This posting is for a full-time Secondary Agricultural Science Teacher and FFA Advisor for 2025-26 in the small rural community of Ione SD.
169 day per year contract, full-benefits.
Start date: August 18, 2025
Salary range is $52,235 to $93,648 depending on experience and education
SUMMARY: Provide a diagnostic/prescriptive classroom based educational program in a team setting to meet the needs of individual students based upon assessment information.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactory. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and /or ability required. Individual will hold valid driver’s license and have reliable insured transportation for required travel.
EDUCATION / WORK EXPERIENCE / LICENSE:
- A valid State of Oregon Teaching License with appropriate endorsements
- A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
RESPONSIBLITIES and ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Cultivate and model a respectful working and learning environment
- Annually pass the District’s required online training by the District’s assigned due-date
- Follow site and/or District protocol for reporting absences
- Maintain current licenses and/or certificates required for the position
- Utilize the District’s electronic systems and applications related to the job
- Promote high levels of achievement in relation to individual student abilities
- Implement techniques and methodologies appropriate to student abilities
- Utilize current and relevant subject matter
- Demonstrate knowledge of and ability to use research-based principles of effective instruction
- Organize instruction using learning objectives with clearly defined student outcomes
- Employ teaching strategies congruent with planned student outcomes
- Select teaching strategies emphasizing student involvement
- Monitor student learning and pace instruction accordingly
- Develop and maintain an environment conducive to effective student learning
- Develop clear classroom behavioral expectations
- Communicate course goals and academic expectations to students
- Provide for the health and safety of students in all instructional settings
- Prepare daily lesson plans and provide instruction predicated on course goals and objectives
- Implement and communicate appropriate standards-based grading practices
- Model personal behaviors of honesty, fairness, courtesy and consideration
- Maintain a cooperative relationship with administration, staff, students, and parents
- Share appropriate information with parents and with other staff members
- Work collaboratively in professional learning communities to provide documentation of students’ progress
- Provide timely and accurate feedback/documentation to students, parents, and appropriate staff members
- Create appropriate homework assignments and provide feedback to students
- Maintain appropriate records of student performance within district approved grade book
- Exhibit personal interest and build motivation to encourage student interest in the subject area
- Maintain an ongoing personal program of professional growth and development
- Develop and implement annually an approved plan for professional growth and
- Development
- Identify and request to attend professional workshop activities intended to increase the teacher’s instructional effectiveness
- Participate in District sponsored in service offerings appropriate to assignment
- Perform other reasonable duties that from time to time may be assigned to meet the usual and the unusual demands placed on the organization
