Teacher - French

Spartanburg7•Spartanburg, SC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Under limited supervision, this role employs classroom management techniques to create an effective teaching and learning atmosphere where students understand expectations. The teacher provides instruction in assigned areas, reports to the Principal, and is responsible for lesson planning, material care, and effective communication with staff, parents, and students. This position requires a commitment to professional development, maintaining confidentiality, respecting individual differences, and adhering to district policies regarding conduct and appearance. The teacher must not verbally or physically harass students, use profanity, or engage in sexual contact with students.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or above.
Valid South Carolina teacher’s certificate in the assigned teaching area.
Ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural or compositional characteristics of data, people or things.
Ability of speaking and/or signaling people to convey or exchange information.
Ability to receive assignments and/or directions from supervisor.
Ability to read a variety of policy and procedure manuals, computer manuals, reference materials, etc.
Ability to enter data into computer and prepare reports, correspondence, minutes, etc., with proper format, punctuation, spelling and grammar, using all parts of speech.
Ability to speak with poise, voice control and confidence and to articulate information to others.
Ability to apply logical thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions.
Ability to interpret an extensive variety of instructions in oral, written, schedule, mathematical or diagrammatic form.
Ability to deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Ability to make independent judgments in the absence of supervisor.
Ability to acquire knowledge of topics related to primary occupation.
Ability to comprehend and interpret received information.
Ability to comprehend and implement basic office machinery functions.
Ability to record and deliver information.
Ability to explain procedures.
Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
Ability to communicate effectively and efficiently with persons of varying educational and cultural backgrounds.
Ability to add and subtract totals, to multiply and divide, to determine percentages and decimals, to determine time.
Ability to use practical applications of fractions, percentages, ratio and proportion.
Ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape, and visually read various information.
Ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using automated office equipment and communications machinery.
Ability to handle a variety of items including computer keyboards, office equipment, control knobs, switches, etc.
Minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
Ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.
Ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.
Adaptable to performing under moderate stress when confronted with an emergency or tight deadline.
Ability to talk and hear (talking: expressing or exchanging ideas by means of spoken words; hearing: perceiving nature of sounds by ear).
Ability to hear and understand communications through a telephone.

Nice To Haves

Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

Responsibilities

Has a prepared lesson plan that is sufficient for instructing the lesson.
Exercises proper care of materials and equipment.
Communicates needs of the classroom to the proper personnel.
Arrives for work at the assigned hour and does not leave before the assigned time.
Communicates appropriately and effectively with other staff members, parents, students, and administration.
Accepts assistance, advice, and guidance from supervisors and makes a concerted effort toward improving skills.
Shares ideas, plans, materials, and facilities.
Is alert to the district’s, school’s, and his/her own goals and priorities and seeks professional development appropriate to these needs.
Keeps in confidence information obtained in the course of professional service, unless disclosure serves a professional purpose or is required by law.
Respects the rights, feelings, and differences among individuals, and communicates directly with the person(s) involved in any situation.
Complies with state and local restrictions pertaining to the use of controlled substances, tobacco products, alcohol, and dress.
Does not verbally or physically harass students.
Does not use profanity in the presence of students.
Does not have any sexual contact with students.
Begins the class with students understanding expected behaviors.
Ensures students exhibit classroom behaviors that allow for maximum on-task behavior.
Provides immediate and appropriate teacher intervention for inappropriate behaviors.
Chooses appropriate materials and/or equipment for teaching.
Handles materials and/or equipment in the classroom efficiently.
Plans effectively with respect to establishing teaching strategies that allow students to attain the lesson’s behavioral objective.
Utilizes a clinical approach to teaching, including diagnosis and prescription based on student evidence.
Uses the Lesson Plan Format as required.
Ensures the behavioral objective for the lesson is appropriate for the students.
Recognizes student differences in needs, abilities, and interests and imparts instruction to meet these differences.
Tells the student exactly what is to be learned and the purpose of the learning, making it meaningful.
Relates the learning from the lesson to previous learnings and verbalizes transfer for the students.
Informs students how they will be held accountable for demonstrating proficiency.
Provides students with information about the learning.
Demonstrates sound, up-to-date knowledge of the subject matter.
Checks periodically throughout the lesson for student understanding.
Provides practice experiences of appropriate number and variety to ensure mastery.
Carefully monitors guided practice to ensure immediate feedback on correctness.
Demonstrates knowledge of reinforcement theory.
Maintains a classroom climate conducive to learning (Feeling Tone).
Includes student interests in classroom activities.
Encourages, praises, and/or acknowledges student effort.
Manages instruction so that each student shows some measure of progress.
Schedules practice to guarantee retention.
Gives students the opportunity to verbalize critical attributes of the learning before leaving the lesson.
Collects data from the lesson to evaluate each student’s performance and assist in planning.
Meets and instructs assigned classes in the locations and at the times designated.
Plans a program of study that meets the individual needs, interests, and abilities of the students and state standards.
Establishes clear objectives for all classroom activities and communicates them to students.
Employs a variety of instructional techniques and media consistent with physical limitations and student needs.
Provides a programmed system of homework to support and reinforce daily learning activities.
Utilizes effective classroom management strategies to create a conducive and developmentally appropriate classroom environment.
Writes lesson plans, daily and long-term.
Utilizes technology to enhance student learning.
Maintains a current teaching certificate and highly qualified status.
Strives to implement the District’s philosophy of education and instructional goals.
Assesses student accomplishments regularly and provides progress reports.
Diagnoses learning disabilities of students regularly, seeking assistance from specialists as needed.
Takes necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
Maintains accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, District policy, and administrative regulation.
Performs all other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Provides full, willing, and helpful cooperation in carrying out all reasonable instructions or extra assignments.
Records accurately the number of students present and absent each day.
Follows curriculum standards, local course of study, state rules and regulations, and local Board policies.
Maintains positive relationships with the home, parents, and the community.
Keeps parents informed of child’s progress and holds conferences as necessary.
Reports reasonable suspicions related to a child’s health or welfare due to abuse or neglect to the appropriate agency and principal.
Abides by the SC Teacher Code of Ethics.
Participates in appropriate and required staff development sessions.
Ensures the strategic and effective use of district resources.
Reports all accidents/injuries on the required form to the principal in a timely manner.
Properly supervises students.
Keeps a current class record and submits it to the principal upon request and at the end of the year.
Keeps a complete cumulative record on each child.
Maintains a clean, orderly, safe classroom.
Administers appropriate assessments, records scores, interprets test scores, and analyzes assessment data to improve instruction and student learning.
Plans, prepares, implements, and assesses instructional lessons that teach standards and are appropriate for individual student needs.
Maintains proper classroom and school order that supports student learning.