What are the responsibilities and job description for the Social Studies Teacher position at Muncie Community Schools?
Education: Bachelor’s degree and valid Indiana Teacher’s license or eligible to receive a valid Indiana Teacher’s license or permit in Secondary Social Studies
Experience: Professional experience in the employment discipline with professional, technical, and experience requirements. Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
REFERENCES: Minimum of two (2) professional references required, including most recent supervisor and/or supervising student teacher mentor.
- Assist in the achievement of the short and long-term educational goals of the school corporation.
- Serve as the instructional leader in the classroom.
- Design and conduct learning situations which instruct students in the content of one's respective discipline per the MCS adopted curriculum, course of study and Indiana Academic Standards.
- Stimulate each student to want to live an honest, responsible, fruitful life, instilling within each one a feeling of competency and productivity.
- Encourage students through a positive personal attitude to utilize every opportunity for a constructive learning experience.
- Systematically acquire knowledge about individual students for helping them plan and conduct needed learning experiences.
- Teach students the skills for recognizing fact, opinion, theory, approximation, bias, and propaganda, and for evaluating each in terms of personal value.
- Participate in curricular and program development with principals, supervisors, and department chairpersons for initiating curricular improvements meeting students' needs.
- Assume active participation in in-service programs for professional improvement.
- Observe established policies of the corporation and school; make recommendations for changes in policies when advisable.
- Confer with students and parents at appropriate and set times.
- Sponsor and supervise reasonable extracurricular assignments, chaperon school events, and monitor assigned areas.
- Involve the students and parents, when feasible, in planning, implementing, and evaluating units of study.
- Execute teaching activities in a constructive and meaningful manner.
- Evaluate student progress, issue grades and reports; prepare, record and report class attendance.
- Handle discipline problems within classroom areas, arrange and conduct parent conferences; assist in building discipline and security.
- Supervise paraprofessional, student, and volunteer helpers.
- Perform other duties assigned by the Principal.