This kindergarten teaching role involves delivering the district curriculum to elementary school students, focusing on academic, social, and motor skills. The teacher will prepare objectives, administer assessments, and manage the classroom environment to foster student learning and achievement.
Responsibilities
Teach elementary school students academic, social, and motor skills through the delivery of the district curriculum
Prepare class objectives and outlines that align with the district approved curriculum
Prepare, administer, correct, and analyze student assessments
Utilize the conclusions derived from assessment analysis in developing lessons
Instruct students on rules of conduct and expected behaviors
Manage the class as well as other students wherever those students may be located, whether on campus or off campus events
Identify students with academic issues and refer those students to appropriate service providers
Regularly inform parents or guardians of their students' academic performance and behavior
Maintain records, attendance, and grades as required by school
Plan, organize, and deliver differentiated instruction in an appropriate manner consistent with district curriculum
Provide timely feedback to students, parents, and guardians on evaluations
Use appropriate techniques and strategies that promote critical, creative, and evaluative thinking skills
Strive to maintain a learning environment that is both physically and emotionally safe
Effectively and regularly communicate with fellow staff members and school administration
Assist in the communication and enforcement of federal and state laws and regulations as well as district policies and procedures
Work cooperatively with school administration, staff, and special education
Respect students, parents, guardians, and community
Assist parents with questions and concerns
Maintain professional relationships with students, parents, and guardians
Respect and embrace students of diverse backgrounds and experiences
Assist in the protection of students and property
Assist Principal or Vice Principal in fire and other emergency drills
Assist the Principal or Vice Principal in the management of students (e.g., dismissal, field trips)
Maintain a high level of personal integrity, confidentiality, and a strong work ethic
Participate in district professional development
Perform other duties as assigned by the principal, school administration, or superintendent of schools
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree from an accredited college or university
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Physically able to operate a variety of equipment including computers, copiers, adding machines
Able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body
Able to stand, crouch, and bend over for a long period of time at intervals throughout the day
Ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics of data, people or things
Ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information, including giving instructions, assignments or directions to subordinates or assistants
Ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, newsletters, schedules, manuals, invoices, requisitions, menus, recipes, journals
Ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, evaluations, procedures, charts, surveys, articles, bid specifications, brochures, news releases, handbooks, budgets, using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style
Ability to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control, and confidence
Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables
Ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions
Able to communicate effectively and efficiently in a variety of technical or professional languages including medical, legal, accounting, and marketing terminology
Ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages; and to apply the principles of algebra and geometry
Ability to inspect items for proper length, width, and shape
Ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment
Ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment and hand tools
Minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination
Ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions
Adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations
Ability to talk and hear (expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words; perceiving nature of sounds by ear)
Able to communicate via telephone
Important Details
Reports to: Building Principal
About the Company
The primary function of a teacher is to deliver the district curriculum in multiple ways that increase student learning and achievement.
