English Teacher

Location: Edgecombe County Public Schools SouthWest Edgecombe High School - Pinetops, North Carolina Starting Date: Immediately Job Description POSITION: Teacher REPORTS TO: Principal SUPERVISES: May coordinate and direct the activities of teacher assistants. PURPOSE: To plan, organize and present instruction and instructional environments that help students learn subject matter and skills that will contribute to their educational and social development. Responsibilities MANAGEMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL TIME: The teacher has materials, supplies, and equipment for each lesson ready at the start of the lesson or instructional activity; gets the class started quickly; gets students on task quickly at the beginning of each lesson; maintains a high level of student time‑on‑task. MANAGEMENT OF STUDENT BEHAVIOR: The teacher has established a set of rules and procedures that govern the handling of routine administrative matters; has established a set of rules and procedures that govern student verbal participation and talk during different types of activities—whole‑class instruction, small group instruction, etc.; has established a set of rules and procedures that govern student movement in the classroom during different types of instructional and non‑instructional activities; frequently monitors the behavior of all students during whole‑class, small group, and seat work activities and during transitions between instructional activities; stops inappropriate behavior promptly and consistently, yet maintains the dignity of the student. INSTRUCTIONAL PRESENTATION: The teacher begins a lesson or instructional activity with a review of previous materials; introduces the lesson or instructional activity and specific learning objectives when appropriate; speaks fluently and precisely; presents the lesson or instructional activity using concepts and language understandable to the students; provides relevant examples and demonstrations to illustrate concepts and skills; assigns tasks that students handle with a high rate of success; asks appropriate levels of questions that students handle with a high rate of success; conducts lesson or instructional activity at a brisk pace, slowing presentations when necessary for student understanding but avoiding slowdowns; makes transitions between lessons and between instructional activities within lessons efficiently and smoothly; makes sure that the assignment is clear; summarizes the main point(s) of the lesson at the end of the lesson or instructional activity. INSTRUCTIONAL MONITORING OF STUDENT PERFORMANCE: The teacher maintains clear, firm and reasonable work standards and due dates; circulates during class work to check all students’ performance; routinely uses oral, written, and other work products to check student progress; poses questions clearly and one at a time. INSTRUCTIONAL FEEDBACK: The teacher provides feedback on the correctness or incorrectness of in‑class work to encourage student growth; regularly provides prompt feedback on assigned out‑of‑class work; affirms a correct oral response appropriately, and moves on; provides sustaining feedback after an incorrect response or no response by probing, repeating the question, giving a clue, or allowing more time. FACILITATING INSTRUCTION: The teacher has an instructional plan which is compatible with the school and system‑wide curricular goals; uses diagnostic information obtained from tests and other assessment procedures to develop and revise objectives and/or tasks; maintains accurate records to document student performance; has instructional plan that matches/aligns objectives, learning strategies, assessment and student needs at the appropriate level of difficulty; uses available human and material resources to support the instructional program. INTERACTING WITHIN THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT: The teacher treats all students in a fair and equitable manner; interacts effectively with students, co‑workers, parents, and community. PERFORMING NON‑INSTRUCTIONAL DUTIES: The teacher carries out non‑instructional duties as assigned and/or as need is perceived; adheres to established laws, policies, rules, and regulations; follows a plan for professional development and demonstrates evidence of growth. ADDITIONAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Performs other related work as required. Qualifications Degree in education or in a related area that will qualify for licensure as a teacher by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Must be able to use a variety of equipment and classroom tools such as computers, copiers, typewriters, calculators, pencils, scissors, and equipment for children with special needs, etc. Must be able to exert a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Due to amount of time spent standing and/or walking, physical requirements are consistent with those for Light Work. DATA CONCEPTION: Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics (whether similar to or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people or things. INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION: Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes receiving instructions, assignments and/or directions from superiors. LANGUAGE ABILITY: Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, handbooks, forms, lists, etc. Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, simple reports, forms, instructional materials, etc., using prescribed format. INTELLIGENCE: Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables. VERBAL APTITUDE: Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in a variety of technical or professional languages including medical, legal and counseling terminology. NUMERICAL APTITUDE: Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages; and to apply the principles of descriptive statistics, statistical inference and statistical theory. FORM/SPATIAL APTITUDE: Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape. MOTOR COORDINATION: Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment. MANUAL DEXTERITY: Requires the ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment and hand tools. Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination. COLOR DISCRIMINATION: Requires the ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color. INTERPERSONAL TEMPERAMENT: Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations. PHYSICAL COMMUNICATION: Requires the ability to talk and hear: (Talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words. Hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear). Must be able to communicate via telephone. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Ability to constantly monitor the safety and well-being of students, particularly when student is participating in an inclusive activity; ability to motivate students; ability to maintain a clean and orderly environment; ability to perform general clerical duties; ability to maintain order and discipline in a classroom; ability to operate common office machines; ability to maintain basic files and records; ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments. Position Type: Permanent Full-Time #J-18808-Ljbffr