Elementary Teacher

Albany Area School District•Albany, MN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of the Building Principal, the Licensed Teacher represents a broad grouping of diverse and different instructional positions responsible for developing lesson plans and presenting district curriculum in assigned instructional subjects; delivering and instructing students in lesson plans and instructional material; evaluating and assessing student progress against instructional outcomes and objectives. Licensed Teachers also participate and collaborate with other instructional professionals, administrators, parents, counselors, and other district personnel concerning student needs, issues and district learning initiatives, curriculum and building issues. Essential duties outlined below are intended as "representative" examples of the level, nature and decision making expected of positions assigned to this classification. The duties below are not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all duties and tasks performed by the employees assigned to this classification. A classification description, unlike job description or position description, is designed to capture the general expectations, complexity level, and nature of work of any position that may be allocated to this classification.

Requirements

Licensed Teacher
Ability to develop lesson plans
Ability to present district curriculum
Ability to deliver and instruct students
Ability to evaluate and assess student progress
Ability to collaborate with instructional professionals, administrators, parents, counselors, and other district personnel
Ability to determine student needs and abilities
Ability to incorporate technology into lesson planning
Ability to employ various teaching techniques, methods and principles of learning
Ability to perform classroom management activities
Ability to maintain classroom recordkeeping (e.g. attendance and grading activities)
Ability to maintain classroom discipline and supervision
Ability to organize and maintain the learning environment
Ability to develop tests to test performance
Ability to advise and make recommendations to district administrators or committees

Responsibilities

Plans and develops instructional plans, lessons, experiments, and other support activities to present approved district curriculum in accordance with educational standards, district goals and objectives.
Determines needs and abilities of students and decides on methods and techniques to best present and provide instruction to students within assigned subjects) areas.
Assesses and determines how to incorporate technology into lesson planning.
Provides and delivers classroom instruction to students incorporating the essential elements of instruction.
Provides instruction at appropriate levels of difficulty and in accordance with district curriculum guidelines, standards and criteria.
Assesses student progress and determining the need for additional reinforcement or adjustments to instructional plans/techniques/goals.
Teaches specific learning objectives.
Employs various teaching techniques, methods and principles of learning to best the needs of students and district learning outcomes.
Performs classroom management activities; classroom recordkeeping (e.g. attendance and grading activities); maintains classroom discipline and supervision; organizes and maintains the learning environment in the classroom.
Evaluates student performance against learning objectives.
Develops tests to test performance, grades performance, understanding of educational issues/needs.
Advises and makes recommendations to district administrators or committees concerning needs in curriculum and learning approaches.