Pre-K Teacher

Teacher Position

Summary:

Prepare lesson plans and instruct students. Evaluate and monitor students' performance.

Minimum

Job Requirements:

• Valid Arizona teaching certificate
• Certain endorsement(s) may be required for certain positions
• Valid Arizona DPS Fingerprint Card
• Proof of immunity to rubeola (measles) and rubella (German Measles), or proof of MMR immunization

Essential Functions:

• Prepare lesson plans and instruct students in accordance with established curriculum and student needs
• Assess student needs and performance
• Develop, implement, and evaluate daily lesson plans, to include scheduled activities and materials
• Modify instruction to meet the needs of each child
• Plan, organize, and display classroom materials appropriate to curricular activities
• Use and implement classroom management techniques to maintain organization, orderliness, student safety, and a productive learning environment
• Plans instruction and implements instructional techniques to encourage and motivate students
• Evaluate students' performance regarding achievements in curriculum and activities
• Make necessary provisions to meet learning needs
• Ensure parents and students are informed of methods of evaluation used in the classroom
• Inform parents of student progress and school activities
• Advise parents of instructional methods that may assist students
• Participates as a member of an instructional team to promote learning activities for students, consistent with district and school education objectives
• Notify the site administrator of the special needs of students who display characteristics that vary from the norm
• Collaborate with specialists as needed to assist students
• Observe the behavior of children in the classroom and on the playground
• May monitor the activities of a teacher assistant and classroom volunteers

Marginal Functions:

• Order classroom supplies and instructional materials

Mental Tasks:

• Communicates verbally and in writing
• Reads
• Analyze and evaluate student progress and course curriculum
• Develop, implement, and evaluate plans
• Manages classroom
• Perform functions from written and oral instructions and from observing and listening to others
• Evaluate written materials to include written assignments and tests

Physical Tasks:

• Work involves the performance of duties where physical exertion is not normally required to perform all aspects of the job
• Assistance is available as required to perform physically demanding tasks
• Work involves sitting for extended periods of time, and requires moving from one location to another, reaching, stooping, bending, and holding and grasping objects
• Visual weakness must not prohibit the performance of assigned duties
• Verbal communicative ability may be required in public contact positions

Equipment, Aids, Tools, Materials:

• Uses whiteboard, bulletin board, instructional or office equipment, such as telephones, computers, copiers, and associated classroom technology

Working Conditions:

• Indoor - classroom environment
• Outdoor - all weather conditions and temperatures
• Contact with the public, employees, students, and parents

Control, Supervision:

• Monitor control of students, volunteers, and/or assistants in the classroom, playground, field trips, lunchroom, library, school buses, and other areas

Other Information

Required:

• Candidates called for an interview will be required to submit a portfolio with "Academic Achievement Data" (e.g. AIMS, DIBELS, Galileo, etc.) for the past two years

Additional Benefits:

• New Teacher Induction
• Differentiated Professional Development
• Commuter Bus from Tucson
• Affordable Teacher Housing, if available
• Employee Medical Insurance

The Baboquivari Unified School District is an Equal Opportunity/Voluntary Affirmative Action Employer. The Baboquivari Unified School District does not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, color, religion/religious beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or national origin.