Primary Purpose: Provide students with appropriate learning activities and experiences designed to help them fulfill their potential for intellectual, emotional, physical, and social growth. Qualifications (Experience/Education/Certification): Bachelor’s degree and valid Texas teaching certificate. Major Responsibilities:
* Instructional Strategies - Plan, develop and implement lesson plans that fulfill the requirements of the district’s instructional program and show written evidence of preparations as required; prepare lessons that reflect accommodations for differences in student abilities and learning styles; linguistically accommodate instruction as appropriate for English language learners; coordinate with special education teachers to modify curricula as needed for special education students according to guidelines established in Individual Education Plans (IEP).
* Student Growth and Development - Help students analyze and improve study methods and habits; help improve the achievement of all students; conduct ongoing assessment of student achievement through formal and informal testing and provide remediation as appropriate to ensure student mastery; assume responsibility and sponsor extracurricular activities as appropriate.
* Classroom Management and Organization - Create a classroom environment conducive to active and successful student learning and appropriate for the physical, social, and emotional development of students; manage student behavior.
* Communication - Establish and maintain effective open communication with students, parents, teachers, and administrators; participate in staff professional development activities.
* Professional Growth and Development - Participate in staff development activities to improve job-related skills; comply with state, district, and school regulations and policies for classroom teachers; and attend and participate in faculty meetings and serve on staff committees as required.
* Perform other duties as assigned.
* Conserve electricity as outlined in the districts energy management plan.
Special Knowledge/Skills:
* Knowledge of all applicable federal, state, and local laws, guidelines and procedures.
* Knowledge of curriculum and instruction.
* Knowledge of subjects assigned, including current research.
* Skill in effectively managing a classroom and student behavior.
* Skill in communicating effectively with others.
* Skill in modifying instruction for various student needs.
* Skill in working with various forms of equipment including, but not limited to, personal computers, calculators, projectors, and printers.
* Skill in working with computer tools, including but not limited to, email, Internet, word processing and spreadsheets.
* Skill in working in collaborative team-based environments.
Supervisory Responsibilities: None. Working Conditions (Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Demands): Maintain emotional control under stress; must be able to lift and/or carry at least 30 lbs.