Position Title:           CLASSROOM TEACHER                                                                                                        

 

Responsible To:       Principal

                             Assistant Principal

 

Basic Function:         Fulfills the requirements of punctuality, reliability, and responsibility.

 

 

Performance Responsibilities:

 

   1.    Has a prepared lesson plan that is sufficient for instructing the lesson.

 

   2.    Exercises proper care of materials and equipment.

 

   3.    Communicates needs of the classroom to the proper personnel.

 

   4.    Arrives for work at the assigned hour and does not leave before the assigned time.

 

   5.    Communicates appropriately and effectively with other staff members, parents, students, and with administration.

 

   6.    Accepts assistance, advice, and guidance from people responsible for supervising his/her performance, and makes a concerted effort toward improving or refining skills.

 

   7.    Shares ideas, plans, materials, and facilities.

 

   8.    Alert to the district’s, school’s, and his/her own goals and priorities and seeks professional development appropriate to these needs.

 

   9.    Keeps in confidence information that has been obtained in the course of professional service, unless disclosure serves professional purpose or is required by law.

 

  10.    The teacher, in his/her association with others, respects the rights, feelings, and differences among individuals, and communicates directly with the person(s) involved in any situation.

 

  11.    While exercising his/her contractual responsibilities, complies with those state and local restrictions pertaining to the use of controlled substances, tobacco products, alcohol, and dress.

 

  12.    Does not verbally or physically harass students.

 

  13.    Does not use profanity in the presence of students.

 

  14.    Does not have any sexual contact with students.

 

 

 

Standards -  Employs classroom management techniques that result in an atmosphere for teaching/learning in which students can know what they are expected to do.

 

A. Classroom Management

          1.  The teacher begins the class promptly.

          2.  The teacher communicates to students those behaviors expected of them, or there is evidence that expected behaviors have been communicated.

           3.  Student exhibit classroom behaviors, which allow for maximum on-task behavior from all participants in the lesson.

          4.  Inappropriate behaviors receive immediate and appropriate teacher intervention.

 

B. Materials

          1.  The teacher chooses appropriate materials and/or equipment for teaching a lesson.

 

          2.  The teacher handles efficiently the materials and/or equipment in the classroom setting.

 

 

Planning for Instruction - Plan effectively with respect to establishing teaching strategies, which allow the attainment, by the students, of the lesson’s behavioral objective.

 

 

 

Teaching the Lesson -  Recognizes student differences in needs, abilities, and interests and imparts instruction so that these differences are met.

 

 

Minimum Qualifications:

 

 

Terms of Employment:

 

Salary and work year to be established by the board of education.

 

Evaluation:

 

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of board policy for Professional Personnel.