Health Teacher

Middle School Health Teacher

Oxford Hills Middle School

Paris Maine

Application Deadline: When Suitable Candidate is Found

Oxford Hills Middle School serves approximately 500 students in grades 78. OHMS has two campuses located about 2 miles apart one in South Paris and one in Oxford. The successful candidate will be passionate about instruction student achievement and best practices.

As a District we are committed to our four Strategic Pillars: Healthy and Resilient Students Maximizing Our Facilities to Support Learning Recruiting and Growing Talent and Rigorous Relevant and Responsive Learning. We are invested in the wellbeing of our students and our staff and you will find our classrooms both indoors and outdoors as evolving spaces intentionally designed to optimize learning.

OUR MISSION

The Oxford Hills School District in partnership with families and communities engages and supports all students in diverse and challenging learning opportunities to prepare them to graduate as healthy responsible and productive citizens ready to succeed in our global societies.

CORE BELIEFS

Therefore the Oxford Hills School District in collaboration with its parents and communities will:

• Meet students where they are motivating and helping them develop their individual learning paths.
• Hold students to high expectations and provide adequate time and support to achieve them.
• Prepare students for success by helping them develop critical thinking and problemsolving skills.
• Foster high aspirations and the skills of selfdetermination selfcontrol and selfadvocacy.
• Guide students to be curious learners and ethical leaders able to adapt to changing times.
• Provide learning experiences in a safe caring and welcoming environment.

OXFORD HILLS REGION

The Oxford Hills School District (MSAD 17 comprises the towns of Norway South Paris West Paris Oxford Waterford Harrison Hebron and Otisfield. MSAD 17 shares vocational resources and accepts students in its Oxford Hills Technical School programs from the RSU10 School District towns of Buckfield Hartford and Sumner. Oxford Hills/Nezinscot Adult Education is located within the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School.

The Oxford Hills offer a variety of outdoor resources for anyone wishing to enjoy the region whatever the season. The area boasts more than ten lakes and ponds for outdoor recreation a land trust with hundreds of acres for skiing snowshoeing and is in close proximity to several downhill skiing areas! Community support for Oxford Hills athletics and extracurricular activities is very strong and represents the robust regional commitment to the students and schools within the district.

Expectations of Oxford Hills School District Staff:

• As contributing members of the districts learning community all district staff members areexpected to:

1. Model a strong work ethic perseverance and grit as well as responsibility and respect;
2. Utilize best practices for motivating todays students in a safe supportive learning environment;
3. Demonstrate knowledge in the development of realworld learning experiences and community partnerships to provide students with opportunities for extensions of learning applied learning community service and citizenship;
4. Demonstrate a willingness and ability to collaborate engage and communicate with colleagues parents and the public;

• Further instructional staff will emphasize and employ practices that lead to improvement in student achievement by:

1. Instilling problemsolving and critical thinking as a new basics for learning across allgrade levels;
2. Delivering strong literacy instruction across content areas;
3. Helping student develop skills to apply interpret analyze and evaluate the vast everexpanding amount of information;
4. Employing effective lesson design by adjusting to students personal learning needs andpreferences including appropriate technology applications.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Candidates must hold a valid Maine certificate or the ability to obtain one with appropriate

endorsement(s).

Reports to: Building Principal

Work Schedule: 180 Day Contract

HOW TO APPLY

Applicants must complete the entire online application as well as provide cover letter rsum

copy of certification transcripts and three current letters of reference to be considered for a

position. Please be sure to provide complete reference information in the application for each

reference including name address phone and email address.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The Oxford Hills School District is an EEO/AA employer. All qualified applicants will receive

consideration for employment without regard to race color religion gender national origin

sexual orientation age disability protected veteran status or any other characteristic

protected by law.

School/ProgramSpecific Information

Oxford Hills Middle School is looking for a teacher who is passionate about Health. Health Teachers at Oxford Hills Middle School work directly with students to help them grow as individuals. At OHMS we work with students from diverse backgrounds and learning abilities. We strive to help students develop a love for science. All OHMS teachers work as a member of a grade level team and have the opportunity to collaborate with both their teams and departments regularly.