Exceptional Children's Teacher - Elementary

EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN'S TEACHER - ELEMENTARY

STARS
• Sandhills Theatre Arts Renaissance School
• STARS Charter - Southern Pines, North Carolina. Open in Google Maps

Job : 4926342
Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled
Posted: Jan 08, 2025 12:00 AM (UTC)
Starting Date: Aug 1, 2025

Position Type: Full-Time

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.

Duties and Responsibilities

• A.
  MAJOR FUNCTION: Management of Instructional Time – The teacher has materials, supplies, and equipment for each lesson ready at the start of the lesson or instructional activity; 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.
• B.
  MAJOR FUNCTION: Management of Student Behavior – The teacher has established a set of rules and procedures that govern the handling of routine administrative matters; has established rules for student verbal participation and talk during different types of activities—whole‑class instruction, small‑group instruction, etc.; has established rules for 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.
• C.
  MAJOR FUNCTION: Instructional Presentation – The teacher begins 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 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 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.
• D.
  MAJOR FUNCTION: 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.
• E.
  MAJOR FUNCTION: 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 probing, repeating the question, giving a clue, or allowing more time.
• F.
  MAJOR FUNCTION: Facilitating Instruction – The teacher has an instructional plan which is compatible with the school and system‑wide curricular goals; uses diagnostic information obtained from tests and other assessment procedures to develop and revise objectives and/or tasks; maintains accurate records to document student…