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Form of work2024 - 2025 School Year
Position- Elementary Music Teacher (full-time), K - 5th grades
Location- Pratt Elementary
301 West 35th Street
Sand Springs, Oklahoma 74063
Supervisor: Site Principal- Jay Rotert
Contract: 180 days/ 7 hours daily
Salary Schedule: Sand Springs Public Schools Certified Salary Schedule (based on years of certification)
Status: Exempt
SUMMARY OF FUNCTION:
Demonstrate the competencies and behaviors needed to improve student preparedness with
mastery of skills and grade-level curriculum and to support the core values, vision, and mission
of Sand Springs Public Schools.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The teacher will be expected to establish and foster a positive classroom environment where students are given the opportunity to develop academically and socially. The teacher will also be expected to maintain compliance with district policies and initiatives as supervised by the site administrator. Positive and professional relationships with students, parents, colleagues, and all stakeholders are expected.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university
Teaching certification in Elementary Education or music-related and recognized by the State of Oklahoma
Previous experience with children or in a classroom setting is preferred
Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily
Applicants must also be able to pass an OSBI Background Check
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Maintain all records and the comprehensive computer database necessary to complete the annual child counts and other state and federal reports required by the Oklahoma State Department of Education. Teaches academic content as designated to pupils in a classroom, utilizing a course of study adopted by the Board of Education and activities aligned to current state standards.
Adheres to district and school policies as set forth by district/site handbooks.
Able to provide a learning environment that allows all students to feel safe and successful.
Instruct pupils in basic subject matter specified in state law and regulations and procedures of the school district.
Develops lesson plans and instructional materials and provides individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each pupil.
Monitors and evaluates pupils' academic and social growth toward goals, makes adjustments as needed, keeps appropriate records, and prepares progress reports.
Communicate and collaborate effectively with parents through conferences and other means to discuss pupil's progress and interpret the school program.
Identifies pupil needs and collaborates with other professional staff members in assessing and providing interventions/resources for pupils' health, social-emotional, and academic needs.
Enhances professional pedagogy through in-service education provided by the district and self-selected professional growth opportunities. In addition to this, sets goals for professional growth and seeks guidance.
Additional duties that may be assigned by immediate supervisor or above.
LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR SKILLS:
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to compose and write grammatically correct correspondence and memos.
REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, schedule form, or blueprint form.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit.
The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds, frequently lift and/or move more than 100 pounds, and frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment will vary from somewhat loud to extremely loud.
To ensure continuity of services, a different work location may be necessary in the event of a health crisis or disruptive situation that requires the closing of school and/or office buildings. An employee's eligibility for a varied work location will be determined by the superintendent of schools. Expectations and guidelines for this change will be distributed by the employee's supervisor based on his/her role and responsibilities.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Employees may occasionally be required to supervise a varying number of employees in the overall direction, coordination, and completion of tasks as assigned.
DISCLAIMER:
Please note that job descriptions are not intended, and should not be construed, to be exhaustive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with a job. They are intended to be accurate reflections of those principal job elements essential for making fair hiring and pay decisions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
Position- Elementary Music Teacher (full-time), K - 5th grades
Location- Pratt Elementary
301 West 35th Street
Sand Springs, Oklahoma 74063
Supervisor: Site Principal- Jay Rotert
Contract: 180 days/ 7 hours daily
Salary Schedule: Sand Springs Public Schools Certified Salary Schedule (based on years of certification)
Status: Exempt
SUMMARY OF FUNCTION:
Demonstrate the competencies and behaviors needed to improve student preparedness with
mastery of skills and grade-level curriculum and to support the core values, vision, and mission
of Sand Springs Public Schools.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The teacher will be expected to establish and foster a positive classroom environment where students are given the opportunity to develop academically and socially. The teacher will also be expected to maintain compliance with district policies and initiatives as supervised by the site administrator. Positive and professional relationships with students, parents, colleagues, and all stakeholders are expected.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
Bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year college or university
Teaching certification in Elementary Education or music-related and recognized by the State of Oklahoma
Previous experience with children or in a classroom setting is preferred
Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily
Applicants must also be able to pass an OSBI Background Check
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Maintain all records and the comprehensive computer database necessary to complete the annual child counts and other state and federal reports required by the Oklahoma State Department of Education. Teaches academic content as designated to pupils in a classroom, utilizing a course of study adopted by the Board of Education and activities aligned to current state standards.
Adheres to district and school policies as set forth by district/site handbooks.
Able to provide a learning environment that allows all students to feel safe and successful.
Instruct pupils in basic subject matter specified in state law and regulations and procedures of the school district.
Develops lesson plans and instructional materials and provides individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each pupil.
Monitors and evaluates pupils' academic and social growth toward goals, makes adjustments as needed, keeps appropriate records, and prepares progress reports.
Communicate and collaborate effectively with parents through conferences and other means to discuss pupil's progress and interpret the school program.
Identifies pupil needs and collaborates with other professional staff members in assessing and providing interventions/resources for pupils' health, social-emotional, and academic needs.
Enhances professional pedagogy through in-service education provided by the district and self-selected professional growth opportunities. In addition to this, sets goals for professional growth and seeks guidance.
Additional duties that may be assigned by immediate supervisor or above.
LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR SKILLS:
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to compose and write grammatically correct correspondence and memos.
REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, schedule form, or blueprint form.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit.
The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds, frequently lift and/or move more than 100 pounds, and frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment will vary from somewhat loud to extremely loud.
To ensure continuity of services, a different work location may be necessary in the event of a health crisis or disruptive situation that requires the closing of school and/or office buildings. An employee's eligibility for a varied work location will be determined by the superintendent of schools. Expectations and guidelines for this change will be distributed by the employee's supervisor based on his/her role and responsibilities.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Employees may occasionally be required to supervise a varying number of employees in the overall direction, coordination, and completion of tasks as assigned.
DISCLAIMER:
Please note that job descriptions are not intended, and should not be construed, to be exhaustive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with a job. They are intended to be accurate reflections of those principal job elements essential for making fair hiring and pay decisions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
