Housing in villages is assigned and subsidized. Bethel housing is the responsibility of the employee.
Annual roundtrip airfare from work site - Anchorage reimbursement.
Eligible Candidates:
- Licensed Teacher, Director/Principal
School Requirements:
- Education Required: Bachelor
- Minimum Teaching Experience: 5 years of teaching experience
- Major: Educational Leadership
- Required Certificates: Teaching Credential/License
- Work Visa Eligibility: United States (USA)
Medical, dental, and vision insurance are included in the employee benefits. We also offer life insurance. The State of Alaska has a retirement system that employees are required to pay into. We offer paid time off and paid sick leave. Additionally, we have a comprehensive professional development system that allows our employees to grow in his/her/their career.
Salary and Benefits:
- Full-time position
- Full flight reimbursement from work site to Anchorage
- Induction teacher training program
- Ongoing training and career development opportunities
- Teacher housing provided with subsidized rent in certain communities
Job Description:
An exciting place to learn, a rewarding place to teach!
The Lower Kuskokwim School District (LKSD) is an exciting and rewarding place to learn and teach in “bush” Alaska. LKSD is the largest rural school district in Alaska with 27 schools, 350 teachers, and about 4,000 Yup'ik students. The landmass of the District is about the size of West Virginia spreading along the Kuskokwim River and Bering Coast of southwest Alaska. Travel is by jet from Anchorage, and then by small plane, snowmobile, or boat from Bethel to the village sites.
Our Mission:
The mission of the Lower Kuskokwim School District is to ensure bilingual, culturally appropriate, and effective education for all students, thereby providing them with the opportunity to be responsible, productive citizens.
Job Overview:
- Maintain high expectations for student academic success and conduct
- Administer a variety of formal and informal assessments to measure student growth and mastery and to evaluate and refine instruction
- Reinforce school-wide rules and expectations
- Collaborate closely with fellow teachers and other staff members
- Differentiate instruction effectively to meet the individual needs of students
- Identify students who are academically at risk and initiate effective intervention strategies
- Participate actively in professional development
- Communicate frequently with parents
- Build strong relationships with students, staff, and families
- Assist the administration in implementing all policies and/or rules governing student life and conduct, and for the classroom, develop reasonable rules of classroom behavior and procedures and maintain order in the classroom in a fair and just manner.
- Maintain accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulations
- Attend and participate in Community School Committee and various Advisory Committee meetings.
- Perform other duties as assigned
Job Type: Full-time
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