PK-Elementary General Education Teacher

26-27 PK-Elementary General Education Teacher

Taos Municipal School District - Taos, New Mexico.

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• Job
• Final date to receive applications:
  Posted until filled
• Posted:
  Mar 10, 2026 6:00 AM (UTC)
• Starting Date:
  Immediately

Classification:
Certified

Location:

Assigned School.

Reports to:

School Principal FLSA Status:
Exempt.

Bargaining Unit:
Teacher (188 working days, 7.5 hours/day).

Position Summary: The teacher is primarily responsible for effective teaching and learning of the assigned subject(s) following district approved curriculum, instruction and assessment practices. Primary responsibility shall include student safety and appropriate collaboration and attention to each student’s readiness to learn including needed guidance, discipline, and welfare. Teacher may in a variety of secondary, individual or team teaching, settings.

Supervision: The teacher works with a high level of independence and professional discretion under the general supervision of a designated school administrator. The teacher’s work is governed, controlled, and evaluated by acceptable professional practice, school and district policies and regulations, provisions of Taos Municipal Schools district policies and procedures, direction of the supervisor, and performance standards and expectations as set forth in the collective bargaining agreement.

• Teaches a full range of competencies to include but not limited to:
• Familiar with Taos Municipal Schools’ curriculum and its goals and objectives.
• Must be able to relate specific Career and Technical Education concepts to daily life situations.
• Ability to design activity-centered units that also support academic essential learning.
• Incorporate Student Leadership standards within curricula.
• Participate in program advisory activities.
• The teacher plans for student success based on assessed needs of individuals students and the use of data and information to determine each student’s current knowledge of skill level, set student learning goals, and assess student progress. The assessment of student needs includes the use of district approved assessment tools and strategies in addition to the teachers own professional practice.
• As part of the planning process for inclusion students with special needs, the teacher may assist in identifying and complies with teaching and learning and student accommodation requirements under Individual Education Plans (IEP) and 504 accommodation requirements.
• The teacher works collaboratively in a professional learning community with other teachers, support staff, and others as appropriate, in addressing the needs of the students, developing effective teaching and learning practices, and developing and implementing best practices.
• The teacher will regularly conduct planning for lessons using commonly accepted professional practice (content, goals, assessment, re‑teaching, etc.) and consistent with school/district approved curriculum and instructional practice. The teacher uses research‑based instructional strategies in planning lessons to make the teaching and learning more relevant to students (e.g., contextual learning opportunities).
• The teacher maintains and provides reasonable and meaningful student grading and evaluation consistent with school district policy and regularly and effectively communicates such information to students and parents. Reporting may include regular posting to and maintenance of electronic grade systems with parent and student access.
• The teacher integrates district approved and/or required technology into planning, learning, progress reporting, and required record‑keeping activities.
• The teacher creates, communicates, and maintains classroom management practices that effectively engage students in the learning process. Acceptable student behavior and related discipline procedures are well understood by students and consistently enforced to maintain a positive learning environment.
• The teacher will actively participate in faculty and grade level or department meeting, assist building efforts to plan, budget, implement, and evaluate the school’s program and to do related work…