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Form of workPosition: Teacher
Reports to: Lower School Principal
Classification: Full Time, Salaried, Exempt
Grade: TBD
Mission: To assist Christian parents by helping equip students to embrace biblical truth, strive for academic excellence, and model Christ-like leadership to influence their homes, churches and communities for Christ.
Employee Profile:
Spiritually, the employee shall possess characteristics that reflect:
• Acceptance without reservation of the PCA doctrinal beliefs
• A strong clear Christian testimony.
• A mature, godly spirit
• A person of faith and prayer
Personally, the employee's life shall reflect:
• A lifestyle of biblical integrity
• A spirit of dedication, commitment, flexibility, and responsiveness
• The ability to listen and respond to counsel
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Contribute to school system's effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range issues that must be addressed; providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommending options and courses of action; implementing directives
• Establish and adjust course outlines and objectives by following curriculum guidelines and school goals; modifying plans on the basis of student diagnostic and assessment procedures
• Convey information to students by using language concepts, examples, demonstrations, and teaching aids through such best practices utilizing the integration of technology with subject matter
• Complete educational requirements by scheduling and assigning instructional activities; following up on results
• Assess student learning by preparing, administering, and scoring tests; reviewing and correcting assignments; eliciting student questions and responses; evaluating application of learning to classroom project results
• Maintain student-learning results by providing instructional feedback; coaching; counseling, and disciplining students; planning, monitoring, and appraising learning results
• Maintain records by documenting learning accomplishments, attendance, and behavior
• Guide students' personal and social development by establishing rules and procedures for administrative matters, student verbal participation, and student movement within the classroom, between classrooms, and on the playground
• Help parents by providing academic information; suggesting available educational and social resources; addressing parents' concerns; answering questions and requests
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies
• Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations
• Conserve resources by using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish educational results
• Other duties as assigned by the Principal
Qualifications:
• State issued Teacher's Certification in area of assignments
• Bachelor's degree in education and/or equivalent required subject hours
• Prestonwood Baptist Church member preferred
Physical and Mental Requirements and Work Environment Conditions:
• Talking - expressing ideas by means of the spoken word to convey instructions to students/parents and co-workers accurately, loudly or quickly
• Hearing - ability to perceive sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction and to receive detailed information through oral communication
• Standing and walking for sustained periods of time - moving about on foot for lecturing and monitoring students in the classroom, as well as throughout the building and playgrounds
• Stooping, crouching, crawling and kneeling - ability to assist small children with various needs
• Climbing, Reaching, Pushing, Pulling and Lifting - ability to pick up small children as need as well as for classroom set up purposes; occasional lifting between 30 - 50 pounds
• Repetitive motion of the wrists, hands and fingers
• Close visual acuity required for viewing a computer monitor, preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing and reading
• Environment is primarily indoors in a classroom environment as well as intermittent outside weather conditions, including extreme heat and cold
• Works in a highly stressful environment dealing with a wide variety of challenges, deadlines and a varied and diverse array of contacts
Reports to: Lower School Principal
Classification: Full Time, Salaried, Exempt
Grade: TBD
Mission: To assist Christian parents by helping equip students to embrace biblical truth, strive for academic excellence, and model Christ-like leadership to influence their homes, churches and communities for Christ.
Employee Profile:
Spiritually, the employee shall possess characteristics that reflect:
• Acceptance without reservation of the PCA doctrinal beliefs
• A strong clear Christian testimony.
• A mature, godly spirit
• A person of faith and prayer
Personally, the employee's life shall reflect:
• A lifestyle of biblical integrity
• A spirit of dedication, commitment, flexibility, and responsiveness
• The ability to listen and respond to counsel
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Contribute to school system's effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range issues that must be addressed; providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommending options and courses of action; implementing directives
• Establish and adjust course outlines and objectives by following curriculum guidelines and school goals; modifying plans on the basis of student diagnostic and assessment procedures
• Convey information to students by using language concepts, examples, demonstrations, and teaching aids through such best practices utilizing the integration of technology with subject matter
• Complete educational requirements by scheduling and assigning instructional activities; following up on results
• Assess student learning by preparing, administering, and scoring tests; reviewing and correcting assignments; eliciting student questions and responses; evaluating application of learning to classroom project results
• Maintain student-learning results by providing instructional feedback; coaching; counseling, and disciplining students; planning, monitoring, and appraising learning results
• Maintain records by documenting learning accomplishments, attendance, and behavior
• Guide students' personal and social development by establishing rules and procedures for administrative matters, student verbal participation, and student movement within the classroom, between classrooms, and on the playground
• Help parents by providing academic information; suggesting available educational and social resources; addressing parents' concerns; answering questions and requests
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies
• Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations
• Conserve resources by using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish educational results
• Other duties as assigned by the Principal
Qualifications:
• State issued Teacher's Certification in area of assignments
• Bachelor's degree in education and/or equivalent required subject hours
• Prestonwood Baptist Church member preferred
Physical and Mental Requirements and Work Environment Conditions:
• Talking - expressing ideas by means of the spoken word to convey instructions to students/parents and co-workers accurately, loudly or quickly
• Hearing - ability to perceive sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction and to receive detailed information through oral communication
• Standing and walking for sustained periods of time - moving about on foot for lecturing and monitoring students in the classroom, as well as throughout the building and playgrounds
• Stooping, crouching, crawling and kneeling - ability to assist small children with various needs
• Climbing, Reaching, Pushing, Pulling and Lifting - ability to pick up small children as need as well as for classroom set up purposes; occasional lifting between 30 - 50 pounds
• Repetitive motion of the wrists, hands and fingers
• Close visual acuity required for viewing a computer monitor, preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing and reading
• Environment is primarily indoors in a classroom environment as well as intermittent outside weather conditions, including extreme heat and cold
• Works in a highly stressful environment dealing with a wide variety of challenges, deadlines and a varied and diverse array of contacts
