Teacher – Secondary - Language Arts

Essential Job Functions:

• Plans and delivers appropriate curriculum content to students.

• Plans, teaches and assesses.

• Assesses student learning on an ongoing basis and alters instruction to meet group/individual needs.

• Uses the curriculum of the district to plan daily instructional activities.

• Maintains order within the classroom setting in accordance with division guidelines regarding student behavior management.

• Supervises students in non-classroom time (before school, after school, student activities, fire drills).

• Collaborates with other faculty in planning and delivering instruction to students.

• Communicates regularly with parents.

• Ensures compliance with existing applicable federal and state statutes and local policies, regulations and guidelines related to public schools.

• Demonstrates commitment to improving professional competence.

• Assesses student learning on an ongoing basis and alters instruction to meet group/individual needs.

• Uses the curriculum of the district to plan daily instructional activities. 

• May perform other duties as assigned.

Budgetary Responsibility:  

NA

Report Preparation:  

NA

Equipment Operation:

Operation of computer, LCD and copy machine 

Contacts:

Teachers, regular classroom and instructional assistants  - daily, Building Administrator and parents – regularly

Work Direction:  

NA

Supervision: 

NA

Decision Making:  

Performs majority of functions independently.

Formal Policy-Setting Responsibilities:  

NA

The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to lift, support, handle or feel objects, tools, equipment and/or controls; reach with hands and arms and talk and hear.  The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, climb or balance and stoop or kneel.  Specific vision abilities required by the job include close and distance vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

Work is performed in a public school.  The noise level is moderate.

Requires knowledge of the concepts, principles and methodologies of instruction as well as general knowledge of academic curriculum for assigned classes.  Demonstrated ability to develop instructional goals to design and deliver instruction and to assess students’ learning.  Demonstrated ability to communicate with others effectively, both orally and in writing.  Demonstrated ability in decision making, problem analysis, conflict resolution, interpersonal relationships and planning.