behind Act.
 
 
 
-  Prior experience working with special needs children desirable.
 
 
 
FLSA Status:             Non-exempt
 
 
 
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