7th Grade ELA and SS teacher

Middle School Teacher (6-8)

To teach one or more subjects to students and lead them toward the fulfillment of their potential for intellectual, emotional, and psychological growth and maturation.

Salary

Schedule:

Certified Pay Scale

Education and/or

Experience:

Valid teacher's license with appropriate endorsement;
Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal skills; and Meets health and physical qualifications.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Supervises activities such as field trips, group discussions, and dramatic play acting, to stimulate students' interest in and broaden understanding of their physical and social environment.
• Fosters cooperative social behavior through games and group projects to assist students in forming satisfying relationships with other students and adults.
• Prepares for assigned classes and shows evidence of preparation upon request of a supervisor.
• Encourages students to maintain standards of classroom behavior.
• Observes students to detect signs of ill health or emotional disturbance and to evaluate progress.
• Discusses students' problems and progress with parents.
• Administers diagnostic tests and evaluates students' progress on a regular basis.
• Develops and maintains a classroom environment conducive to learning.
• Assists in upholding board policies, school rules, and administrative regulations.
• Is available to students and parents for education-related purposes outside the instructional day when requested to do so.
• Represents the school and the community in a positive manner.
• Reports to the principal when one knows or reasonably suspects that a child's health or welfare has been or appears to have been harmed as a result of abuse or neglect.
• Performs other work-related duties as assigned.

Physical Demands:

• This job may require lifting of objects that exceed 50 lbs., with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs.
• Other physical demands that may be required are as follows:
  Pushing and/or pulling, Climbing, Stooping and/or kneeling, Reaching, Talking, Hearing, Seeing.

Temperament (Personal Traits):

• Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
• Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction, control, or planning of an activity.
• Adaptability to dealing with students.
• Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria.

Capacity and Ability Requirements:

• Intelligence:
  The ability to understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments.
• Verbal:
  Ability to understand meanings of words and the ideas associated with them.
• Numerical:
  Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately.
• Manual Dexterity:
  Ability to move the hands easily and manipulate small objects with the fingers.
• Form Perceptions:
  To make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures.
• Color Discrimination:
  Ability to perceive or recognize similarities or differences in colors or shades or other values of the same color.

Work Conditions:
Normal working environment.

General Requirements:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so assigned.