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Form of workPosition Type:
Middle School Teaching/Family/Consumer Science
Date Posted:
1/31/2024
Location:
Dodge City Public Schools - Comanche Middle School
Date Available:
08/16/2024
Job Title:Life Skills Teacher
Position Function: Teaches and facilitates learning and maintains academic progress, discipline, and records for students at the middle school grade level. Works with parents and students to provide and implement classroom education to meet the needs of all students.
Requirements:
Essential Performance Responsibilities:
Middle School Teaching/Family/Consumer Science
Date Posted:
1/31/2024
Location:
Dodge City Public Schools - Comanche Middle School
Date Available:
08/16/2024
Job Title:Life Skills Teacher
Position Function: Teaches and facilitates learning and maintains academic progress, discipline, and records for students at the middle school grade level. Works with parents and students to provide and implement classroom education to meet the needs of all students.
Requirements:
- Kansas certification required, or certification in a different state with qualifications that allow for licensure in Kansas. Endorsement in Family & Consumer Science, Home Economics Junior High, Home Economics, Home Economics Voc St Apv Prog, Vocational Home Economics required.
Highly Qualified under No Child Left Behind preferred. - Advanced degree, experience and/or specialized training in curriculum content and instructional pedagogy relative to assignment preferred.
- Knowledge and experience with instruction, methodology and materials related to bilingual education. ESL/ESOL endorsement preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to work with fellow educators to develop, implement and evaluate instructional strategies and materials to improve teaching and learning for all students
- Kansas Certification of Health on file in the Central Office.
- Personal Qualities - Appearance, grooming and personality which establish a desirable example for students.
- Ability to meet District standards for physical and mental health.
- Better than average recommendations from student teaching supervisors or other professionals who have observed the personal characteristics, scholastic attainment and classroom performance of the teacher.
- Demonstrated ability to assess needs and respond with appropriate action to achieve goals - persistent problem solver
- Flexibility with schedule, program demands and student needs
- Demonstrated ability to self-start
- Demonstrated ability to respond to needs creatively and independently
- Evidence of confidence necessary to lead and humility necessary to follow directions
- Demonstrated ability to take direction - teachable
- Willingness to learn
- Evidence of readiness to go above and beyond assigned duties
Essential Performance Responsibilities:
- Instructs through lectures, discussions and demonstrations in one or more subjects such as English, mathematics, or social studies
- Establishes clear objective for all lessons, unites and projects, communicates those objectives to students
- Collaborates and communicates with staff to meet the education needs of students
- Creates, administers, and grades tests to evaluate student progress
- Establishes and enforces rules and procedures which help maintain order in the classroom
- Observes, evaluates, and prepares reports on the progress of students. Discusses students` problems and progress with parents and staff
- Participates in faculty and professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops
- Prepares classroom instructions to promote students` success on state assessment exams
- Observes, enforces, and is directed by the policies, rules, and regulations adopted by the school district
- Uses good judgment to make decisions on recurring assignments
- Displays a significant degree of professionalism and confidentiality
- Ability to conform to proper standards of professional dress and appearance
- Knowledge of company's mission, purpose, goals and the role of every employee in achieving each of them
- Knowledge of current teaching methods and educational pedagogy
