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JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
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Building Instructional Capacity
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- Maintain records as required by NLCS policy and state guidelines; maintain professional ethics.
- Establish and maintain cooperative professional relationships.
- Model appropriate dress.
- Administer 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.
- Provide differentiated instruction to meet the needs of all learners 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/SEC Advisor.
- Accept a share of responsibility for RtI and other committees and co-curricular activities.
- Attend NLCS and faculty meetings (seminars, conferences, workshops, and so forth) as scheduled in the corporation/school calendar.
- Conduct other duties related to the teacher’s duties as assigned by the principal or local superintendent.
- Schedule and coordinate IEP meetings as required, or at least annually.
- Provide IEP documentation to staff through IEP at a glance.
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Planning & Professional Learning
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- 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.
- Complete bi-annual caseload count requirements.
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Student Support
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Write, follow and apply Individual Education Plans (IEPs) to meet the needs of students
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Provide guidance and counsel to the students which will promote their welfare and their proper educational development.
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Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with parents through effective use of interim reports, report cards, conferences, phone calls, and notifications, etc.
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Present clear, complete, and accurate explanations and instructions suitable to level and ability of learners.
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Give positive reinforcement to acceptable academic and social behavior.
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Consistently confront undesirable behavior with firmness and fairness and thoroughly professional demeanor.
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Provide activities that will help learners meet the objectives.
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Ask relevant questions throughout the lesson to check for understanding.
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Encourage active student participation.
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Periodically assess student progress.
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Provide homework that is relevant to the learning objective with appropriate feedback.
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Maintain accurate pupil accounting records and, as necessary, become familiar with the cumulative records of students in classes.
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Serve as a role model for students in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible, intelligent human beings.
- Help instill in students the belief in and practice of ethical principles and democratic values.
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