Educator Prep

Overview

South Pike School District
Classroom Teacher

Title: Educator Prep # 971

• Qualifications:
  
  Certificate, license, or other legal credential required
• Degree(s) required and endorsement(s) 971
• Kind and amount of prior job experience as required by the Board
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the State Board of Education may find appropriate and acceptable.

• Building Principal

To provide students with academic skills necessary to function in daily living; to achieve success on state and national achievement tests, and to serve as a foundation for learning at the next grade level.

• Lesson Plans:
  Utilizes and references districts and/or state mandated competencies, objectives, and/or benchmarks
• Uses a variety of effective teaching procedures, materials/media, and assessments appropriate for learners
• Documents and reports to principal (by grading period) completion of and progress on state benchmarks, frameworks, blueprints and writing rubrics
• Submits lesson plans to principal as instructed
• Classroom Management:
  Attends to routine tasks during initial minutes of class; uses instructional time effectively/time on task; promotes a positive and safe classroom environment conducive to learning; provides a smooth transition from one activity to another; maintains appropriate classroom discipline; maintains poise and self-control; establishes high expectations for learners; promotes active learner participation; shows evidence of appropriate and positive student-teacher interaction; monitors access and usage of the internet;
  
  delivers instruction following lesson cycle
• Shows evidence of student growth based on Mississippi Testing program, research-based data and/or norm-referenced test over a two year period
• Provides guided practice activities for students
• Uses an interest approach to introduce lessons
• Motivates students with the purpose and importance of the lesson
• Provides individualized instruction appropriate for the level of the learner
• Presents lessons in an appropriate scope and sequence
• Provides learners with appropriate practice on lesson content
• Adjusts instruction/re-teaches as necessary
• Provides appropriate lesson closure
• Demonstrates knowledge of subject matter
• Accommodates individual differences and learning styles
• Uses a variety of instructional techniques or methods
• Communicates directions clearly
• Uses correct oral and written communication