Teacher Elementary - Grades K-5

License and Certification

Qualifications:

Meets Georgia certification requirements in appropriate field of education.

Education

Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in applicable field of education from a Professional Standards Commission (PSC) approved college or university required.

Experience

Qualifications:

Previous teaching experience preferred.

Skills

Qualifications:

Knowledge of Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) Academic Knowledge and Skills (AKS) curriculum with in depth knowledge of content in field of certification; knowledge of techniques for integrating curriculum, GCPS policies, and effective instructional practices; ability to understand the teaching/learning process; ability to infuse technology into instruction to increase student learning; ability to work effectively with administrators, colleagues, central office, and school based staff, students, parents, and community;

excellent oral and written communication skills; and effective human relations skills.

• Demonstrate command of school subject being taught.
• Develop and prioritize short and long-term instructional objectives based on district AKS curriculum.
• Identify specific prerequisite skills and/or knowledge necessary for students to learn the AKS.
• Plan instruction as needed to promote student mastery of prerequisite skills and knowledge.
• Analyze student work and assessments to determine instructional needs.
• Prepare written lesson plans to support instructional objectives of the AKS for all students.
• Plan appropriate assessment of student learning.
• Evaluate, select, and modify resources and activities.
• Review resources including district core materials.
• Select core materials and other resources that match the AKS.
• Select resources that match the learner(s) needs.
• Select resources that reflect scientifically-based research on effective instruction.
• Provide initial focus for the lesson.
• Communicate specific learning objectives to students.
• Link lesson content to students’ prior knowledge, background experience, and/or real-world application of content.
• Capture student attention through active involvement.
• Organize content for presentation of the lesson.
• Present information in a logical sequence.
• Organize the presentation of content into blocks or steps based on the students’ needs and the complexity of the material.
• Follow research-based organizational plan for content organization, such as anticipatory set, acquisition lesson, guided practice, independent practice, and summarizing.
• Utilize scientifically researched effective instructional strategies and methods of providing information for students to acquire the learning.
• Assess students’ learning of the AKS and provide specific feedback to students and parents.
• Provide collaborative learning opportunities to enhance student achievement.
• Provide multiple opportunities for distributed guided practice followed by independent practice.
• Teach essential content-related vocabulary.
• Utilize a variety of nonverbal/visual representations of content and skills.
• Teach students to summarize their learning.
• Teach skills for improving reading and writing proficiency/literacy across content areas.
• Access and/or build students’ background knowledge and experience.
• Utilize and teach questioning and cuing/prompting techniques.
• Utilize technology effectively to plan, teach, and assess.
• Utilize inquiry-based problem-solving learning strategies with students in all content areas.
• Teach and require students to set personal goals for improving their academic achievement.
• Teach students to compare and contrast knowledge, concepts, and content.
• Provide formative assessment that measures student progress toward AKS objectives.
• Monitor students’ progress in learning through a variety of techniques.
• Adjust instructional plans based on formative assessment results.
• Provide criteria that allow students to measure their own progress toward an objective.
• Provide summative assessment that measures student achievement of objectives.
• Assess students’ learning of the AKS.
• Provide assessments that are appropriate for the learner(s).
• Maintain assessment records for each student.
• Communicate assessment results to student.
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