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Health Sciences Teacher

West Fargo Public Schools
On-site
West Fargo, North Dakota, United States
Public Health & Advocacy

  • Position Type:
      High School Teacher/Career & Technical Education

  • Date Posted:
      7/16/2025

  • Location:
      West Fargo High School

  • Closing Date:
      Until Filled

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    Job Description
    Position Title: Health Sciences Teacher
    Location: West Fargo High School
    Department: Curriculum & Instruction
    Reports To: Building Principal
    Term: Renewing 188-day contract beginning with 2025-26 school year
    Schedule: Mon-Fri Full-time
    Salary:  Position follows the  2025-2027 Teacher Salary Schedule
    Date of last review: July 2025












    SUMMARY: The Health Sciences Teacher provides instruction and practical hands-on experiences to learners in health sciences to promote marketable job skills and training in a related career field including classroom and lab instruction related to the medical field. Areas of instruction may include areas such as principles of biomedical sciences, CNA courses, medical terminology, and health sciences. The classroom teacher creates an engaging, nurturing and safe learning environment that allows learners to develop their physical, social, and emotional wellbeing; providing instruction in academics, future ready skills, knowledge, and dispositions to be compassionate, lifelong-learners, and contributing citizens in a rapidly changing world.
     
    To Apply: Please complete the application and provide a letter of interest, a resume, and three letters of recommendation. Please also include your transcripts and a copy of your licensure through ESPB, if available.
     
    QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and requirement satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required for the role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
     
    ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: (Other duties may be assigned)
    Collaboration:
    • Develops positive, effective working relationships with learners and staff.
    • Engages with other district staff in the professional learning community process.
    • Fosters an environment that establishes respect and rapport between the educator and learners.
    • Utilizes questions and discussion topics that promotes critical thinking.
    Communication:
    • Connects and shares ideas through appropriate/applicable formats to express thoughts and ideas with integrity.
    • Facilitates connection and sharing of thoughts and ideas in multiple formats with diverse audiences.
    • Utilizes effective communication skills to facilitate connection and sharing of thoughts and ideas in multiple formats with diverse audiences.
    • Establishes and clearly articulates procedures and routines that promote efficiency and appropriate use of time.
    • Clearly communicates the instructional purpose of each lesson and makes connections to prior learning.
    • Engages learners in meaningful direct instruction, guided practice, and independent practice.
    • Utilizes questions, discussions, and dialogue that promote critical thinking about diverse perspectives, viewpoints, and experiences.
    Compassion:
    • Empowers learners to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic learners, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information.
    • Understands the complexities of cultural and global issues and how they relate to employee and learners’ experiences.
    • Partners with others to resolve potential controversy and conflict through respectful discussion.
    • Proactively seeks to understand the ideas, opinions, and skills of others.
    Creativity:
    • Connects with team members and shares ideas in an effort to improve the overall learner and employee experience.
    • Utilizes creative, critical thinking skills when faced with challenges.
    • Designs assessments that are aligned to the standards and learning targets and provides frequent opportunities for authentic and meaningful assessments.
    • Establishes a culture that values high expectations, work ethic, and a growth mindset.
    Critical Thinking:
    • Reasons, interprets, and analyzes information to generate new knowledge and understanding.
    • Demonstrates knowledge of content and pedagogy; explicitly connecting key concepts to develop learner skills.
    Reflection:
    • Demonstrates understanding of the diverse social, emotional and developmental learning needs of learners.
    • Maintains communication with supervisor and director regarding general feedback, career advancement opportunities, and areas of growth opportunities.
    Resilience:
    • Maintains composure while dealing with stressful situations.
    • Proactively seeks out resolutions and takes initiative to resolve knowledge gaps.
    • Proactively engages in problem solving when faced with challenges.
    Responsibility:
    • Proactively seeks areas of opportunity to grow in planning and organizational skills.
    • Utilizes district guaranteed and viable curriculum including the scope & sequence of academic and social emotional learning targets along with the defined proficiency scales.
    • Plans a program of study that meets the individual needs, interests, and abilities of the learners.
    • Utilizes district behavioral plans as a backbone to promote positive learner behavior.
    • Fosters a safe and equitable learning environment.
    • Utilizes the district protocol for maintaining information on learner progress.
    • Utilizes knowledge of applicable federal and state laws regarding education and learners.
    • Creates an environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of the learners.
    • Guides the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and, in harmony with the goals, establishes clear objectives for all lessons, units, projects and the like to communicate these objectives to learners.
     
    PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT: The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
    • While performing the essential duties and responsibilities of this role, the employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms.
    • While performing the essential duties and responsibilities of this role, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, bend, talk, and hear.
    • The specific vision abilities required for this role include close and peripheral vision.
    • The employee may be required to lift up to ~30 pounds.
    • The employee must work with the public and various WFPS staff while simultaneously managing several competing demands.
    • The employee may come in contact with bloodborne pathogens or other bodily fluids on rare occasions.
    • The employee will work in an environment that has a quiet to loud noise level.
       
    Education and/or Experience:
    • Education or experience required includes either of the following:
      • Bachelor’s degree with a health-related major, or major equivalent as accepted by ESPB, from an approved institution with appropriate certification in approved field.
      • Work experience in the health field with 8,000 hours of verifiable occupational excellence.
    • Selected candidate will be required to complete Clinical Practice Program within first two years of employment.
      • Provisional certification to teach in a CTE funded program may be granted when the instructor is enrolled in a CTE approved alternative teacher preparation program. Such provisional certification may be renewed annually provided the instructor is continuing to work toward full licensure. Provisional licensing options are available in Occupational, Praxis Testing Option (may be available depending on route), or Alternate Licensing.
      • An instructor shall earn a minimum of six (6) credits for renewal of the regular (5 year) CTE credential.
    • Valid Teaching Certificate in Career and Technical Education is required.
    • Previous experience working in a high school setting is preferred.
    • Prior teaching experience is preferred.
     
    Language Skills:
    • Ability to read, write, and comprehend simple instructions and short correspondences in the English language.
    • Ability to communicate effectively verbally, expressively, and reactively.
     
    Other Skills and Abilities:
    • Exercise confidentiality, discretion, and good judgement.
    • Adhere to the assigned work schedule by maintaining regular and punctual attendance.
     
    SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
    • None.

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    The West Fargo Public School District is committed to maintaining a learning and working environment free from discrimination and harassment in all employment and educational programs, activities, and facilities. The District prohibits discrimination and harassment based on an individual’s race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, or other protected status by law. External applicants are eligible for ND Veteran’s Preference: North Dakota veterans claiming preference must submit all proof of eligibility by the closing date. Proof of eligibility includes a form DD214, and if claiming disabled veteran’s status, a current letter of disability. West Fargo Public Schools is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusivity in all hiring and employment practices. Applicants who incorporate a holistic perspective and a commitment to inclusion are encouraged to apply.
     
     
     
     


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