Middle School Social Studies - Akros Middle School

Job Description

Job Description

Job title Teacher Classification  Exempt  Reports to Principal  Organization Unit General Education Approved by Human Resources Effective date 4 / 11 / 2025

Job Purpose

Performance Academies seeks a dynamic, dedicated, and highly qualified Classroom School Teacher to join our academic team. The ideal candidate will be committed to providing an academically rigorous and supportive learning environment that fosters student engagement, critical thinking, and social-emotional growth. This individual will be expected to utilize Performance Academies' resources exclusively in the design and delivery of instruction, ensuring that curriculum delivery aligns with the academy’s mission of excellence in education.

Domain A - Organizing Content Knowledge for Student Learning

• Encourage daily attendance through engaging instruction and student / family communication.
• Deliver high-quality, standards-aligned lessons utilizing only resources, online programs and instructional materials provided by Performance Academies.
• Address achievement levels, articulate clear appropriate learning goals and align lessons with state standards.
• Implement teaching strategies that support diverse learning needs, including differentiated instruction and interventions as appropriate.
• Participate in student retention, recruitment, and enrollment efforts at the request of the Principal or Superintendent.
• Employ data and assessment to personalize instruction for student needs, helping students fill gaps and see their growth.
• Develop lesson plans from the approved curriculum using a variety of techniques and visual aids, creative projects, and technology to engage students in their learning.
• Provide a balanced and comprehensive approach to core subjects, including Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies, with an emphasis on inquiry-based and experiential learning.
• Utilize curriculum maps and pacing guides in lesson planning.
• Use formative and summative assessment data to monitor student progress and adjust instructional strategies.
• Acts as a catalyst in continuous academic improvement.
• Provide a balanced and comprehensive approach to core subjects, including Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies, with an emphasis on inquiry-based and experiential learning. Maintains up to date and accurate documents, schedules, and student work samples and provides them to the Principal or Superintendent, as requested.
• Ensure that all appropriate field trip forms are signed, dated, turned into the office with appropriate written consent from parents / guardians for every child attending field trip.

Domain B - Creating an Environment for Student Learning

Domain C - Teaching for Student Learning

Domain D - Teacher Professionalism

Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Personal Characteristics

Working Conditions

Physical Requirements

This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

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