Job Description:

This position will start on August 14th, 2026.

New Teacher Orientation will be held August 11th, 12th and 13th, 2026.

A teaching contract is 187 days.

External candidates are allowed to bring in up to 17 years of contracted K - 12 teaching experience.

This position is responsible for providing direct, specially designed instruction to students in elementary school. This includes evaluation of students, writing IEPs, developing programming, collecting data and reporting progress.

Qualifications:
1. A valid ND teaching certificate
2. Bachelor's degree

Applicants for teaching positions will be asked to complete the EPI Candidate Assessment. You
should receive an email prompting you to complete this survey. This is timed and takes
approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour to complete. You only need to complete the survey one time, and then it will show as completed on all applications.

Additional information on the BPS benefit package is posted on the District website:
https://www.bismarckschools.org/about-bps/departments/human-resources/employeebene?tsummaries

Job Goal
To lead students toward the fulfillment of their potential for physical, intellectual, and social-emotional growth and maturation.

Performance Responsibilities
Essential Functions
a. Communicates and interacts with students, parents, sta?, and community.
b. Provides an atmosphere and environment conducive to the intellectual, physical, social, and the
emotional development of children.
c. Develops, selects, and modi?es instructional plans and materials to meet the needs of all
students.
d. Plans and provides for appropriate learning experiences for students.
e. Monitors and evaluates student outcomes.
f. Supervises students in a variety of school-related settings.
g. Maintains appropriate records and follows required procedures and practices.
h. Assesses the accomplishments of students on a regular basis and provides progress
reports as required.
i. Daily lesson plans are essential to an organized, e?ective teaching situation. Plans must be
complete enough so that a substitute teacher can take over the class if necessary.

Non-Essential Functions
a. Strives to maintain and improve professional competence.
b. Monitors appropriate use and care of equipment, materials, and facilities.
c. Meets and instructs assigned classes in the locations and at the times designated by the
immediate supervisor.
d. Prepares for classes assigned and shows written evidence of preparation upon request of
immediate supervisor.
e. Assists the administration in implementing all policies and/or rules governing student life and
conduct, and, for the classroom, develops reasonable rules of classroom behavior and procedure, and
maintains order in the classroom and on the campus in a fair and just manner.
f. Takes necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and
facilities.
g. Attends and participates in faculty meetings.
h. Assists in the selection of books, equipment, and other instructional materials.
i. Establishes and maintains cooperative relations with other sta? members.
j. Provides for his/her own professional growth through an ongoing program of reading, workshops, seminars, conferences, and/or advanced course work at institutions of higher learning complying with Bismarck Public Schools' professional growth program.

Position Type: Full-Time

Job Requirements
Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Salary: $53,713 to $79,872 Per Year