Educate Kansas - Manhattan, NY
posted about 1 month ago
Full-time - Entry Level
Manhattan, NY
1,001-5,000 employees
About the position
To lead and direct 9-12 Grade students toward the fulfillment of their potential for intellectual, emotional, and psychological growth and maturation. The position is located at Manhattan High School, which serves grades 9 through 12 with an estimated enrollment of 1,975 students. The school operates on a modified block schedule and provides various resources and technology to support teaching and learning.
Responsibilities
- Develops and maintains a classroom environment conducive to effective learning within the limits of the resources provided by the district.
- Guides students in maintaining acceptable standards of classroom behavior.
- Employs a variety of instructional techniques and instructional media, consistent with the physical limitations of the location provided and the needs and capabilities of the individuals or students group involved.
- Strives to implement by instruction and action the districts philosophy of education and instructional goals and objectives.
- Demonstrates instructional and interpersonal strategies and techniques that are responsive to the cultural, ethnic, economic, and linguistic differences of students.
- Teaches all students from a culturally inclusive perspective and establishes an expectation that classroom language and behaviors value differences.
- Supports students in their efforts to discover and share their own cultural identities and teaches students the appropriate language for asking questions about the culture of other people.
- Evaluates student progress on a continual basis and reports at designated times.
- Maintains accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulation.
- Assists in upholding and enforcing school rules, administrative regulations, and Board policy.
- Makes provisions for being available to students and parents for educationally related purposes outside the instructional day when required or requested to do so under reasonable terms.
- Works to establish and maintain open lines of communication with students and their parents concerning both the broad academic and behavioral progress of all assigned students.
- Cooperates with other members of staff in planning instructional goals, objectives, and methods.
- Other duties as assigned by administration.
Requirements
- Kansas Teaching License.
- Degree from an accredited college or university.
- All USD 383 employees must pass a background check.
Benefits
- Health Benefits Available.
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
- USD 383 paid the full health insurance premium for employees (Option C) and short-term disability insurance.
- Group Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Account, Individual Accident Insurance, Individual Cancer and Specified Disease Insurance, Heart Attack, Heart Disease, Stroke Insurance, Employee Assistance Program.
- 11 Paid Sick Leave days and 2 Personal days.
- USD 383 makes monthly contributions to a 403(b) retirement account for all certified and eligible employees.
- KPERS (Kansas Public Employees Retirement System): 6% monthly staff contribution. Vested after five years.
- District provided devices - iPad, laptop and/or desktop for certified staff.
- Paid collaboration time.
