EL Teacher Grades K-2

Position Title: EL Teacher

Job ID#: 1810

Assignment: Elementary School

Reports to: Building Principal

Date Available: 2025-2026 School Year

Contract: 186 days

Crete Public Schools is seeking qualified applicants for the position of EL Teacher at Crete Elementary School for grades K-2 for the 2025-2026 school year. Benefits include paid health insurance, long-term disability insurance, and personal and sick leave. This position is open until filled.

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required
• Nebraska Teaching Certificate with appropriate endorsement
• Satisfactory completion of criminal background check
  
  

Required Job Tasks

• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students
  
  

for whom they are responsible.

• Observe and evaluate students'; performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate those objectives to
  
  

students.

• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests.
• Instruct through lectures, discussions, and demonstrations in one or more subjects, such as
  
  

English, mathematics, or social studies.

• Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments in order to evaluate students' progress.
• Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that
  
  

provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.

• Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and
  
  

administrative regulations.

• Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
• Assign lessons and correct homework.
• Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
• Confer with parents or guardians, teachers, counselors, and administrators in order to
  
  

resolve students'; behavioral and academic problems.

• Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to
  
  

persevere with challenging tasks.

• Prepare objectives and outlines for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or
  
  

requirements of the State and the school district.

• Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's' progress and to determine priorities
  
  

for their children and their resource needs.

• Guide and counsel students with adjustment or academic problems, or special academic interests.
• Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students'; needs and progress.
• Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help.
• Prepare for assigned classes and show written evidence of preparation upon request of immediate
  
  

supervisors.

• Perform administrative duties such as assisting in school libraries, hall and cafeteria monitoring,
  
  

and bus loading and unloading.

• Administer standardized ability and achievement tests and interpret results to determine student
  
  

strengths and areas of need.

• Organize and supervise games and other recreational activities to promote physical, mental, and
  
  

social development.

• Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers or other experiential
  
  

activities, and guide students in learning from those activities.

• Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
• Serve as a role model to all students.
• Serve as a positive member of the community in a way that does not negatively affect the District's
  
  

reputation or image in the community.

• Refrain from engaging in conduct that interferes with the operations of the District, including the
  
  

education of students.

• Develop and maintain a positive and professional working relationship with other staff and
  
  

administration.

• Adhere to all District policies, rules, regulations, and supervisory directives.
• Maintain confidentiality of information concerning staff, students, and parents in accordance with
  
  

law and District rules.

• Adhere to the code of ethics of the District and the Nebraska Department of Education
  
  

(NDE Rule 27).

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.

Other Responsibilities

Perform other tasks or duties as assigned by the Superintendent or Principal.

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