Duties

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Communicates expectations for high levels of learning by students
• Assess students’ knowledge and skills
• Specifies lesson purposes and learning objectives
• Provides learning tasks of appropriate difficulty level for the students
• Relates new content to previously presented material and to students’ prior knowledge
• Teaches clearly, audibly, precisely and fluently while keeping to the topic
• Instructs with a variety of methods: lecture, modeling, demonstrating, experimenting, role playing, eliciting collaboration around content and signs of student comprehension
• Teaches accurate principles, concepts, rationale, and applications as well as specific content
• Provides students with prompt feedback on their learning, performance, and progress
• Requires students to recall, explain, compare, contrast and evaluate information
• Provides students with prompt and appropriate feedback on their learning, performance and progress
• Re-teaches as necessary
• Summarizes the main points of the lesson, brings closure, and explains what will be taught next
• Encourages student input for improvement of instruction
• Establishes procedures for routine classroom management matters, communicates those procedures to students, and elicits feedback from students regarding their understanding of those procedures

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• Appropriate Illinois Licensure
• Superior work habits and ethics
• Excellent communications skills (written & verbal)
• Ability to work well with students, faculty and parents
• Interacts with students in a mutually respectful manner
• Expresses verbal enthusiasm for the lesson and student participation
• Praises students for accomplishments, on-task behaviors and appropriate conduct
• Gives all students opportunities to ask questions, contribute, and otherwise participate in class activities
  

Salary/Benefits

Compensation:

• Annual Salary: Starting at $41,200 per the Mount Olive Education Association Contract (2024-2027). All years of service acknowledged.  Board paid TRS. 
• Contract Information can be found here ? 2024-2027 Contract (2).pdf

Benefits- 80% of Health Insurance, Full (100%) Vision, Dental, and Life Insurance provided by the District. 

Additional Notes

Accounting, Business Law, Marketing, Keyboarding, Computer Concepts, Consumer Education are classes that we have offered based upon the teachers qualifications and interests. We would be open to others if the teacher has a passion and licensure for that class. 

How to Apply

Application Process:
Interested candidates must send a letter of interest, resume, references, and unofficial transcripts to Mr. Martin by June 3rd, 2026. Please mail all documents to the following address:

Documents may also be scanned and emailed to jmartin@mtoliveschools.org

         Mt. Olive CUSD #5

         Attn: Josh Martin

         804 West Main Street

         Mount Olive, IL 62069

Email Address

jmartin@mtoliveschools.org

School District

Mt. Olive High School

City Website

https://www.mtoliveschools.org

ILearn Link

ILearn

Report Card Link

District Report Card

Application Deadline

7/15/2026

Email for More Information

jmartin@mtoliveschools.org