What are the responsibilities and job description for the ALE Teacher position at Heber Springs Elementary School?
Job Title: Classroom Teacher
Department: Curriculum and Instruction
Reports to: Building Principals
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Length of Contract: 190-day contract. Teachers are on-duty for 7 hrs., 30 minutes per day but may periodically be required to attend after-school or evening events as a normal expectation of their position.
Job Summary: provides direct and indirect academic instruction, behavioral support, and social-emotional guidance to students in non-traditional classroom settings.
Key Responsibilities:
- Instruction: Deliver direct and indirect small group or individualized lessons across multiple subjects and grade levels.
- Behavioral Support: Implement evidence-based behavior management techniques, track behavioral growth, and foster a safe, structured setting.
- Collaboration: Work closely with school counselors, general education teachers, administrators, and parents on student progress.
- Data & Compliance: Monitor and document academic and behavioral data, maintain confidential files, and follow Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) or intervention plans.
- Licensure: Must hold a valid Arkansas teaching license appropriate for the assigned grade levels.
- State Ratios: Under Arkansas rules (6 CAR § 272-203),K-6 or K-8 preferred ALE classrooms generally cap at 10 students per teacher (or 12 if a paraprofessional is present).
- Background Check: Successful completion of state and federal pre-employment background checks.