Teacher - Biology

Job Title

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

Minimum

Job Requirements:

• A valid Arizona teaching certificate is required.
• Secondary Certification with an approved area of Biology and Chemistry is required for the position.
• Valid Arizona DPS Fingerprint Card.

Essential Functions:

• Prepare lesson plans and instruct students in accordance with the 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.
• Uses and implements 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 the curriculum and activities.
• Make necessary provisions to meet learning needs.
• Ensure parents and students are informed of the 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 the classroom.
• Promotes learning and ensures safety.
• Performs functions from written and oral instructions and from observing and listening to others.
• Evaluate written materials, including 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, 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 for 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.