Social Studies Teacher P27-70

High School Social Studies Teacher

The High School Social Studies Teacher, working as a member of the middle school team, is assigned to deliver a comprehensive social studies program in accordance with state law and West Virginia Board of Education and county policies and regulations. The responsibilities include implementing the program of study approved by the West Virginia Board of Education and the county Board of Education, fostering a classroom climate conducive to learning, utilizing instructional management systems models that increase student learning, monitoring student progress toward mastery of the instructional goals and objectives, communicating effectively with the educational community and parents/guardians on a regular basis, meeting professional responsibilities, implementing the state and county testing program in accordance with state and county policies, working collaboratively with other members of the team to devise a schedule for each assigned student, providing a portion of the planning time for requested parent, student or parent/student conferences, completing and submitting all reports in a timely manner as required by law, the West Virginia Department of Education, and/or the county Board of Education, reporting the presence of any situation that may be harmful to the health and safety of the students and/or staff, identifying and referring for screening and evaluation any child who has learning deficiencies, advising the principal of the presence of any situation that may require immediate intervention so as not to hinder the instructional program, completing duty assignments as designated by the principal, communicating to parents/guardians the progress and/or deficiencies of students, accepting responsibility for the behavior of the students assigned, supervising students at all times in accordance with state, county and school policies, attending all faculty senate and other required meetings, fulfilling annual continuing education requirements and attending other required training programs, taking student attendance as legally required and in accordance with county policy, accepting reasonable extra duty assignments necessary for a successful school program, maintaining professional work habits, maintaining and upgrading professional skills, and performing other duties as assigned by the principal.