KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Job Description

Job Title: Middle School Social Studies Teacher

Job Title Code: 870

Salary Grade: TC01-T06 (see Teacher Salary Schedule)

Department: Curriculum and Instruction

Reports To: Building Principal

FLSA Status: Exempt

Prepared Date: June 2013 - Reviewed 2019

PURPOSE OF JOB

Teaches one or more subjects to students by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Instructs students by lecturing, demonstrating, and using audiovisual aids and other materials to supplement presentations.

Prepares course objectives and outline for course of study following curriculum guidelines or requirements of state and school.

Assigns lesson and corrects homework.

Teaches a Current Issues class in an effort to recruit students for debate.

Sponsors the Debate-KC program.

Serves as a liaison between Debate-KC and KCPS

Administers tests to evaluate pupil progress, records results, and issues reports to inform parents of progress.

Keeps an attendance record.

Maintains discipline in classroom.

Meets with parents to discuss student progress and problems.

Participates in faculty and professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops.

Performs related duties such as sponsoring one or more activities or student organizations, assisting pupils in selecting course of study, and counseling student in adjustment and academic problems.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree in Secondary Education from four-year college or university

Missouri State Certification in subject area Social Studies (9-12)

SUCCESS FACTORS

Demonstrated experience and/or training in current techniques and skills in teaching secondary level students.

Teaching experience in urban schools.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of 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.

This job requires that the employee be able to: sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands, fingers, reach with hands and fingers; bend, stoop, lift objects of at least ten pounds. Job requires the employee occasionally to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Visual ability requires mono and color vision, close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

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