6th Grade Teacher

Purpose: 

Under the direction of the Principal, the teacher is responsible for the education of assigned students and will create a flexible program and class environment favorable for learning and personal growth. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

1. Maintain and enrich their expertise in the subject area they will teach. 

2. Develop lesson plans that ensure the attainment of state learning standards and the additional specific grade-by-grade learning standards set forth in the charter. 

3. Coordinate lesson plans with other teachers to maximize possibilities for teaching similar topics in the same general time frame, thus reinforcing student knowledge on an interdisciplinary basis. 

4. Provide direct and indirect instruction. 

5. Long and short-term planning addressing individual needs of students.

6. Prepare students adequately for all required assessments. 

7. Evaluate student’s progress 

8. Prepare individual student achievement reports for parents at least once each term.

9. Provide an inviting, exciting, innovative learning environment. 

10. Engage in effective and appropriate classroom management 

11. Accept and incorporate feedback and coaching from administrative staff. 

12. Oversee the academic and behavioral progress of each student. 

13. Utilize computers and other technological classroom support equipment in student instruction. 

14. Perform other duties as assigned and deemed appropriate by the Principal. 

Qualifications:

 1. Demonstrated expertise in the subject they will teach, as evidenced by personal skills and knowledge, an undergraduate major or minor or graduate degree in the subject they will teach, or direct subject-area teaching experience. 

2. Possess required state teaching credential and meet any other credentialing requirements. 

4. Demonstrated communication skills. 

5. Demonstrated ability and experience to engage the interest of school-age children. 

6. Demonstrated ability to work with diverse children, including those with special needs. 

7. Teaching experience in a public or private school, preferably in an rural setting 

8. Demonstrated ability to work well with parents. 

9. Demonstrated ability to work effectively as a team member. 

10. Demonstrated ability to evaluate tests and measurements of achievement 

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