Generalist Teacher; Grades: K-4

Generalist Teacher (Grades: K-4)

Provide students with appropriate learning activities and experience designed to help them fulfill their potential for intellectual, emotional, physical, and social growth. Enable students to develop competencies and skills to function successfully in society. Assist and support the building principal to ensure on‑site administration and execution of the district's educational programs, policies, and regulations, and quality instruction for all students in a safe and healthy environment.

• Develop and implement lesson plans that fulfill the requirements of the district's instruction curriculum program and provide written evidence of preparation.
• Prepare lessons that accommodate differences in student learning styles.
• Present subject matter according to guidelines established by the Texas Education Agency, Board of Trustees policies, and administrative regulations.
• Establish efficient classroom management procedures and maintain standards of pupil behavior.
• Implement a system of student evaluation within the guidelines prescribed in state law or adopted by the school district.
• Continuously evaluate and record various aspects of students’ progress and report to parents as required.
• Teach within the course of study for the subject area at the grade level as prescribed in state law or adopted by the school district.
• Plan lessons leading to subject area objectives and assume responsibility for written lesson plans for substitutes.
• Provide a variety of planned learning experiences using a variety of media and methods to motivate students and best utilize available time for instruction.
• Identify pupil needs and collaborate with other professional staff members to help students resolve health, attitude, and learning problems.
• Be available for counseling with students and parents before and after school.
• Interpret educational programs to the community through activities such as open house and PTA meetings.
• Plan and coordinate the work of aides and other paraprofessional and student teachers (when applicable).
• Work cooperatively with the principal to develop evaluation systems that align with the district’s uniform guidelines.
• Keep accurate records of student information; compile, maintain, and file all reports, records, and other documents required by the school and district.
• Maintain regular and punctual attendance at the worksite.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, talk, hear, reach with hands and arms, stand and walk occasionally, and lift or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, and color vision.

The noise level is usually moderate. Travel throughout the district is integral to this job. A remote or alternate work arrangement is not an option for campus‑based personnel because regular and punctual attendance at the worksite is essential.

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university.
• Valid Texas teacher certificate with required endorsements for subject and subject level assigned.
• General knowledge of curriculum and instruction.
• Knowledge of routine tasks, duties, and procedures and ability to follow specific instructions with little or no previous experience.
• Flexibility to cope with the challenges of a rapidly changing world.
• Willingness to remain current with the latest developments in the profession.

Cowart Elementary

Campus‑Teacher

Full‑time

65,000.00