What are the responsibilities and job description for the CERTIFIED_MS Instrumental Music Teacher 2025 / 26 position at Gretna Public Schools?
Job Title : MS INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC TEACHER
Department : Instruction
Salary and Benefits : Commensurate with experience and graduate degree(s). There is no cap on years of experience when determining salary. Also, all health insurance premiums are fully covered, regardless of the plan selected.
Education Level and Certification : Bachelors degree required. Must possess at all times during employment a Nebraska Teaching Certificate with such endorsements as required by NDE Rule 10.
Reports To : Principal
Performance Responsibilities :
- Teach assigned classes and perform related duties as set forth under Job Tasks.
- Provide for the reasonable care and safety of students under the teacher's supervision.
- Supervise students in out-of-classroom activities as assigned.
- Provide care for students, including reporting suspected child abuse or neglect to supervisor and provide medication administration as assigned.
- Participate in team meetings for the development of IEPs and 504 Plans and implement provisions of IEPs and 504 Plan accommodations for the teacher's students.
- Participate in faculty committees and the sponsorship of activities as assigned.
- Participate in professional activities and staff development as assigned and as needed to maintain professional competence and to perform duties.
- Develop and maintain a positive rapport with students and parents.
- Develop and maintain a positive and professional working relationship with other staff and administration.
- Maintain confidentiality of information concerning colleagues, students, and parents in accordance with law and District rules.
- Provide for proper care, maintenance and reasonable security of all District property in the teacher's custody.
- Utilize instructional materials and other resources in a competent and effective manner, including computer, e-mail, electronic student information systems, and other technology to perform assigned duties.
- Adhere to all district policies, rules, regulations, and supervisor directives.
- Adhere to the code of ethics of the District and the code of ethics set forth in NDE Rule
- The teacher must serve as a positive role model for other staff and students.
- Perform other tasks as assigned.
Required Employee Characteristics : The Secondary Teacher is to possess and exhibit the following characteristics :
FLSA Status : Exempt.
Professional exemption : The employee has a primary duty of performing work requiring knowledge of an advanced type in a field of science or learning customarily acquired by a prolonged course of specialized intellectual instruction and study or has a primary duty of teaching, tutoring, instructing, or lecturing in the activity of imparting knowledge and is employed and engaged in this activity as a teacher.
Essential Functions :
The essential functions of the Teacher position include : (1) regular, dependable in-person attendance on the job; (2) the ability to perform the identified tasks and to possess and utilize the identified knowledge, skills, and abilities and to perform the identified work activities; and (3) the ability to perform the following identified physical requirements :
Physical Requirements
Teacher
E = Essential
NE = Non-Essential
Stamina
1. Sitting
2. Walking
3. Standing
4. Sprinting / Running
Flexibility
5. Bending or twisting at the neck more than the average person
6. Bending or twisting at the trunk more than the average person
7. Squatting / Stooping / Kneeling
8. Reaching above the head
9. Reaching forward
10. Repeating the same hand, arm or finger motion many times (For example : typing, data entry, etc.)
Activities
11. Climbing (on ladders, into large trucks / vehicles, etc.)
12. Hand / grip strength
13. Driving on the job
14. Typing non-stop
Use of Arms and Hands
15. Manual dexterity (screwing a lid on a jar)
16. Finger dexterity (typing)
Lifting Requirements
17. Lifting up to 10 pounds (Mark all that apply)
Floor to waist
Waist to shoulder
Shoulder to overhead
18. Lifting 11 to 25 pounds (Mark all that apply)
Floor to waist
Waist to shoulder
Shoulder to overhead
19. Lifting 26 to 50 pounds (Mark all that apply)
Floor to waist
Waist to shoulder
Shoulder to overhead
20. Lifting 51 to 75 pounds (Mark all that apply)
Floor to waist
Waist to shoulder
Shoulder to overhead
21. Lifting 76 plus pounds (Mark all that apply)
Floor to waist
Waist to shoulder
Shoulder to overhead
22. Can load / items weighing over 50 pounds that are lifted or carried be shared, or reduced into smaller loads?
Pushing / Pulling
23. 25 to 50 pounds
24. 51 to 75 pounds
25. 76 to 90 pounds
26. Over 90 pounds
Carrying
27. 10 to 25 pounds
28. 26 to 50 pounds
29. 51 to 75 pounds
30. 76 to 90 pounds
31. Over 90 pounds
