Teacher Middle Grades - Grades 6-8
Listed on 2026-01-01
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Education / Teaching
Special Education Teacher, Online Teaching
Position Details
Position Type:
Teachers/ Tchr Middle Grades
Date Posted: 3/5/2025
Location:
All Schools
Date Available:
07/24/2025
Meets Georgia certification requirements in appropriate field of education.
Education QualificationsBachelor's degree in applicable field of education from a Professional Standards Commission (PSC) approved college or university required.
Experience QualificationsPrevious teaching experience preferred.
Skills QualificationsKnowledge of Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) Academic Knowledge and Skills (AKS) curriculum with in-depth knowledge of content in field of certification; knowledge of techniques for integrating curriculum, GCPS policies, and effective instructional practices; ability to understand the teaching/learning process; ability to infuse technology into instruction to increase student learning; ability to work effectively with administrators, colleagues, central office, and school-based staff, students, parents, and community;
excellent oral and written communication skills; and effective human relations skills.
- Identify specific prerequisite skills and/or knowledge necessary for students to learn the AKS.
- Plan instruction as needed to promote student mastery of prerequisite skills and knowledge.
- Analyze student work and assessments to determine instructional needs.
- Prepare written lesson plans to support instructional objectives of the AKS for all students.
- Plan appropriate assessment of student learning.
- Review resources including district core materials.
- Select core materials and other resources that match the AKS.
- Select resources that match the learner(s) needs.
- Select resources that reflect scientifically-based research on effective instruction.
- Communicate specific learning objectives to students.
- Link lesson content to students’ prior knowledge, background experience, and/or real-world application of content.
- Capture student attention through active involvement.
- Present information in a logical sequence.
- Organize the presentation of content into blocks or steps based on the students’ needs and the complexity of the material.
- Follow research-based organizational plan for content organization, such as anticipatory set, acquisition lesson, guided practice, independent practice, and summarizing.
- Assess students’ learning of the AKS and provide specific feedback to students and parents.
- Provide collaborative learning opportunities to enhance student achievement.
- Provide multiple opportunities for distributed guided practice followed by independent practice.
- Teach essential content-related vocabulary.
- Utilize a variety of nonverbal/visual representations of content and skills.
- Teach students to summarize their learning.
- Teach skills for improving reading and writing proficiency/literacy across content areas.
- Access and/or build students’ background knowledge and experience.
- Utilize and teach questioning and cuing/prompting techniques.
- Utilize technology effectively to plan, teach, and assess.
- Utilize inquiry-based problem-solving learning strategies with students in all content areas.
- Teach and require students to set personal goals for improving their academic achievement.
- Teach students to compare and contrast knowledge, concepts, and content.
- Monitor students’ progress in learning through a variety of techniques.
- Adjust instructional plans based on formative…
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