Essential Job Functions:

• Plans and delivers world language 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.

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

• Engages in the planning and delivery of language specific district events throughout the school year

• Participates in district professional development and curriculum design

• Promotes authentic student experiences by engaging with school partnerships abroad

• 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 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.

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution. Eligibility for Virginia Collegiate Professional teaching license. Specific world language endorsement required. 

In addition to the on-line application, teacher applicants are required to submit:

Transcripts

Both undergraduate and graduate transcripts must be submitted. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable. 

References

To complete their application, applicants must submit two (2) written references. When possible, references should be from a current or previous supervisor. References from a supervising teacher or professor are acceptable when there is no relevant prior work history.

Copy of Teaching license

Applicants considered for employment must successfully complete the following background investigations/tests:

• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal History Investigation
• State Police Criminal History Investigation
• Child Protective Services (CPS) Investigation
• Tuberculosis Screening/Test