Elementary Teacher

Job Title

Classroom Teacher

June 1 , 2019

Spring 2019

Exempt

Instruction

Building Principal

Under the direction of the Building Principal, the Licensed Teacher represents a broad grouping of diverse and different instructional positions responsible for developing lesson plans and presenting district curriculum in assigned instructional subjects; delivering and instructing students in lesson plans and instructional material; evaluating and assessing student progress against instructional outcomes and objectives. Licensed Teachers also participate and collaborate with other instructional professionals, administrators, parents, counselors, and other district personnel concerning student needs, issues and district learning initiatives, curriculum and building issues.

Essential duties outlined below are intended as "representative" examples of the level, nature and decision making expected of positions assigned to this classification. The duties below are not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all duties and tasks performed by the employees assigned to this classification. A classification description, unlike job description or position description, is designed to capture the general expectations, complexity level, and nature o f work of any position that may be allocated to this classification.

None

Paraprofessionals

• Plans and develops instructional plans, lessons, experiments, and other support activities to present approved district curriculum i n accordance with educational standards, district goals and objectives. Determines needs and abilities of students and decides on methods and techniques to best present and provide instruction to students within assigned subjects) areas. Assesses and determines how to incorporate technology into lesson planning.
• Provides and delivers classroom instruction to students incorporating the essential elements of instruction. a ) Provides instruction at appropriate levels o f difficulty and i n accordance with district curriculum guidelines, standards and criteria. b) Assesses student progress and determining the need for additional reinforcement or adjustments to instructional plans/techniques/goals. c ) Teaches specific learning objectives. d) Employs various teaching techniques, methods and principles of learning t o best the needs of students and district learning outcomes.
  
  e) Performs classroom management activities; classroom recordkeeping (e.g. attendance and grading activities); maintains classroom discipline and supervision; organizes and maintains the learning environment i n the classroom.
• Evaluates student performance against learning objectives. Develops tests to test performance, grades performance, understanding of educational issues/needs. Advises and makes recommendations to district administrators or committees concerning needs i n curriculum and learning approaches.

Duties are generally performed in a typical classroom/school setting where there are minimal environmental hazards and risks. Employee(s) may be exposed occasionally to disagreeable conditions involving human/student/parental contact.

Employee is continuously required to talk, and hear; frequently stands and/or uses hands to finger, handle or feel or reach with hands and arms; intermittently sits, walks, stoops, kneels or crouches uses hands to finger, handle or feel in the performance of the job. Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.