2024-2025 Science/Health Teacher- Jarrett Middle School

GENERAL PURPOSE

This position is responsible for providing support to the instructional process by serving as a teacher with specific responsibility for ensuring secondary age students' success in academics, interpersonal skills and activities of daily living.

Supervising students within the classroom and other assigned areas; developing lesson plans and delivering group an individual student instruction within established curriculum guidelines;

collaborating with other teachers, other

professional staff, and administrators in addressing instructional and / or classroom issues; and responding to a wide range of inquiries from students' parents or guardians regarding instructional program and student progress.

Essential Functions

• Instructs students improving their success in academic, interpersonal and daily living skills through a defined course of study.
• Monitors students in a variety of educational environments providing a safe and positive learning environment.
• Manages student behavior providing a safe and optimal learning environment.
• Assesses student progress towards objectives, expectations, and / or goals providing feedback to students, parents and administration.
• Collaborates with instructional staff, other school personnel, parents and a variety of community resources improving the overall quality of student outcomes, achieving established classroom objectives in support of the school improvement plan.
• Advises parents and / or legal guardians of student progress for the purpose of communicating expectations; student's achievements;

developing methods for improvement and / or reinforcing classroom goals in the home environment.

• Administers developmental testing programs, subject specific assessments, etc. for the purpose of assessing student competency levels and / or developing individual learning plans.
• Counsels students improving performance, health status, problem solving techniques and a variety of personal issues.
• Demonstrates methods required to perform classroom and / or subject specific assignments providing an effective program that address individual student requirements.
• Directs student teachers, paraprofessionals, volunteers and / or student workers providing an effective classroom program and addressing the needs of individual students.
• Facilitates student learning achieving success in academic, interpersonal and daily living skills through defined lesson plans.
• Maintains a variety of manual and electronic documents files and records providing up-to-date information and / or historical reference in accordance with established administrative guidelines and legal requirements.
• Participates in a variety of meetings and workshops conveying and / or gathering information required to perform functions.
• Prepares a variety of materials documenting student progress and meeting mandated requirements.
• Reports health and safety issues to assigned administrator and appropriate agencies maintaining students’ personal safety, a positive learning environment and complying with regulatory requirements and established guidelines.
• Responds to emergency situations resolving immediate safety concerns and / or directing to appropriate personnel for resolution.
• Responds to inquiries from a variety of sources resolving issues, providing information and / or direction.
• Performs other related duties as required / assigned.

Qualification and Requirments

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university.
• Job related experience with increasing levels of responsibility is required.

Certificates, Licenses and Other Special Requirements

• Possession of Heath K-12 and Elementary 1-8 or Science 5-9 Missouri Teacher Certification.
• Must pass a Criminal Background Clearance, the results of which must be satisfactory to the District, required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of basic math, including calculations using fractions, percentages, and / or ratios; read technical information, compose a variety of documents, and / or facilitate group discussions;

and analyze situations to define issues, draw conclusions and create action plans.

Knowledge based competencies required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job include appropriate codes, policies, regulations and / or laws;

age appropriate activities; lesson plan requirements; stages of child development; and behavioral management strategies.

• Skill to perform multiple, technical tasks with a need to routinely upgrade skills in order to meet changing job conditions.
• Skill based competencies required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job, including : applying assessment instruments;

operating standard office equipment including using pertinent software applications; and preparing and maintaining accurate records

• Ability to schedule a number of activities, meetings, and / or events; gather, collate, and / or classify data; and use job-related equipment.
• Ability to work with others under a wide variety of circumstances; working with data utilizing defined but different processes;

and operate equipment using defined methods.

Ability to work with a significant diversity of individuals and / or groups; work with data of widely varied types and / or purposes;

and utilize job-related equipment.

• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to apply critical thinking / problem solving to improve work processes.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality; set priorities; meet deadlines and schedules; work with detailed information; and adapt to changing priorities.
• Ability to set high expectations for self and others; set and monitor progress toward goals; and utilize and offer effective feedback for continuous improvement.
• Ability to work as part of a team; adapt to changing priorities; and apply logical processes and analytical skills.

Work Environment & Physical Requirements

The usual and customary methods of performing the job's functions require the following physical demands : occasional lifting, carrying, pushing and / or pulling, some climbing and balancing, frequent stooping, kneeling, crouching and / or crawling and significant fine finger dexterity.

Generally, the job requires 20% sitting, 5% walking and 75% standing.

The job is performed under minimal temperature variations and under conditions with some exposure to risk of injury and / or illness.