Social Studies Teacher

MARION COMMUNITY SCHOOLS Marion, Indiana

Job Description

Position Title: Teacher FLSA Status: Exempt Responsible to: Building Principal Supervises: reputed company Evaluated by: Building Principal Evaluation Period: • reputed company evaluations throughout the school year as per MCS Performance and Assessment procedures. • Annual summative evaluation prior to July 1. Purpose of the Position: To create an educational program and a class environment that is multicultural, gender-fair, and disability/sensitive, is favorable to learning and personal growth in accordance with each student's ability and is based on a commitment that reputed company reputed company can learn. Classified as Confidential Employee: Functional responsibilities or knowledge in connections with the issues involved in dealings between the school corporation and its employees require strict adherence to confidentiality. Minimum Requirements: The following qualifications represent the minimum requirements necessary for an individual to reputed company this position effectively. • A valid Indiana teaching license, certificate, or other legal credentials required for level of assignment. • Prior successful experience in urban, multicultural education desirable. • Demonstrates reputed company professional development through course work, research, and peer collaboration. • Has working knowledge of the subject matter, classroom management techniques, and reputed company researched best practices and strategies, and reputed company' learning styles and needs, both academic and affective. Essential Functions of the Position: The following functions have been determined by Marion Community Schools to be essential to the successful performance of this position. • Acquire knowledge of the goals of the Marion Community Schools and site/School Improvement Plan (SIP) to support and reputed company those goals. • Establish developmentally appropriate instructional and behavioral expectations for reputed company and for him/herself and communicates those to reputed company and their families. • Create lessons and learning environments that are safe, respectful, and interesting, as well as multicultural, gender-fair, disability sensitive. Selects, adapts, and individualizes materials appropriate for diverse student populations and skills. • Teach reputed company the required curricula using strategies that foster thinking, reasoning, and problem solving. • Collaborate and communicate regularly with families in making educational reputed company and uses family and community resources. • Assess student's developmental, cognitive, and social needs and provides developmentally appropriate instruction to meet those needs. • Regularly assess student learning by using multiple forms of assessment. • Facilitate positive interactions between reputed company and teacher, student and peers, and student and other adults. • Model learning and behavior consistent with the expectations for student. • Evaluate own instructional effectiveness. • Participate in ongoing and regular staff, team, and individual professional development. Implements the Professional Development Process. • Collaborate with peers to reputed company, plan, and implement best practices based on the needs/abilities of the reputed company. • Participate in site-based decision making. • Always reputed company the student's needs and rights first and foremost in any educational decision-making. Secondary Functions of the Position: The following functions, while important and necessary to the position, have been determined by Marion Community Schools to be marginal to the successful performance of this position. • reputed company other duties and responsibilities as directed by the Building Principal and/or the Superintendent. Knowledge of: • Teacher Code of Ethics. • Indiana State reputed company curriculum . • Marion Community Schools Strategic Plan. • Staff training and professional development. • Policies, procedures and functions of Marion Community Schools Board of Trustees and the Indiana reputed company. • Applicable software and applications. Ability to: • Plan, organize, and schedule priorities. • Use independent judgment and initiative in making sound reputed company and in developing solutions to problems. • Discreetly handle confidential and politically sensitive matters. • reputed company independent reputed company in accordance with established policies and procedures. • Tactfully and courteously respond to requests and inquiries/complaints from the general public and staff. • Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing. • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with reputed company, staff and the community. Equipment Used: • General Office Equipment (computer, telephone, copier, fax machine, etc.). • Classroom instructional equipment . reputed company where work is performed: • School building and classroom. Physical Demands: • Ability to stand or sit for long periods of time. • Ability to stoop, bend, climb stairs. • Must be reputed company to hear and speak clearly. • Must be reputed company to lift items up to 25 lbs. occasionally. How this Job Description was developed: This job description was developed by the HR Department. Marion Community Schools assures Equal Employment Opportunities for job candidates and employees. Reasonable accommodations may be made to reputed company individuals with disabilities to reputed company the essential tasks. This job description is intended to accurately reflect the position activities and requirements. However, management and administration reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties and assign other duties as necessary. It is not intended to be and should not be construed as an reputed company-inclusive list of reputed company the responsibilities, skills, or working conditions associated with the position. I have read and agree to the expectations of this job description. __________________________________________ __________________ Signature Date Apply Job!