Teacher - STEM - Middle (One Year Only 26-27 School Year)

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Job Posting Title:
Teacher - STEM - Middle (One Year Only 26-27 School Year)

Job Description:
Facilitates an innovative classroom environment for students to construct their own learning opportunities using design thinking, engineering, creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, problem-solving, and communication. Collaborates with other STEM and content-area teachers to authentically integrate multiple disciplines (topics such as alternative energy, robotics, mechanics, and social innovation). Understanding of problem-based learning and the ability to measure student growth in nontraditional ways.

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
• Occasional lifting five (5) to ten (10) pounds
• Frequent sitting and standing
• Occasional bending or squatting

Position Specific Information (if Applicable):

This job would entail 5 class periods of STEM, one advisement period, and 2 planning periods. This job is for the second half of the 2026/2027 school year.

Responsibilities:

--- Collaborate with other STEM and content area teachers to integrate and support all contents.

--- Collaborate with students to design project-based assessments.

--- Facilitate learning opportunities that measure and integrate creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, communication, problem solving, global awareness and other 21st century skills.

--- Facilitate technology, design thinking applications, social innovation applications.

--- Differentiate instruction and learning opportunities to meet the needs of all learners.

Certifications:
Teaching License - Colorado Department of Education

Education:
Bachelor's Degree (Required)

Position Type:
Regular

Primary Location:
Cresthill Middle School

One Year Only (Yes or No):
Yes

Scheduled Hours Per Week:
40

Full-Time Equivalent (FTE):
1.00

Approx Scheduled Days Per Year:
185 Work Days

Full Salary Range:
$51,914.00 USD - $108,643.00 USD Annual

Position Salary Schedule Eligibility:
General

Licensed position salaries are set based on one of three salary schedules; General, Hard to Hire, and Specialist/Extremely Hard to Hire. DCSD will award up to 7 years of previous licensed teaching experience at the time of hire. Click HERE to view the current DCSD Licensed Salary Schedules*.

• *All salary amounts listed on the schedules are based on a full-time (1.0) FTE. If applicable, part-time salaries will be prorated according to the assigned FTE.

Benefits:
This position is eligible for health, vision, dental, health savings account (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), District paid and voluntary additional (supplemental) life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, critical illness and accident voluntary insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), voluntary 401(k), 403(b) and 457 retirement plan options.

Time Off Plans:
This position is eligible for paid sick and personal time.

This position will be open until filled, but will not be open past:
December 30, 2026