Elementary School Teacher

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Teacher Job Description

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Wrangell Public Schools

Job Description for the Position of

Teacher

Qualifications: Maintains a current Alaska Teaching Certificate

Reports to: Building Principal

Supervises: Paraprofessionals and Volunteers as necessary

Job Goal: To encourage and inspire students to learn at the highest possible rate.

Major Performance Responsibilities:

(1) Describes the teacher’s philosophy of education and demonstrate its relationship to the

teacher’s practice:

A) Engage in thoughtful and critical examination of the teacher’s practice with others,

including describing the relationship of beliefs about learning, teaching and assessment

practice to current trends, strategies and resources in the teaching profession;

B) Demonstrate consistency between a teacher’s beliefs and the teacher’s practice.

(2) Understands how students learn and develop, and applies that knowledge in the teacher’s

practice:

A) Accurately identifies and teaches to the developmental abilities of students;

B) Applies learning theory in practice to accommodate differences in how students learn,

including accommodating differences in student intelligence, perception and cognitive

style.

(3) Teaches students with respect for their individual and cultural characteristics:

A) Incorporates characteristics of the student’s and local community’s culture into

instructional strategies that support student learning;

B) Identifies and uses instructional strategies and resources that are appropriate to the

individual and special needs of students;

C) Applies knowledge of Alaska history, geography, economics, governance, languages,

traditional life cycles and current issues to the selection of instructional strategies,

materials and resources.

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(4) Knows the teacher’s content area and how to teach it:

A) Demonstrates knowledge of the academic structure of the teacher’s content area, its tools

of inquiry, central concepts and connections to other domains of knowledge;

B) Identifies the developmental stages by which learners gain mastery of the content area,

applying appropriate strategies to assess the stage of learning of student in the subject,

and applying appropriate strategies, including collaborating with others, to facilitate

students’ development;

C) Draws from a wide repertoire of strategies, including, where appropriate, instructional

applications of technology, and adapting and applying these strategies within the

instructional context;

D) Connects the content area to other content areas, and to practical situations encountered

outside the school;

E) Stays current in the teacher’s content area, demonstrating its relationship with and

application to classroom activities, life, work and community.

(5) Facilitates, monitors and assesses student learning.

A) Organizes and delivers instruction based on the characteristics of the students and the

goals of the curriculum;

B) Creates, selects, adapts and uses a variety of instructional resources to facilitate curricular

goals and student attainment of performance standards;

C) Creates, selects, adapts and uses a variety of assessment strategies that provide

information about and reinforce student learning, and that assist students in reflecting on

their own progress;

D) Organizes and maintains records on students’ learning, using a variety of methods to

communicate student progress to students, parents, administrators and other appropriate

audiences;

E) Reflects on information gained from assessments and adjusting teaching practice, as

appropriate, to facilitate student progress toward learning and curricular goals.

(6) Creates and maintains a learning environment in which all students are actively engaged and

contributing members.

A) Creates and maintains a stimulating, inclusive and safe learning community in which

students take intellectual risks and work independently and collaboratively;

B) Communicates high standards for student performance and clear expectations of what

students will learn;

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C) Plans and uses a variety of classroom management techniques to establish and maintain

an environment in which all students are able to learn;

D) Assists students in understanding their role in sharing responsibility for their learning.

(7) Works as a partner with parents, families and with the community.

A) Promotes and maintains regular and meaningful communication between the classroom

and students’ families;

B) Works with parents and families to support and promote student learning;

C) Participates in school-wide efforts to communicate with the broader community and

involve parents and families in student learning;

D) Connects, through instructional strategies, the school and classroom activities with

student homes and cultures, work places and the community;

E) Involves parents and families in setting and monitoring student learning goals.

(8) Participates in and contributes to the teaching profession.

A) Maintains a high standard of professional ethics;

B) Maintains and updates both knowledge of the teacher’s content area(s) and best teaching

practices;

C) Engages in instructional development activities to improve the quality of classroom,

school or district programs;

D) Communicates, works cooperatively and develops professional relationships with

colleagues.

(9) Other duties as assigned.

Standards for certificated employees who perform specialist functions (e.g., counselor,

psychologist, technology specialist) are based on the above teacher standards, adapted to the

particular working conditions of the specialist.

I have read and understand the above job description.

Signature of Employee Date

Pay: $50,750.00 - $102,750.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $50,750 - $102,750