Job Description
POSITION: Teacher REPORTS TO: Principal Definition: A classroom teacher is the person who has the primary responsibility for teaching his/her assigned students. QUALIFICATIONS AND TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: ▪ Valid Chemistry/Physics Credential. ▪ Bachelor’s Degree, including all courses needed to meet credential requirements. ▪ Ability to read, write, and speak English. Bilingual Spanish is preferred, but not required. ▪ Employment is contingent on satisfactory completion of a criminal background check and negative TB skin test or chest X-ray. Primary Function: The teacher will perform as an instructional specialist in an assigned teaching position. Working collaboratively with other staff members, the teacher will plan, carry out, and evaluate the instructional activities for groups and individual students, for assigned classes and subject areas. With administrative assistance and cooperation, the teacher will provide a learning environment that allows for individual differences and respect for the dignity and worth of each individual student. Secondary Function: In addition, the teacher will foster innovation, industry, sophistication, and expertise in providing a school wide program of educational excellence. The teacher will actively participate in extracurricular activities, such as advisor, sponsor, coach, and/or spectator. —------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: ▪ Establish a culture of high expectations that includes standards mastery and high school/college preparation for all students. ▪ Engage and support all students in learning by using a variety of instructional strategies and resources to respond to students’ diverse needs and by engaging students in problem solving and critical thinking skills, using culturally relevant examples. ▪ Instruct students in citizenship and character education. ▪ Plan, monitor, and design learning experiences for all students that reflect standards based grade-level curriculum expectations appropriate to the readiness and maturity of the students. Include a variety of instructional strategies and materials, organized in such a way as to maximize student understanding. ▪ Assess and document students’ academic and social growth regularly in accordance with state guidelines. Examine student assessment data to prepare progress reports and intervention plans consistent with school requirements, and refine classroom activities to differentiate instruction for each student. ▪ Maintain accurate, complete and correct records as required by law, KCNS policy, and administrative regulations, including cumulative records folders, attendance reports, and reports to parents. ▪ Build quality relationships with all parents through “back-to-school” events, home visits, conferences, telephone conversations, written communications and work samples so that parents are aware of their children’s school progress. Routinely assess and monitor for learning disabilities on a regular basis and make referrals as required. Collaborate with Special Education service personnel for RTI and to provide instructional services to students with special needs consistent with Individual Education Plans. ▪ Assume the primary responsibility for supervision of the behavior of students during the entire school day. ▪ Make referrals to Counselor, Vice-Principal or Principal for pupils as needed. ▪ Carry out assigned pupil supervision outside the classroom such as recess duty, assemblies, athletic events and extracurricular activities and fire and other emergency drills. ▪ Assist in general building supervision and discipline of students outside of the classroom. ▪ Maintain a neat, clean classroom environment and a professional personal appearance. ▪ Collaborate with fellow teachers on planning, professional development, and standards based curriculum development. ▪ Attend necessary meetings, parent conferences, and evening school programs ▪ Support school-wide initiatives. ▪ Adhere to the standards, policies and practices outlined in the KCNS Staff Handbook and specific Academy/Teacher Handbook. ▪ and reasonable and appropriate tasks assigned by the Administration. WORKING CONDITIONS: Environment ▪ Indoor and outdoor work environment. Physical Abilities ▪ Bending at the waist, kneeling, or crouching to assist students. ▪ Hearing and speaking clearly to exchange information and make presentations. ▪ Seeing to read, prepare and review a variety of activities and to monitor student activities. ▪ Lift and carry items up to 20 lbs