Teacher, 2nd Grade

Avon Community School Corporation • Avon, IN

37d • $54,000 - $98,400

About The Position

Primary Job Functions: The primary function of the teacher is to plan, guide, and evaluate the learning process of the students for whom they are responsible.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's Degree
• Certification: Appropriate Indiana certification
• Experience: None required
• Other: Ability to maintain a positive relationship with pupils, staff, parents, and the community.

Responsibilities

• Monitors and evaluates student outcomes.
• Able to work effectively and communicate with a wide range of students, staff and administration.
• Able to work effectively with the staff and administration.
• Proficient and competent demonstration of reading and writing capabilities.
• Strong human relations skills, including professional tact, diplomacy, and presentation.
• Multi-tasking ability and strong organizational skills.
• Ability to utilize 21st century technological skills to enhance teaching and learning.
• Uses data effectively to guide and to differentiate to meet the individual needs of students.
• Demonstrates a wide variety of objective-based lesson preparations that are aligned to state content standards.
• Matches instructional strategies, as well as meaningful relevant activities and assignments, to meet lesson objectives.
• Designs formative assessments that measure progress towards mastery and inform instruction.
• Maintains and analyzes accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy and administrative procedures.
• Develops student understanding and mastery of lesson objectives.
• Demonstrates content knowledge and delivers instructional material that is factually correct, clear, concise, well organized while adjusting for student needs.
• Provides multiple ways of engaging students with content aligned to the lesson objectives by utilizing a variety of learning modalities and intelligences.
• Uses a variety of methods to check for understanding that are successful in capturing the teacher's knowledge of the students' understanding.
• Develops a higher level of understanding through rigorous instruction and student engagement.
• Maximizes instructional time.
• Creates a classroom culture of respect, collaboration, and student safety.
• Establishes a classroom environment that promotes high expectations for the academic success of all students.
• Contributes ideas and expertise to further the schools' mission and initiatives.
• Dedicates time efficiently when needed for helping students and peers outside of class.
• Seeks out and participates in regular opportunities to collaborate with and to learn from peers.
• Welcomes constructive feedback while seeking ways to implement new practices, instructional techniques, and teacher knowledge.
• Displays commitment to the education of all his/her students while attempting to remedy obstacles around student achievement.
• Engages in all forms of parent outreach required by the school in order to promote student learning, participation, and achievement.
• Be an example of exemplary adult behavior for students.
• Projects a genuine care and concern for all students.
• Any other duties assigned by principal/designee.

Benefits

• Teaching positions are eligible for medical, dental insurance as well as supplemental benefits such as vision, life insurance, disability, etc.
• Provided Long-Term Disability, TRF, 401(a) Retirement.
• Paid Time Off Benefits: 9 sick days/4 personal days ( Pro-Rated for the remainder of 25-26 year)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees