Middle School Social Studies Teacher

Middle School Social Studies Teacher

Ludington Area School District in beautiful Ludington, Michigan is hiring a social studies teacher for O.J. DeJonge Middle School (grades 6-8). This is a full time job beginning in the 2026-2027 school year.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plan, prepare, and deliver lesson plans and instructional materials that facilitate learning for middle school students.
• Use relevant technology to support and differentiate instruction and engage students in the learning process. 
• Establish classroom structures that value positive relationships through intentional implementation of the district curriculum and support the Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports system. 
• Exhibit an ability to work within the Professional Learning Communities method of curriculum development. 
• Communicate necessary information regularly to students, colleagues, and parents regarding student progress and needs. 
• Establish and communicate clear objectives for all learning activities. 

Additional Qualifications:

• The strong desire and ability to build meaningful, caring, and appropriate relationships with students to exert academic press and influence. 
• The ability to collaboratively create and execute clear, logical instructional plans that produce strong results in student learning. 
• The ability to integrate 21st Century competencies such as technology literacy, collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving, goal setting, ethical citizenship, and personal accountability in curriculum. 
• The capacity to rigorously create and sustain a well-orchestrated system of ongoing data collection and analysis to inform a continuously responsive and adaptive system of tiered instruction attentive to student’s specific academic needs. 
• The capacity to align curriculum, instruction, and assessments while responding to individual needs of students. 

Required Professional Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in Education
• Valid Michigan Teaching Certificate (RX or CX endorsement)
• Valid state licensing to meet Highly Qualified requirements

Apply in writing with the following application materials: a letter of interest, resume, transcripts and certification and three letters of recommendation. Submit application materials as one (1) PDF to: jobs@ lasd.net or mail materials to Ludington Area School District, 809 E Tinkham Avenue, Ludington MI 49431, Attention: JOBS.