Length of Assignment: Sept 2024 - June 2025
This job will have the following responsibilities:
- Provides rigorous curriculum that aligns with Pennsylvania Department of Education Standards for teachers.
- Demonstrates mastery of related subject matter, instructional skills, and resource materials for course(s) taught.
- Creates lesson plans, aligned with current state and district standards, which drives instruction through formative assessment and differentiation.
- Maintains a safe, organized classroom, which supports students’ independent learning, collaboration and choice.
- Utilizes a variety of effective instructional and management techniques.
- Provides a variety of assessments and uses assessments for planning and instruction. •
- Monitors and maintains a positive classroom environment that supports the school wide behavior expectation, in which most students are engaged, incorporates mutual respect and provides cooperative learning opportunities.
- Uses available technology/instructional media to enhance the students’ learning experiences. •
- Establishes and maintains appropriate relationships with students, parents, staff, and community members by communicating in a tactful, courteous, and confidential manner. •
- Communicates and interacts appropriately with other professional staff in academic planning and school committee work.
- Attends and participates in staff meetings and extra-curricular/school related activities and committees.
- Demonstrates a commitment to continuous professional growth and works with administrator to formulate and complete professional development plans.
- Maintains a professional appearance and demonstrates behavior that is conscientious and responsible.
- Engages parents and guardians in the education of their children
- Does not engage in discriminatory practices on any basis, including race, origin, gender, socio-economic status, disability, religion, or political beliefs.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned by the school administrator.
- Specialized teaching assignments may require additional training and/or certification.
- Must be able to pass an initial fingerprint and background clearance checks
- May be required to lift and carry heavy, bulky supplies and materials weighing up to 20 pounds.
Qualifications & Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university
- Appropriate Standard Pennsylvania Teaching Certificate for the given subject area for which you are applying; or current enrollment in certification program
- Preferred experience in an urban school setting
