REPORTS TO
Principal
JOB GOAL
To follow the approved district curriculum and establish a class environment that fosters learning and personal growth to help students to develop skills, attitudes and knowledge needed to provide a good foundation for continued education; and to maintain good relationships with parents and other staff members.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Salary: per BHEA negotiated contract and BHBOE
Required criminal history background check and proof of US citizenship or legal resident alien status.
Must be NJ resident within one year from date of hire
EEO/AA
It is the policy of Berkeley Heights Public Schools not to discriminate against someone on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, sex (including pregnancy), disability or genetic information, or other protected status under applicable federal, state or local law.
The Berkeley Heights Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district serving students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Berkeley Heights in Union County, New Jersey.
The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.
The district's high school serves public school students of Berkeley Heights, along with those from the neighboring Borough of Mountainside who are educated at the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Mountainside School District. Governor Livingston also provides programs for deaf, hard of hearing and cognitively-impaired students who are enrolled from all over north-central New Jersey.
The Board of Education and administrative offices for the district are located in the original Columbia School building on Plainfield Avenue, adjacent to middle school building.
Schools in the district:
Mary Kay McMillin Early Childhood Center
Thomas P. Hughes Elementary School
Mountain Park Elementary School
William Woodruff Elementary School
Columbia Middle School
Governor Livingston High School
