Position: Teacher - Grade 6 - English/Language Arts

Department: Education

Location: Assigned Building

Reports to: Building Principal or Immediate Supervisor

Description:

Facilitate learning by identifying and understanding individual characteristics of all students taught and present subject matter accordingly; manage the classroom by organizing it to stimulate learning and to foster discipline; make professional decisions about what to teach and across subject areas based on available curriculum guidelines.

Certification/Licensure:

Appropriate State of Ohio teaching certifications/license in subject areas and grade levels

Essential Functions: (The below lists are not ranked in order of importance)

• Ensure safety of students
• Teach and evaluate the students using sound instructional practices
• Effectively manage the classroom and individual student behavior to maintain a good learning environment
• Prepare clear and timely lesson plans
• Maintain accurate, complete and correct records as required
• Provide guidance and counsel to the students which will promote their welfare and their proper educational development
• Attend parent/teacher conferences
• Distribute homework assignments
• Ensure students are learning all subject material by regular evaluation which includes testing, or quizzing on a regular basis
• Provide complete lesson plans for substitute
• Make provisions for being available to students and parents for educational-related purposes outside the instructional day
• Assist the administration in implementing all procedures and rules governing student life and conduct, and develop reasonable rules of classroom behavior, and procedure for the classroom, and maintain order in the classroom in a fair and just manner
• Take necessary and reasonable precautions to protect equipment, materials, and facilities
• Demonstrate knowledge of subject matter and present clear, complete and accurate explanations utilizing a variety of instructional techniques and media suitable to the level of learners
• Act as teacher, facilitator, leader, and information source in subject area specialty
• Identify student needs, and cooperate with other professional staff in assessing and helping students solve health, attitude, and learning problems
• Interact in a positive manner with staff, students and parents
• Maintain respect at all times for confidential information, e.g. student grades
• Promote good public relations by personal appearance, attitude and conversation
• Attend meetings and in-services as required
• Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with parents through effective use of interim reports, report cards, and conferences
• Observe ethics of the teaching profession; exhibit professional behavior, emotional stability, and sound judgment
• Instruct assigned classes in the locations and at the times designated
• Counsel with colleagues, students and parents
• Attend educational field trips
• Create a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of students
• Refer students to learning disabilities for diagnosis on a regular basis, seeking the assistance of district specialists as required
• Follow the scope and sequence of the instructional program as defined in the courses of study which has been approved by the Board of Education
• Notify parent, student, and administration if student is not meeting classroom goals
• Maintain and improve professional competence

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Interact with public in official capacity when required
• Interact with superintendent and/or board of education and present information as requested
• Serve as a role model for students in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible, intelligent human beings
• Supervise student teachers
• Respond to routine questions and requests in a timely, appropriate manner
• Perform other duties as assigned by the building principal or designee
• Establish and maintain cooperative professional relationships
• Assist in the determination of appropriate curriculum, materials, supplies, and texts in cooperation with the curriculum director, principal and/or guidance counselor
• Serve on committees, and co-curricular activities as agreed upon
• Attend professional growth seminars, workshops, etc. to keep current on relevant issues
• Instill in students the belief in and practice of ethical principles and democratic values
• Counsel, advise, encourage, and motivate students
• Serve on curriculum committees when requested
• Interact with other departments and school personnel when necessary
• Delegate work when appropriate and supervise same
• Discipline students when necessary
• Refer attendance, health, and psychological emotional problems to principal and/or guidance counselor

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in education from an accredited college or university
• Appropriate State of Ohio teaching certifications/license
• Alternative to the above qualifications as superintendent and/or board of education may find appropriate

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of academic area and teaching methodology
• Ability to work effectively with others
• Ability to communicate ideas and directives clearly and effectively both orally and in writing
• Effective, active listening skills
• Organizational and problem solving skills
• General computer skills

Equipment Operated:

• Photocopier/Printer
• Computer
• Telephone
• Scanner
• Interactive Panel
• Laminator

Additional Working Conditions:

• Occasional exposure to blood, bodily fluids, and tissue
• Occasional interaction with unruly students
• Frequent requirement to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, see, read, speak, reach, stretch with hands and arms, crouch, kneel, climb, and stoop
• Occasionally lift, carry, push, and pull various items up to a maximum of 25 lbs.
• Occasional operation of a vehicle in inclement weather conditions, i.e. being prepared to work on all scheduled school days
• Frequent repetitive hand motion, e.g., computer keyboard, calculator, writing
• Occasional travel
• Occasional evening/weekend work
• Occasional repetitive hand motion, e.g. typing on keyboard

Acts that are deemed as lude, sexual, or inappropriate will be viewed as unacceptable and may be considered as grounds for administrative action, dismissal, or termination of contract.

This job description is subject to change and in no manner states or implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed by the incumbent. The incumbent will be required to follow the instructions and perform the duties required by the incumbent's supervisor, appointing authority.