Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university;
NM teaching License with endorsements as needed.
Skills/Aptitudes:
Good organizational ability; good written and oral communication skills; ability to maintain high level of professionalism and confidentiality regarding students, staff, parents, and school matters.
Essential Job Responsibilities of Teacher:
· Works cooperatively with colleagues, supervisors, and administrators.
· Demonstrates ethical behavior.
· Follows district policies and administrative rules and regulations.
· Follows District Code of Conduct policies.
· Maintains behavior appropriate to performing and accomplishing assigned duties.
· Maintains a suitable personal appearance as it relates to position.
· Communicates accurately and effectively in the content area and maintain a professional rapport with students.
· Obtains feedback from and communicates with students in a manner which enhances student learning and understanding. Utilizes a variety of teaching methods and resources with students who are exceptional and their teachers.
· Encourages the development of student involvement, responsibility, and critical thinking skills.
· Manages the classroom to ensure the best use of instructional time.
· Creates an atmosphere conducive to learning, self-discipline
· Follows board policies and administrative rules and regulations.
· Communicates accurate and current information to students in a way that enhances student learning, and includes demonstrating effective writing skills, and use of standard English.
· Manages time appropriately.
· Cooperates with administration, parents, and colleagues.
· Creates a positive atmosphere and arranges the physical environment of the classroom for optimum learning.
· Develops annual Individual Education Plans (IEP) using district provided program for all students assigned to the teachers caseload prior to the due date of the IEP.
· Gathers all information needed for diagnostic re-evaluation and submits to the site assigned diagnostician 4 weeks prior to the evaluation due date.
· Schedules all IEP meetings prior to the IEP due date.
· Implements IEP's and collects all data to support implementation of IEP.
· Collaborates with site administrator to address student behavior as needed.
· Conducts Functional Behavioral Assessments and composes Behavior Intervention Plans as needed.
· Complies with all IDEA-B laws.
· Collaborates with general education teachers and other service providers to ensure that students who are exceptional receive appropriate instruction.
· Demonstrates concern for student’s well-being and positive esteem.
· Takes precautions to protect equipment, materials, and facilities.
· Maintains accurate and complete records as required by the school district, and reports progress or lack thereof to parents in a timely manner.
· Attends and participates in faculty meetings.
· Completes duties (hall, bus, etc.) as assigned.
· Leaves adequate preparations for a substitute.
· Develops and implements appropriate classroom management strategies while maintaining high expectations for student behavior.
· Encourages cooperation between students.
· Maintains student involvement in appropriate tasks.
· Uses and applies appropriate conflict resolution skills.
· Demonstrates public relations skills.
· Uses appropriate techniques, strategies, and materials to achieve the desired instructional goal.
· Adapts the curriculum to meet the needs of individual students.
· Uses current technology for instruction and management purposes.
· Uses diagnostic data to improve instructional programs.
· Selects, uses, and interprets evaluation data.
· Maintains availability to parents, students, administration, and peers outside the school day, if needed.
· Attends extracurricular activities.
· Spends time beyond the school day grading, and recording papers, planning instruction, etc.
· Reports suspected child abuse and neglect.
· Monitors students on field trips and is accountable for each student.
· Acts as a good role model within the context of the school.
· Supervises educational assistants, practicum students, student teachers, and high school vocational lab students.
· Develops and uses community and professional resources.
· Understands and applies learning theories.
· Performs other job duties as assigned.