Job Description

JobID: 3879

Position Type:

Elementary School Teaching

Date Posted:

10/27/2025

Location:

Riley Farms Elementary

Date Available:

August 2025

Closing Date:

Until Filled


Position: Fifth Grade Teacher

Posting Dates: October 27, 2025 - Until Filled

Reports to: Riley Farms Elementary School

Beginning: Immediately

Qualifications:

+ Valid Michigan teaching certificate required.
+ Elementary (

ZG

) endorsements required.

Job Responsibilities:

+ Plan and lead outdoor learning experiences that align with curriculum standards and foster student engagement with the natural environment
+ Responsible for lesson planning and instruction of the fifth-grade curriculum.
+ Demonstrates ability to differentiate instruction by creating challenging and engaging learning opportunities for all students.
+ Conducts ongoing assessment of student learning and progress, and modifies instructional methods to fit student needs.
+ Continues to acquire professional knowledge and learning of current developments in the educational field by attending seminars, workshops or professional development meetings.
+ Perform other duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

+

Reaching

: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
+

Lifting

: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
+

Grasping

: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
+

Talking

: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken work; those activities where detailed or import spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
+

Hearing

: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
+

Repetitive motions

: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
+ The worker is subject to environmental conditions.
+ The worker should provide consistent and reliable attendance.