High School Social Studies Teacher

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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.

• Shall determine appropriate action within clearly defined guidelines.
• Shall 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.
• Shall seek to establish friendly and cooperative partnerships between home and school.
• Shall work to develop a positive public relationship between the school district and the community.
• Shall carry out assignments in a timely manner without undue checking.
• Shall react positively to directives.
• Shall have a willingness to cooperate with the superintendent, district administrators, principals, and staff.
• Shall maintain the confidentiality, both verbally and in written form of each student’s educational record.
• Shall strive to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Shall take necessary precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
• Shall adhere to School Board of Education Policies and Procedures.

• Shall build positive relationships with and between school and community.
• Shall promote leadership potential in colleagues.
• Shall participate in professional organizations and activities.
• Shall write and speak effectively.
• Shall contribute to the professional knowledge and expertise about teaching and learning.
• Shall guide the development of curriculum and instructional materials.
• Shall initiate and develop educational projects and programs.
• Shall have listening, conflict resolution, and group-facilitation skills as a team member.

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

• Shall hold a bachelor’s degree or higher and the required Kentucky certificate for the assigned position.
• Shall demonstrate the ability to work effectively with students, peers, and adults.
• Shall 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.