About This Role
This Kindergarten Teacher role focuses on providing high-quality instruction to students and collaborating with school leadership, colleagues, students, parents, and the board to achieve the academy's educational goals. The role involves working as a team member to implement the academy curriculum and accomplish academic objectives.
Responsibilities
- Create a classroom environment conducive to learning
- Develop reasonable rules of classroom behavior and procedure
- Enforce the academy's student discipline code
- Collaborate in the implementation of initiatives such as school-wide behavior management systems
- Plan a program of study that meets the individual needs and goals of students
- Establish clear objectives for all lessons and units
- Ensure that lessons are aligned with state curriculum and school-wide curriculum standards
- Develop lesson plans and submit them for review and feedback as scheduled
- Work cooperatively with the academy's instructional coach to learn from feedback and improve the quality of instruction
- Participate in ongoing analysis and planning to ensure the school's curriculum remains aligned to state standards
- Collaborate with special education staff to implement an inclusive approach to students with special needs
- Remain aware of student needs
- Participate in child study teams or individualized education planning
- Implement accommodations and modifications as indicated in student IEP's
- Seek advice and counsel from student support services areas when needed to ensure all students are fully served
- Collaborate with other staff, as necessary, to implement grant-funded programming to accelerate learning for students with a variety of needs, including special education, at-risk, and limited English proficient students, to bring them to grade level proficiency
- Maintain accurate and complete records as required
- Maintain the confidentiality of student records and student information
- Complete any documentation necessary for the academy to be in compliance with regulatory requirements, such as time and effort reporting
- Communicate with parents and make provisions for being available outside normal hours
- Work with parents to encourage participation in their child’s learning experiences
- Provide regular communication to parents regarding their children’s performance
- Maintain professional competence via conferences, mentoring, involvement in professional organizations, continuing coursework, etc.
- Complete all coursework and other requirements necessary to maintain teaching credentials and "highly qualified" status, as required by the teacher's assignment
