Leadership Teacher @ North Gaston Leadership Academy

Leadership Teacher @ North Gaston High Leadership Academy Job Description

Definition

Under general supervision, employee is responsible for planning, organizing, and presenting instruction and instructional environments which help students learn subject matter and skills that will contribute to their educational and social development.

• Teach Franklin Covey Leader in Me Curriculum.
• Teach North Carolina Standard Course of Study/Essential Standards.
• Teach courses in High School Curriculum Guide (http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). Pubs/), if hired for high school.
• Develop and use instructional materials suitable for verbal and/or visual instruction of students with a wide range of mental, physical and emotional maturity.
• Provide individual and group instruction designed to meet individual needs and motivate assigned students.
• Establish and maintain standards of student control required to achieve effective participation in all activities.
• Evaluate academic and social growth of students and keep appropriate records.
• Provide appropriate instruction and activities for students to meet school/district policies, goals, and objectives.
• Communicate with parents through a variety of means.
• Hold parent conferences to discuss the individual student’s progress and interpret the school program.
• Identify student needs and cooperate with other professional staff members in assessing and helping students solve health, attitude and learning problems.
• Create an effective environment for learning through functional and attractive displays such as bulletin boards, interest centers, etc.
• Maintain professional competence through in‑service education activities provided by the district and/or professional growth activities and university courses.
• Participate cooperatively with the appropriate administrator to develop the method by which s/he will be evaluated in conformance with district guidelines.
• Select and requisition instructional materials; maintain inventory records.
• Cooperate in school‑wide supervision of students during out‑of‑classroom activities.
• Participate in faculty and/or district committees and the sponsorship of student activities.
• Have experience with Professional Learning Communities (PLCs).
• Be skilled in assessment and in using its data for teaching and learning.
• Have the ability to meet the needs of all learners.
• Plan, coordinate, and continuously improve instruction.
• Analyze situations, determine possible options, and make appropriate decisions based on the facts.
• Develop and compile records and reports.
• Use a variety of equipment and classroom tools such as computers, copiers, calculators, pencils, scissors, and other equipment for students.
• Compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics of data, people or things.
• Speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information, including receiving instructions, assignments and/or directions from administrators.
• Read a variety of correspondence, reports, handbooks, forms, lists, etc.
• Prepare correspondence, simple reports, forms, instructional materials, etc., using prescribed format.
• Record and deliver information; explain procedures; follow oral and written instructions.
• Handle people beyond giving and receiving instructions; adapt to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations.
• Establish and maintain working relationships with parents, students, teachers, staff, and administrators.
• Manage instructional time.
• Manage student behavior.
• Consult with parents, teachers and the community to enhance the learning of students.
• Monitor student performance.
• Interact within the educational environment.
• Perform non‑instructional duties as assigned.
• Understand the growth and development of assigned students.

• Regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear. Occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, or crouch.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust…