Computer Science Teacher ( Anticipated Vacancy)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and Experience: Must hold a current Georgia teaching certificate or equivalent.

Physical Activities: Routine physical activities that are required to fulfill job responsibilities.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Excellent written and oral communication skills, use of instructional technology and strategies, classroom management skills, excellent organizational skills.

GOAL:

This position provides quality standards-based instruction in the content area; assesses and encourages student progress, manages an effective learning environment to maximize student achievement, and ensures that students gain appropriate knowledge and skills about the industry and are prepared for career and post-secondary opportunities.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Accounts for student attendance and punctuality.
• Adheres to all state guidelines required for the implementation of a successful program.
• Assesses and provides for differentiation to assure student progress while managing the learning environment.
• Assures security and accountability for classroom equipment and supplies.
• Attends school-level, district-level, and state-specific professional learning activities as directed.
• Completes reports, documentation, duties, and other assignments in a prompt and professional manner.
• Complies with state and system-level regulations and policies; including the rules of the Professional Standards Commission Code of Ethics for Educators.
• Demonstrates prompt and regular attendance.
• Establishes and maintains industry and post-secondary connections, in collaboration with the high school programs, to promote/encourage students’ participation in continuing education opportunities; including Dual Enrollment and Articulation Credit Programs.
• Engages and communicates with high school program instructors for the purpose of an active local CTAE Workforce Development Advisory Committee for the curriculum area’s career-related activities support.
• Facilities and coordinates a rigorous curriculum with career-related instruction.
• Facilitates communication between school and home by such means as holding conferences, telephoning, and sending written communications.
• Integrates appropriate technology into classroom instruction.
• Maintains class discipline to provide a proper learning environment in the lab and/or classroom.
• Maintains professional development competence through ongoing educational and professional development training, as required for certification.
• Maintains prompt and professional communication with students, parents, colleagues, and school leadership.
• Makes industry connections to promote service-learning, cooperative education, and real life learning opportunities for students; utilizes high school information from advisory committees for regular input to improve feeder programs.
• Manages and maintains the program’s assigned facilities, equipment, software, and supplies, including accurate inventory. 
• Models enthusiasm for the subject area and demonstrates current innovations in the industry, including competition within the global economy.
• Provides adequate information, plans, and materials for substitutes.
• Provides a classroom environment which promotes active learning in the subject area.
• Provides content-related and appropriate instruction based on state and local curriculum through a combination of classroom, laboratory, and co-curricular experiences. 
• Provides community-based instruction and projects based on program guidelines and requirements.
• Shows initiative and assumes responsibility for all aspects of job responsibilities.
• Sponsors/infuses co-curricular student organization (CTSO) experiences to students in the program for the purpose of leadership development, advanced technical skills attainment, workforce readiness preparation, and college career-readiness studies.
• Utilizes a variety of teaching strategies and resources appropriate for students assigned to the teacher.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisors.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

Job descriptions are designed and intended only to summarize the essential duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and requirements for the purpose of clarifying the general nature and scope of a position’s role as part of the overall organization. Job descriptions do not list all tasks an employee might be expected to perform, and they do not limit the right of the employee’s supervisor to assign additional tasks or otherwise to modify duties to be performed - even if seemingly unrelated to the basic job. Every employee has a duty to perform assigned tasks. It should also be noted that the order of duties/responsibilities as listed in the job description is not designed or intended to rank the duties in any order of importance relative to each other. 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

In filling a vacant position, preferred or required credentials regarding education, training, experience, and other bona fide occupational qualifications may be established. The credentials shown in this job description may be interpreted only as the minimum qualifications and criteria may be utilized as needed in the selection process.