Teaching and Other Education Jobs in Michigan ~ Updated 10/30/14

Jobs are posted here the day they are announced. I will attempt to keep the list updated by deleting outdated posts. Best of luck finding your perfect teaching position!

Elementary Teachers

• K-5 Teachers Dearborn Heights (10/1)
• Long Term Sub Music Lake Orion (10/2)
• Long Term Sub Spanish Lake Orion (10/2)
• Long Term Sub 1st Grade Clio (10/2)
• Elementary/MS Art Lapeer (10/2)
• 4th Grade Teacher St. Clair Shores (10/3)
• Art Teacher Detroit (10/6)
• Spanish Detroit (10/6)
• Music Longterm Sub Rochester Hills (10/10)
• PE Teacher Mt. Pleasant (10/10)
• Art Coldwater (10/10)
• Spanish Coldwater (10/10)
• 1st Grade Redford (10/10)
• Art Brighton (10/10)
• Kindergarten Brighton (10/10)
• 3rd Grade Troy (10/10)
• Music Plymouth-Canton (10/10)
• ESL Dearborn (10/13)
• 3rd Grade Battle Creek (10/16)
• Technology Teacher Clarkston (10/16)
• Challenge Program Coordinator Davison (10/16)
• 4th Grade Hamtramck (10/21)
• K-5 Teachers Dearborn Heights (10/23)
• Homeschool Teacher West Bloomfield (10/23)
• Computer Teacher Detroit (10/30)
• Elementary Teacher Brighton (10/30)
• Elementary Teacher Howell (10/30)

Secondary Teachers

• HS Health St. Clair Shores (9/29)
• HS English Southfield (9/30)
• HS Math Dearborn (10/1)
• MS Vocal Music Bloomfield Hills (10/1)
• HS/MS Teachers Detroit (10/2)
• HS Biology/Environmental Science Beecher (10/2)
• HS Spanish West Bloomfield (10/2)
• MS Social Studies Long Term Sub St. Clair Shores (10/3)
• MS Science Long Term Sub St. Clair Shores (10/3)
• Math Support Fenton (10/3)
• Art Teacher Detroit (10/6)
• ELA Dearborn Heights (10/6)
• HS Math and HS Social Studies Teachers Detroit (10/7)
• MS Math, Social Studies ELA Teacher Detroit (10/7)
• MS Social Studies and Language Arts Teacher Flint (10/7)
• MS Math Science Social Studies English Teachers Flint (10/7)
• Woodshop, Mechanical Drafting, PE Teacher Troy (10/8)
• ESL Dearborn (10/13)
• MS Long Term LA sub (10/16)
• MS Math Intervention Specialist Berkley (10/16)
• Teachers Grand Rapids (10/16)
• MS ELA Long Term Sub Swartz Creek (10/16)
• Technology Teacher Farmington Hills/Auburn Hills (10/16)
• Social Studies Substitute Zeeland (10/21)
• HS Math Bloomfield Hills (10/21)
• HS Vocal Music Bloomfield Hills (10/21)
• 6-12 Science Dearborn Heights (10/23)
• HS Math Wixom (10/23)
• History Clarkston (10/30)

Special Education Teachers

• HS Special Education Hazel Park (10/1)
• Resource Room Troy (10/6)
• HS special education Dryden (10/16)
• Special Education Detroit (10/21)
• Special Education Warren (10/30)

Early Childhood

• GSRP Teacher Grand Blanc (10/16)
• Early Childhood Program Coordinator Whitehall (10/23)
• Preschool Teacher Rochester Hills (10/30)

Paraprofessionals

• Plymouth-Canton Many Openings (9/22)
• Library Parapro Plymouth-Canton (9/23)
• ESL Paraeducator Troy (10/21)

Other

• High School Media Specialist Mt. Morris (10/3)
• Homebound Teacher Grand Blanc (10/3)
• Education Coordinator Farmington Hills (10/5)
• Youth Development Professional Washington Twp. (10/7)
• Technology Teacher and Coach Bloomfield Hills (10/7)
• Enrichment Instructor Oakland County (10/16)
• Live-in Residential Educational Counselor Detroit (10/16)
• Librarian Dryden (10/16)
• ESL Program Implementation Coordinator (10/21)
• Academic Assessment Specialist Saulte Sainte Marie (10/23)
• After School Chess Teacher Metro Detroit (10/23)

Visiting the Sugar Cane Fields

This morning we visited a sugar cane field where 19 different Haitian families live and work. We did this as kind of a service learning project and to see how other people live in the DR because all of the students we work with are quite wealthy. This was a very eye opening experience that cannot be put into words.

Last night we made cream cheese sandwiches and filled a piñata with candy in preparation for the trip. We traveled far from Santo Domingo, toward the mountains that separate DR from Haiti. Once we reached the little village, children started running out to greet the van. By the time we got out of the van though, the children were all gone. We started handing out cups of coca cola to the adults sitting outside, and eventually the kids started to reappear. They had been called inside the change into nicer clothes because there were visitors! It was surprising because these people have so little, but they wanted to look as nice as possible. We handed out the sandwiches and chocolates, which everyone loved. I had some little “silly band” bracelets with the CMU Flying C logo that I handed out to all of the kids. They had no idea what CMU was, but they loved their new accessories! Then we set up the piñata. They loved it! When it broke open the kids were instantly in a huge pile on the ground, grabbing as much candy as they could. No one cried about being trampled or not getting a turn to hit the piñata or not getting enough candy. At home there would have been a lot of tears the way this game happened, but the culture is so different here. The older kids were so willing to share their candy with the little ones.

Next the kids started games of soccer and baseball. It was amazing how fast these little kids could throw a ball! And then hit it clear over the roof of a house! They were incredibly fast runners, too. It was very clear that they didn’t spend their afternoons playing video games inside like so many kids in the U.S. They were so happy to have just a flat soccer ball, a baseball, a bat, and a glove, it was remarkable.

It was astounding to see the huge gap between the rich and the poor in this country. I know it can be seen at home too, but it is so apparent here. Our students in the private schools are all very privileged, they have anything and everything they want and need. I know most of them will never travel to one of these sugar cane fields to see how others live…their families may even be the ones who own the sugar cane fields and provide the low wages and unsanitary living conditions. I hear my students, both here and in Michigan complain about little things that truly are first world problems. But then to see that this really is a third world country in some areas, and that the children are so grateful for everything they have, is just heart breaking.

I am so glad that we had this opportunity to help.

My blog for the Flint Children’s Museum!

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I have worked as an educator at the Flint Children’s Museum for several years and have maintained the blog for the outdoor area. If you enjoy following my student teaching blog, please check out the museum blog! I will be posting more there when I get back to the U.S. There are many ideas for hands-on activities for kids!