K-2 Teacher

Yancey County Schools•Burnsville, NC

19h•Onsite

About The Position

The K-2 Teacher is responsible for planning, organizing, and presenting instruction and instructional environments that help students learn subject matter and skills contributing to their educational and social development. This role involves managing instructional time, student behavior, and providing effective instruction and feedback. The teacher will also monitor student performance, facilitate instruction aligned with curricular goals, and interact effectively with students, co-workers, parents, and the community. Additionally, the teacher will perform non-instructional duties and adhere to established laws, policies, and regulations, while also pursuing professional development.

Requirements

Must hold or be eligible to hold a valid NC License in Elementary, Grades K-6 (025).
Degree in education or in a related area that will qualify 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 when student is participating in an inclusive activity.
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 as necessitates by work assignments.
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.
Data Conception: Ability to compare and/or judge the characteristics of data, people or things.
Interpersonal Communication: Ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information, including receiving instructions from superiors.
Language Ability: Ability to read various documents and prepare correspondence, reports, and instructional materials.
Intelligence: Ability to apply logical thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions; interpret technical instructions; and deal with abstract and concrete variables.
Verbal Aptitude: Ability to record and deliver information, explain procedures, and follow instructions; communicate effectively in various professional languages.
Numerical Aptitude: Ability to utilize mathematical formulas, perform calculations, and apply principles of statistics.
Form/Spatial Aptitude: Ability to inspect items for proper length, width, and shape.
Motor Coordination: Ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment.
Manual Dexterity: Ability to handle office equipment and hand tools with minimal eye/hand/foot coordination.
Color Discrimination: Ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.
Interpersonal Temperament: Ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions; adaptability to stress and emergency situations.
Physical Communication: Ability to talk and hear; communicate via telephone.

Responsibilities

Management of Instructional Time: Ensure materials, supplies, and equipment are ready for lessons, get students started quickly, maintain a high level of student time-on-task.
Management of Student Behavior: Establish rules and procedures for routine matters, student participation, and movement within the classroom; monitor behavior and address inappropriate behavior promptly and consistently.
Instructional Presentation: Begin lessons with a review, introduce objectives, speak fluently and precisely, use understandable concepts and language, provide relevant examples, assign tasks with a high success rate, ask appropriate questions, maintain a brisk pace, make smooth transitions, clarify assignments, and summarize main points.
Instructional Monitoring of Student Performance: Maintain clear work standards and due dates, 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, assessment, and student needs, and utilize resources effectively.
Interacting Within the Educational Environment: Treat all students fairly and equitably, interact effectively with students, co-workers, parents, and the community.
Performing Non-Instructional Duties: Carry out assigned non-instructional duties, adhere to laws, policies, and regulations, and demonstrate growth through professional development.
Additional Job Functions: Perform other related work as required.
Coordinate and direct the activities of teacher assistants.