The Decatur County School System is seeking applications for Custodial Workers.  Applicants must have a high school diploma or GED prior to employment and successfully pass a TBI fingerprint background screening.  Applications may be picked up at the Board of Education Office, filled out online, or downloaded from www.decaturcountyschools.com under the Employment tab, Noncertified Application, and should be sent to Hugh Smith, Human Resources Supervisor, at Decatur County Board of Education, 59 West Main Street, Decaturville, TN 38329 or emailed to hugh.smith@decaturschools.org.  The deadline for submitting an application is March 31, 2023.          

  The Decatur County School System is seeking applications for an Elementary K-5 Teaching position.  Applications may be picked up at the Board of Education Office or by clicking the Certified Application link under Employment on our school system website www.decaturcountyschools.com. Only applicants with a current Tennessee teacher license with an appropriate endorsement for elementary education will be considered for the position.  Applications should be filled out online or sent to Hugh Smith, Human Resources Supervisor, at Decatur County Board of Education, 59 West Main Street, Decaturville, TN 38329 or emailed to hugh.smith@decaturschools.org.  The deadline for submitting an application is Friday, March 31, 2023.

The Decatur County School System will accept applications at any time for possible vacancies in the following areas:

CERTIFIED POSITIONS (Please fill out the certified application at www.decaturcountyschools.com)

K-4 Teachers

5-8 Teachers (All specialty/academic areas)

9 – 12 Teachers (All specialty/academic areas)

NON-CERTIFIED POSITIONS (Please fill out the non certified application at www.decaturcountyschools.com)
Teacher’s Assistant
School Bus Driver
Cafeteria
Maintenance

Applications may be printed, filled out, and brought to the board office or filled out using the online application link.

Certified Application Online

Non-Certified Application Online

Bus Driver Application Online

Certified Application(Paper Copy)

NonCertified Application(Paper Copy)

Bus Driver Application (Paper Copy)

Paper Copies should be brought to the board office or emailed to hugh.smith@decaturshools.org

DECATUR COUNTY SCHOOLS

HIRING PROCESS

Decatur County Schools will advertise professional (teacher) and paraprofessional (assistant) vacancies on the school system website, www.decaturcountyschools.com as follows: professional (teacher) positions for ten (10) days and paraprofessionals (assistants) for five (5) days in all school system departments. If available, substitutes will be used during the posting time. Jobs that become open after the start of the school year will be filled without posting. The Interview Committee shall consist of a MINIMUM of the following positions: the supervisor or principal who requested the position be advertised and the Director of Schools. A standard set of questions shall be developed to ask ALL candidates interviewed for the available position. Based on responses, follow-up questions are permissible. Each member of the committee will maintain an evaluation sheet for each candidate and make notes through the interview process. After all candidates have been interviewed, each committee member will rank those interviewed in order of “BEST FIT FOR THE JOB”. Best fit criteria will consist of a combination of education, experience, evaluations, and responses to interview questions and other factors that the committee members feel are relative based on the member’s professional judgment and experience. After the interview is complete, the committee will discuss their ranking among themselves. If all members are in agreement on the “Best Fit” candidate, that candidate will be hired for employment.

DECATUR COUNTY SCHOOLS

Plan for Hiring Teachers working with English Learners

All teachers of any language instruction program for English Learners (ELs) need to be fluent and competent in the four domains of language assessed by the English Language Proficiency Assessment: reading, writing, speaking and listening. Personnel hired in Decatur County Schools will be required to prove proficiency as follows:

A teacher’s fluency in listening and speaking will be documented and evaluated during the interview process. The person conducting the interview will be responsible for noting listening mistakes, miscues, grammar and syntax mistakes, and judge the level of fluency for both speech and listening.

Reading will be evaluated through the reading and responses that show understanding of the application process. Reading may be satisfied through the college transcript if from an English speaking university.

Writing fluency will be determined through answers required in the teacher application and resume that are submitted to the Board of Education.

Contact HR Director: Hugh Smith

hugh.smith@decaturschools.org