Middle Grades English Language Arts Teacher

WORK

Provides services to assist students in achieving a better understanding of specific subject material and in improving academic capabilities in designated areas. Collaborates with the school principal and staff members to assess students’ needs and how best to address them.

Provides services to assist students in achieving a better understanding of specific subject material and in improving academic capabilities in designated areas. Collaborates with the school principal and staff members to assess students’ needs and how best to address them.

Required to hold state certification in Middle Grades Language Arts (license code 78180) and designated as  highly qualified.

• Teaches students academic, social, and motor skills in public schools
• Prepares course objectives and outline for course of study following curriculum guidelines or requirements of state and school
• Lectures, demonstrates, and uses audiovisual teaching aids and best practices to present subject matter to class
• Prepares, administers, and corrects tests, and records results
• Assigns lessons, corrects papers, and hears oral presentations
• Teaches behavioral expectations
• Develops a behavioral plan and maintains order in classroom, on playground and throughout the campus
• Counsels students when adjustment and academic problems arise
• Discusses students' academic and behavioral attitudes and achievements with parents
• Keeps attendance and grade records as required by school
• May coordinate class field trips
• May teach combined or combination or inclusion classes
• May specialize by subject taught, such as math, science, or social studies, music, etc.
• Engages in on-going professional development
• Works cooperatively with colleagues and in the school's learning community
• Performs other duties as required

Physical
Requirements
:
Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment including computers, copiers, calculators, etc. Must be physically able to operate a motor vehicle. Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Light Work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree.

Data
Conception
:
Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things.

Interpersonal
Communication
:
Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving instructions, assignments or directions to subordinates or assistants.

Language Ability:
Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, strategic plans, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, evaluations, budgets, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style. Requires the ability to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control and confidence.

Intelligence
:
Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions;

Verbal
Aptitude
:
Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in standard English.

Numerical
Aptitude
:
Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages; and to apply the principles of algebra, descriptive statistics and…