Middle School Science Teacher- Andrews Middle School

Cherokee County Schools•Murphy, NC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of this role 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 includes managing instructional time, student behavior, instructional presentation, monitoring student performance, providing feedback, facilitating instruction, and interacting effectively within the educational environment. The teacher will also perform non-instructional duties as assigned and adhere to established laws, policies, rules, and regulations, while developing and following a plan for professional development.

Requirements

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 a 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 standard office machines.
Ability to maintain essential files and records.
Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.
Must be able to use various 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 the amount of time spent standing and/or walking.
Data Conception: Ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics of data, people, or things.
Interpersonal Communication: Ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information, including receiving instructions, assignments, and/or directions from superiors.
Language Ability: Ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, handbooks, forms, lists, etc. Ability to prepare correspondence, simple reports, forms, instructional materials, etc., using a prescribed format.
Intelligence: Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; interpret extensive technical instructions; and deal with abstract and concrete variables.
Verbal Aptitude: 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.
Numerical Aptitude: Ability to utilize mathematical formulas; add and subtract; multiply and divide; utilize decimals and percentages; and apply principles of descriptive statistics, statistical inference, and statistical theory.
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 various items such as office equipment and hand tools. Must have minimal levels of 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. Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergencies.
Physical Communication: Ability to talk and hear. Must be able to communicate via email and telephone.

Responsibilities

Management of Instructional Time: Ensure materials, supplies, and equipment are ready for lessons, create lessons based on the North Carolina Standard Course of Study (NCSCOS), 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 verbal participation, student movement, and monitor student behavior frequently, stopping inappropriate behavior promptly and consistently while maintaining student dignity.
Instructional Presentation: Begin lessons with a review of previous materials, introduce the lesson and learning objectives, speak fluently and precisely, present concepts and skills understandably, provide relevant examples and demonstrations, assign tasks with a high rate of success, 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 and due dates, circulate during class work to check performance, routinely use work products to check progress, and pose questions clearly and one at a time.
Instructional Feedback: Provide feedback on the correctness of in-class work, regularly provide prompt feedback on out-of-class work, affirm correct responses, and provide sustaining feedback after incorrect responses.
Facilitating Instruction: Maintain an instructional plan compatible with school and system-wide curricular goals, use data-informed practices and diagnostic information to develop and revise objectives/tasks, maintain accurate records of student performance, align objectives, learning strategies, assessment, and student needs, and use available 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 non-instructional duties as assigned, adhere to established laws, policies, rules, and regulations, and develop and follow a plan for professional development.
Perform other related work as required.
May coordinate and direct the activities of teacher assistants.