Mathematics Instructor

This posting is for a long-term substitute Mathematics Teacher for 60 days starting in the 2024 school year. Certification to teach Mathematics is preferred. The substitute will be teaching Algebra 1.

To be considered for this substitute position, candidates must first apply through the Medina County Educational Service Center and be board-approved by the Cloverleaf Board of Education as a substitute teacher for the 2024/25 school year.

Cloverleaf Local Schools is a unified community committed to lifelong learning. Our mission is to provide all students with an excellent education that prepares them for life's challenges.

We offer innovative instruction filled with engaging, experience-based learning opportunities, delivered by highly qualified educators in a safe, stimulating, and respectful environment.

Cloverleaf was formed in 1957 when five school districts merged into one. Our campus is located in Southwest Medina County, only 45 minutes from downtown Cleveland and 30 minutes from downtown Akron and downtown Wooster.

Our district covers 119 square miles and is comprised of five townships and five villages.

• Teach Algebra 1 to middle school students
• Maintain accurate student accounting records and become familiar with the cumulative records of all students in classes as required by district policy
• Establish and maintain cooperative professional relationships with students, parents/guardians, colleagues, and community members
• Provide guidance and counsel to students, which will promote their welfare and their proper educational development
• Administer the classroom and its program of organization and management
• Discipline and control should be maintained at all times with those whom the teacher is charged with supervising
• Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with parents through effective use of interim reports, report cards, and conferences
• Write clear and usable lesson plans that correlate with Ohio Department of Education standards, and proficiency guidelines, and district courses of study
• Submit lesson plans on time
• Demonstrate knowledge of subject matter
• Be prompt in arriving and dismissing a class in conformity with school schedules, as well as reporting promptly to school and to any meetings called
• Present clear, complete, and accurate explanations suitable to levels of learners
• Approach subject matter in a positive and enthusiastic manner; present subject matter in a calm, self-confident, and poised manner
• Receive learners' questions comfortably, and answer them clearly and completely
• Give positive reinforcement to acceptable academic and social behavior
• Consistently confront undesirable behavior with firmness and fairness
• Monitor student behavior and activities
• Cooperate with special services programs, i.e., DH, LD tutoring, LD resource, Small Group Instruction Teams and will endeavor to make provisions for individual differences in students
• Ask relevant questions of varying difficulty throughout the lesson to check for understanding
• Encourage active student participation
• Assess student progress
• Provide homework that is relevant to the learning objective
• Provide for the care and protection of district property
• Keep an active record of texts, supplies, and equipment used in the classroom
• Refer attendance, health, and psychological/emotional problems to the principal and/or guidance counselor
• Assist in the selection of textbooks, equipment, and other instructional materials
• Accept a share of responsibility for committees and co-curricular activities
• Attend county, district, and faculty meetings (seminars, conferences, workshops, and so forth) as adopted in the district's calendar unless excused by the principal

• Appropriate State of Ohio teaching certification/licensure
• Demonstrate a sincere desire to aid all students
• Demonstrate aptitude for successful completion of tasks assigned

This is a long-term substitute position, and the selected candidate will be working with the Cloverleaf Local Schools team for 60 days.

The selected candidate will be responsible for teaching Algebra 1 to middle school students and maintaining accurate student accounting records.

The Cloverleaf Local Schools team is committed to providing an excellent education that prepares students for life's challenges.