JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Building Instructional Capacity

• Maintain records as required by NLCS policy and state guidelines; maintains professional ethics.

• Establish and maintain cooperative professional relationships.
• Model appropriate dress.
• Administers the classroom and its program of organization and management. Discipline and control should be maintained at all times with those whom the teacher is charged with supervising.
• Demonstrate knowledge of subject matter.
• Be prompt in arriving in and dismissing a class in conformity with school schedules, as well as reporting promptly to school and to any meetings called.

• Approach subject matter in a positive and enthusiastic manner; present subject matter in a clam, self-confident, and poised manner.

• Monitor student behavior and activities.    
• Show respect and consideration for students, staff, parents, and so forth. 
• Present material relevant to the objective clearly and accurately.
• Provide for the care and protection of NLCS property that is used in the instructional process.
• Keep an active record of texts, supplies, and equipment used in the classroom.
• Foster desirable school-community relationships.

• Refer attendance, health, and psychological/emotional problems to principal and/or guidance counselor/Home School Advisor/Joint Services.

• Accept a share of responsibility for committees and co-curricular activities.

• Attend NLCS and faculty meetings (seminars, conferences, workshops, and so forth) as scheduled in the corporation/school calendar.

• Conducts other duties related to the teacher’s duties as assigned by the principal or local superintendent.

Planning & Professional Learning

• Provide evidence of professional growth.
• Write clear and usable plans that indicate direction for instruction and implementation of courses of study.
• Prepare lesson plans on time.
• Begin and end lessons on time.

• Cooperate with extended exceptional programs, i.e., Inclusion, Title I, and so forth; endeavor to make provisions for individual differences in students and adjust instruction accordingly.

• Assist in the selection of textbooks, equipment, and other instructional materials.

Student Support

• Provides guidance and counsel to the students which will promote their welfare and their proper educational development.

• Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with parents through effective use of interim reports, report cards, conferences, phone calls, and notifications, etc.

• Present clear, complete, and accurate explanations and instruction suitable to level of learners.

• Give positive reinforcement to acceptable academic and social behavior.

• Consistently confront undesirable behavior with firmness and fairness and thoroughly professional demeanor.

• Provide activities that will help learners meet the objectives.
• Ask relevant questions throughout the lesson to check for understanding.
• Encourage active student participation.
• Periodically assess student progress.

• Provide homework that is relevant to the learning objective with appropriate feedback.

• Maintain accurate pupil accounting records and, as necessary, become familiar with the cumulative records of students in classes.

• Serves as a role model for students in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible, intelligent human beings.
• Helps instill in students the belief in and practice of ethical principles and democratic values.

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS REQUIRED

Educational Requirements

Appropriate State of Indiana teaching certification.

Skills

& Knowledge

Excellent oral & written communication skills. Demonstrates a sincere desire to aid all students.

Knowledge of instructional design & highly interactive or innovative instructional methods. Deep knowledge of instructional best practices. Knowledge of Indiana academic standards.

Experience

Evidence of teacher-leadership experience. The advanced ability to set and meet goals and priorities, and work with colleagues to implement and drive results-oriented systems.