PreK Teacher

Teacher Position

Qualifications:

• Must hold or have the ability to obtain North Carolina Teacher License OR
• Must meet the qualifications for Residency Teacher License

Supervises:

• May coordinate and direct the activities of teacher assistants

Essential Job Functions:

The teacher is required to follow all Board and State Policies and procedures and to comply with the instructions and/or directives from his/her supervisor(s). Responsibilities include the following:

• Cooperates, as requested, in the development of annual objectives for the school and plans an instructional program which incorporates these objectives.
• Incorporates learner objectives compatible with the subject, grade level, established curriculum, and student needs.
• Assesses his/her instructional program to determine its effectiveness.
• Maintains an effective program by establishing and maintaining an adequate knowledge of subject areas and child growth and development.
• Attends and participates in staff development, professional learning communities, and other relevant training.
• Stays abreast of and implements current evidence based research practices for increasing student achievement.
• Ensures that the instruction, materials and procedures are appropriate for the subject being taught and for the needs of the students.
• Ensures the application and practice are used by students to acquire or reinforce a concept or skill.
• Encourages students, parents and others to become actively involved in daily instructional activities.
• Collaborates with parents, employees, and community to create a supportive approach to reaching students.
• Assesses individual student abilities to devise techniques that will accommodate student differences in rates of learning, styles of learning, and ability levels. These techniques may involve long term or short term grouping or the differentiating of materials and equipment.
• Monitors individual student achievement on a continuous basis, employs a variety of teaching methods to meet student needs, and provides remediation as required.
• Implements professional classroom management techniques to maintain a suitable instructional environment.
• Makes use of community resources, student talent, volunteers, and other school personnel to enhance the instructional program.
• Demonstrates respect for the dignity and worth of all students, values cultural differences, and maintains communication with parents.
• Accepts responsibility for non-instructional duties as may be assigned by the principal, superintendent, school board, or other administrative personnel.
• Conducts himself in such a manner as to promote a safe, secure, and orderly environment. Fosters a climate of respect at the school, and thus, by example, demonstrates that appropriate personal conduct should be a priority for all students and all employees.
• Report acts of violence to the principal.

The teacher's primary functions are:

• To direct the growth and development of pupils;
• To assume definite responsibilities toward the safe, efficient operation, and the improvement of the total program of the school; and
• To teach the required curriculum, as adopted by the Board.
• Additional responsibilities such as the following may be assigned:
• Bus duty;
• Cafeteria supervision;
• Playground duty;
• Supervision of extra-curricular activities; except that no such assignments may be made to initially licensed teachers or to teachers with more than twenty-seven (27) years of experience unless they request such assignment in writing, or unless the Board makes a finding that there is a compelling reason to suspend this policy for an individual school;
• Attend professional development or other professional training;
• Service on committees; and
• All other duties as may be assigned by the Superintendent, principal, or other supervisor(s).

Physical and Cognitive Requirements:

The major physical and cognitive requirements listed below are applicable to the Teacher job classification within Hoke County Schools. Work in this classification is considered light physical work requiring the exertion of up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to move objects.

Must be able to:

• Prepare, read and comprehend a variety of job related forms, reports, spreadsheets, maps, plans, records, documentation and correspondence in all languages required by the job
• Understand and conform to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction and style
• Speak to individuals or groups of people with poise, voice control and confidence
• Respond adequately to inquiries or complaints
• Write using standard convention in all languages required by the job
• Apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagrammatic form
• Communicate effectively and efficiently in all languages required by the job using whatever communication device or system is required (telephone, Braille)
• Use/interpret job related terminology, mathematical formulas and functions effectively and efficiently
• Deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions
• Perform under stress, deal with persons acting under stress and adapt when confronted with emergency situations
• Be sensitive to cultural differences among individuals and groups of persons
• Operate a motor vehicle
• Operate/use a variety of automated office machines and other office equipment
• Operate/use a variety of printing/graphic arts machines
• Operate/use a variety of audiovisual/electronic machines and devices
• Operate/use a variety of communication machines/equipment/devices
• Operate/use a variety of job specific machines/equipment

DISCLAIMER: This job description is not a comprehensive list of all the duties, responsibilities, and skills that may be required of the employees assigned to this position. This description may be revised by the supervisor, with HR review and approval, at any time.