Exceptional Children's Teacher - Murphy Middle School

Exceptional Children's Teacher - Murphy Middle School

Location:

Murphy, North Carolina;
Cherokee County Schools Central Office.

Final date to receive applications:
Posted until filled;
Posted:
Jul 06, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC);
Starting Date:
Aug 10, 2026.

• Job : 5815726
• Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled
• Posted: Jul 06, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)
• Starting Date: Aug 10, 2026

Reports To: Principal

Supervises: May coordinate and direct the activities of teacher assistants.

Purpose: To plan, organize and present instruction and instructional environments that help students learn subject matter and skills that will contribute to their educational and social development.

• Management of Instructional Time: The teacher has materials, supplies, and equipment for each lesson ready at the start of the lesson or instructional activity; creates lessons based on the North Carolina Standard Course of Study (NCSCOS); gets the class started quickly; gets students on task quickly at the beginning of each lesson; maintains a high level of student time-on-task.
• Management of Student Behavior: The teacher has established a set of rules and procedures that govern the handling of routine administrative matters; has established a set of rules and procedures that govern student verbal participation and talk during different types of activities—whole-class instruction, small-group instruction, etc.; has established a set of rules and procedures that govern student movement in the classroom during different types of instructional and non-instructional activities;
  
  frequently monitors the behavior of all students during whole-class, small-group, and seat work activities and during transitions between instructional activities; stops inappropriate behavior promptly and consistently, yet maintains the dignity of the student.
• Instructional Presentation: The teacher begins a lesson or instructional activity with a review of previous materials; introduces the lesson or instructional activity and specific learning objectives when appropriate; speaks fluently and precisely; presents the lesson or instructional activity using concepts and language understandable to the students; provides relevant examples and demonstrations to illustrate concepts and skills; assigns tasks that students handle with a high rate of success;
  
  asks appropriate levels of questions that students handle with a high rate of success; conducts lesson or instructional activity at a brisk pace, slowing presentations when necessary for student understanding but avoiding slowdowns; makes transitions between lessons and between instructional activities within lessons efficiently and smoothly; makes sure that the assignment is clear; summarizes the main point(s) of the lesson at the end of the lesson or instructional activity.
• Instructional Monitoring of Student Performance: The teacher maintains clear, firm, and reasonable work standards and due dates; circulates during class work to check all students’ performance; routinely uses oral, written, and other work products to check student progress; poses questions clearly and one at a time.
• Instructional Feedback: The teacher provides feedback on the correctness or incorrectness of in-class work to encourage student growth; regularly provides prompt feedback on assigned out-of-class work; affirms a correct oral response appropriately and moves on; provides sustaining feedback after an incorrect response or no response by repeating, cueing responses, or allowing more time or the question.
• Facilitating Instruction: The teacher has an instructional plan which is compatible with the school and system-wide curricular goals; uses data-informed instructional practices and diagnostic information obtained from tests and other assessment procedures to develop and revise objectives and/or tasks; maintains accurate records to document student performance; has an instructional plan that matches/aligns objectives, learning strategies, assessment and student needs at the appropriate level of difficulty;
  
  uses available human and material resources to support the instructional program.
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