Bilingual Teacher

Job Title:             Teacher

FLSA Status:       EXEMPT

Salary Range:    $55,000-$80,165 (Depending on Licensure Level, Education, and Experience)

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university;

NM teaching License with endorsements as needed. 

Skills/Aptitudes:

Good organizational ability; good written and oral communication skills; ability to maintain high level of professionalism and confidentiality regarding students, staff, parents, and school matters.

Essential Job Responsibilities of Teacher:

• Works cooperatively with colleagues, supervisors, and administrators.
• Demonstrates ethical behavior.
• Follows district policies and administrative rules and regulations.
• Follows District Code of Conduct policies.
• Maintains behavior appropriate to performing and accomplishing assigned duties.
• Maintains a suitable personal appearance as it relates to position.
• Communicates accurately and effectively in the content area and maintain a professional rapport with students.
• Obtains feedback from and communicates with students in a manner which enhances student learning and understanding. Utilizes a variety of teaching methods and resources for each area taught.
• Encourages the development of student involvement, responsibility, and critical thinking skills.
• Manages the classroom to ensure the best use of instructional time.
• Creates an atmosphere conducive to learning, self-discipline, and follow board policies and administrative rules and regulations.
• Communicates accurate and current information to students in a way that enhances student learning, and includes demonstrating effective writing skills, and use of standard English.
• Manages time appropriately.
• Cooperates with administration, parents, and colleagues.
• Creates a positive atmosphere and arranges the physical environment of the classroom for optimum learning.
• Prepares for instruction and shows written evidence of preparation.
• Takes precautions to protect equipment, materials, and facilities.
• Maintains accurate and complete records as required by the school district, and reports progress or lack thereof to parents in a timely manner.
• Attends and participates in faculty meetings.
• Completes duties (hall, bus, etc.) as assigned.
• Leaves adequate preparations for a substitute.
• Develops and implements appropriate classroom management strategies while maintaining high expectations for student behavior.
• Encourages cooperation between students.
• Maintains student involvement in appropriate tasks.
• Uses and applies appropriate conflict resolution skills.
• Demonstrates public relations skills.
• Uses appropriate techniques, strategies, and materials to achieve the desired instructional goal.
• Adapts the curriculum to meet the needs of individual students.
• Uses current technology for instruction and management purposes.
• Uses diagnostic data to improve instructional programs.
• Selects, uses, and interprets evaluation data.
• Maintains availability to parents, students, administration, and peers outside the school day, if needed.
• Attends extracurricular activities.
• Spends time beyond the school day grading, and recording papers, planning instruction, etc.
• Reports suspected child abuse and neglect.
• Monitors students on field trips and is accountable for each student.
• Acts as a good role model within the context of the school.
• Supervises educational assistants, practicum students, student teachers, and high school vocational lab students.
• Develops and uses community and professional resources.
• Understands and applies learning theories.
• Performs other job duties as assigned.

Supervisor and Reviewers:

       Principal