BUCKEYE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT JOB DESCRIPTION

Summer Kindergarten Transition Teacher (Internal)

TITLE: Summer Kindergarten Transition Teacher 

Dates: May 31, 2022-June 16, 2022; 4 hours per day

Pay Rate: $50/hour

REPORTS TO: Site Administrator

JOB DESCRIPTION: Plans and implements an instructional program and provides related educational services for students transitioning to kindergarten. Manages student behavior, assesses and evaluates student achievement, and modifies instructional activities as required; carries out a variety of student monitoring activities; performs related duties as required or assigned. 

QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university
• Valid Arizona teaching certificate with Early Childhood Endorsement
• One year of successful teaching experience 
• IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: (Essential functions, as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY, and is not a comprehensive listing of all duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this class.) 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Executes activities and programming related to BESD’s grant from First Things First, including ensuring all standards of practice and aligning all actions to the stipulations in the grant.
• Assesses student abilities as related to desired district educational goals, objectives, and outcomes.
• Plans appropriate instructional/learning strategies and activities, including determination of appropriate principles of learning, classroom organizational structures, and kind and level of materials.
• Implements an instructional program which provides appropriate learning experiences for each student.
• Manages the behavior of learners in an instructional setting to ensure the environment is conducive to the learning experiences for each student.
• Utilizes a variety of instructional materials and available multimedia and computer technology to enhance learning.
• Requests assistance of and works with resource personnel, as needed.Works in a self-contained, team, departmental, itinerant capacity, or at field work site, as assigned.
• Continually assesses student achievement and maintains appropriate assessment and evaluation documentation for institutional and individual reporting purposes.
• Ensures ongoing communication with parents, both written and oral, to keep them informed of student(s) progress.
• Provides age-appropriate communication with students on instructional expectations and keeps them informed of their progress in meeting those expectations.
• Manages allotted learning time to maximize student achievement.
• Assigns work to and supervises instructional assistants and parent and student volunteers if applicable.
• Ensures the classroom and/or instructional environment is welcoming, healthful, safe and conducive to learning and that materials are in good condition and accessible to students.
• Monitors student behavior in non-instructional areas as assigned or required and intervenes to control and modify disruptive behavior, reporting to administrator as appropriate.
• Other duties as assigned,