4th Grade Teacher

Edgecombe County Public Schools • Rocky Mount, NC

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of this position is to plan, organize, and present instruction and instructional environments that help students learn subject matter and skills that will contribute to their educational and social development. This role involves managing instructional time, student behavior, instructional presentation, monitoring student performance, providing feedback, facilitating instruction, and interacting effectively within the educational environment. The teacher is also responsible for carrying out non-instructional duties as assigned and adhering to established laws, policies, rules, and regulations, while also pursuing professional development and demonstrating growth.

Requirements

• Degree in education or a related area that qualifies for licensure as a teacher by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
• Ability to constantly monitor the safety and well-being of students, particularly in inclusive activities.
• Ability to motivate students.
• Ability to maintain a clean and orderly environment.
• Ability to perform general clerical duties.
• Ability to maintain order and discipline in a classroom.
• Ability to operate common office machines.
• Ability to maintain basic files and records.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Must be able to use a variety of equipment and classroom tools such as computers, copiers, typewriters, calculators, pencils, scissors, and equipment for children with special needs.
• Must be able to exert a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
• Physical requirements are consistent with those for Light Work due to amount of time spent standing and/or walking.
• Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics of data, people or things.
• Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information, including receiving instructions, assignments and/or directions from superiors.
• Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, handbooks, forms, lists, etc.
• Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, simple reports, forms, instructional materials, etc., using a prescribed format.
• Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret extensive technical instructions; and to deal with abstract and concrete variables.
• Requires the ability to record and deliver information, explain procedures, and follow oral and written instructions.
• Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in a variety of technical or professional languages.
• Requires the ability to utilize mathematical formulas; to add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages; and to apply the principles of descriptive statistics, statistical inference and statistical theory.
• Requires the ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape.
• Requires the ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment.
• Requires the ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment and hand tools.
• Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
• Requires the ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.
• Requires the ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.
• Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations.
• Requires the ability to talk and hear.
• Must be able to communicate via telephone.

Responsibilities

• Management of Instructional Time: Ensure materials, supplies, and equipment are ready for each lesson, get the class started quickly, get students on task quickly, and maintain a high level of student time-on-task.
• Management of Student Behavior: Establish rules and procedures for routine administrative matters, student participation, student movement, monitor behavior, and promptly and consistently address inappropriate behavior while maintaining student dignity.
• Instructional Presentation: Begin lessons with a review, introduce objectives, speak fluently and precisely, use understandable language and relevant examples, assign tasks with a high success rate, ask appropriate questions, conduct lessons at a brisk pace, make efficient transitions, ensure assignments are clear, and summarize main points.
• Instructional Monitoring of Student Performance: Maintain clear, firm, and reasonable work standards, circulate to check student performance during class work, use various work products to check progress, and pose questions clearly.
• Instructional Feedback: Provide feedback on in-class work to encourage growth, regularly provide prompt feedback on out-of-class work, affirm correct responses, and provide sustaining feedback after incorrect responses.
• Facilitating Instruction: Develop an instructional plan compatible with school and system-wide curricular goals, use diagnostic information to revise objectives/tasks, maintain accurate student performance records, align objectives, strategies, and assessments, and utilize resources to support the instructional program.
• Interacting Within the Educational Environment: Treat all students fairly and equitably, and interact effectively with students, co-workers, parents, and the community.
• Performing Non-Instructional Duties: Carry out assigned non-instructional duties, adhere to established laws and policies, and follow a plan for professional development.
• Perform other related work as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level