High School Math Teacher

Job Summary

To help students acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes that society feels will contribute to their development into mature, able, and responsible men and women.

This position description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, knowledge or skills associated with this position, but is intended to accurately reflect the essential job elements. Any combination of the job functions shown below may be performed.

• Determine appropriate action within clearly defined guidelines.
• Present a positive image of the school to parents, and convey to them the school's genuine concern with education, growth, and development of each student.
• Seek to establish friendly and cooperative partnerships between home and school.
• Work to develop a positive public relationship between the school district and the community.
• Carry out assignments in a timely manner without undue checking.
• React positively to directives.
• Have a willingness to cooperate with the superintendent, district administrators, principals, and staff.
• Maintain the confidentiality, both verbally and in written form of each student's educational record.
• Strive to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Take necessary precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
• Adhere to School Board of Education Policies and Procedures.

• Build positive relationships with and between school and community.
• Promote leadership potential in colleagues.
• Participate in professional organizations and activities.
• Write and speak effectively.
• Contribute to the professional knowledge and expertise about teaching and learning.
• Guide the development of curriculum and instructional materials.
• Initiate and develop educational projects and programs.
• Have listening, conflict resolution, and group-facilitation skills as a team member.

• Communicate a breadth of content knowledge across the discipline(s) to be taught.
• Communicate a current knowledge of discipline(s) taught.
• Demonstrate a general knowledge that allows for integration of ideas and information across the disciplines.
• Demonstrate an overall knowledge of one's discipline(s) that allows the teacher to teach to the students' ability levels and learning styles.
• Connect content knowledge to real-world applications.
• Plan lessons and develop instructional material that reflect knowledge of current constructs and principals of the discipline(s) being taught.
• Analyze sources of factual information for accuracy.
• Present content in a manner that reflects sensitivity to a multicultural and global perspective.
• Collaborate with teachers in other disciplines to analyze and structure cross-disciplinary approaches to instruction.
• Focus instruction on one or more of KYs learning goals and academic expectations.
• Develop instruction that requires students to apply knowledge, skills, and thinking processes.
• Create and utilize learning experiences that challenge, motivate and actively involve the learner.
• Create and use learning experiences that are developmentally appropriate for learners.
• Develop and incorporate strategies that address physical, social, and cultural differences.
• Develop and implement appropriate assessment processes.
• Secure and use a variety of appropriate school and community resources to support learning.
• Develop and incorporate learning experiences that encourage students to be adaptive, flexible, resourceful and creative.
• Communicate with and challenge students in a supportive manner and provide students with constructive feedback.
• Use a variety of classroom management techniques that foster individual responsibility and cooperation.
• Work with colleagues to develop an effective learning climate within the school.
• Communicate specific goals and high expectations for learning.
• Model the skills, concepts, attributes, and thinking processes to be learning.
• Provide opportunities for students to increase their knowledge of cultural similarities and differences.
• Stimulate students to reflect on their own ideas and those of others.
• Use appropriate questioning strategies to help students solve problems and think critically.
• Make effective use of media and technologies.
• Provide opportunities to use and practice what is learned.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Hold a bachelor's degree or higher and the required KY certificate for the assigned position.
• Demonstrate the ability to work effectively with students, peers, and adults.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively with students, parents, and faculty.

• 186-day contract.
• Certified Salary Schedule as approved by the Newport Board of Education.