Job Title: English (Grades 9-12)
Purpose: The purpose of the English Instructor is to include grammar skills, literature, vocabulary skills, and composition in the classroom. To be a role model for students both in the cognitive and affective domain; to help students gain an appreciation and understanding of English.
Responsible to: Building Principal
Supervises: Classified personnel as assigned by the administration
Qualifications:
- Kansas State Teaching Certificate/Licenses in assigned area (s) of instruction.
- Highly qualified as defined in the No Child Left Behind Legislation.
- Ability to convey information to students in a variety of methods to induce learning.
- Ability to use technology as an instructional tool.
- Ability to use appropriate classroom management skills that insure a positive learning environment.
- Keep active in understanding the current trends in the discipline.
Essential Functions:
- Ability to communicate effectively with students, parents, colleagues, and the community.
- Ability to effectively manage the classroom.
- Ability to perform assigned tasks.
- Ability to establish goals and objectives.
- Ability to design effective strategies to achieve goals.
- Ability to make the subject matter relevant to the students.
- Ability to supervise students in non-classroom settings.
- Ability to promote education throughout the community.
- Ability to insure classroom activities conform to District policies, rules, and regulations.
Physical Requirements/Environmental Conditions:
- Must occasionally work in noisy and crowded environments with numerous interruptions.
- Requires stooping, kneeling, bending, turning, and reaching.
- Ability to move equipment within the building as required.
- Requires prolonged sitting and standing; and use of equipment causing eye fatigue.
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General responsibilities:
- Teach students to: a. read and understand literary skills b. read and understand new vocabulary words c. know and understand standard grammar skills d. write a unified composition with a thesis e. exercise self-discipline in learning situations
- Establish a controlled and disciplined atmosphere for the above to take place
- Keep an accurate record of attendance and grades
- Develop and use goals and objectives for each class
- Involve the public through speakers and/or field trips.
- Cooperative with other staff to build mutual trust and respect
- Keep parents and public informed of classroom activities.
- Willingness and flexibility to adopt new teaching strategies into their classroom.
- Prepare students for local, state, and national summative assessments.
- Following competently directives from the principal.
- Establish lesson plans for each course stating goals and objectives in measurable terms.
- Demonstrate 2-way communication and respect with superiors.
- Be cooperative, displaying professional courtesy toward colleagues.
- Be fair, polite, respectful, and communicate with students.
Term of Employment: As per negotiated teacher agreement
Payment Rate: According to Certified Salary Schedule
Evaluation: Performance effectiveness will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board of Education Policy of Certified Personnel.
Date of Board of Education Approval: 08/09/04