2023-2024 7Th Grade Social Studies Teacher

Qualifications:

• Must meet the qualifications for Residency Teacher License
• Must hold or have the ability to obtain North Carolina Teacher License OR

Supervises:

• May coordinate and direct the activities of teacher assistants

Essential Job Functions:

The teacher is required to follow all Board and State Policies and procedures and to comply with the instructions and/or directives from his/her supervisor(s). Responsibilities include the following:

• Incorporates learner objectives compatible with the subject, grade level, established curriculum, and student needs.
• Maintains an effective program by establishing and maintaining an adequate knowledge of subject areas and child growth and development.
• Report acts of violence to the principal.
• Ensures the application and practice are used by students to acquire or reinforce a concept or skill.
• Ensures that the instruction, materials and procedures are appropriate for the subject being taught and for the needs of the students.
• Encourages students, parents and others to become actively involved in daily instructional activities.
• Attends and participates in staff development, professional learning communities, and other relevant training.
• Collaborates with parents, employees, and community to create a supportive approach to reaching students.
• Implements professional classroom management techniques to maintain a suitable instructional environment.
• Cooperates, as requested, in the development of annual objectives for the school and plans an instructional program which incorporates these objectives.
• Monitors individual student achievement on a continuous basis, employs a variety of teaching methods to meet student needs, and provides remediation as required.
• Assesses individual student abilities to devise techniques that will accommodate student differences in rates of learning, styles of learning, and ability levels. These techniques may involve long term or short term grouping or the differentiating of materials and equipment.
• Conducts himself in such a manner as to promote a safe, secure, and orderly environment. Fosters a climate of respect at the school, and thus, by example, demonstrates that appropriate personal conduct should be a priority for all students and all employees.
• Accepts responsibility for non-instructional duties as may be assigned by the principal, superintendent, school board, or other administrative personnel.
• Assesses his/her instructional program to determine its effectiveness.
• Stays abreast of and implements current evidence based research practices for increasing student achievement.
• Demonstrates respect for the dignity and worth of all students, values cultural differences, and maintains communication with parents.
• Makes use of community resources, student talent, volunteers, and other school personnel to enhance the instructional program.

The teacher's primary functions are:

• Cafeteria supervision;
• Additional responsibilities such as the following may be assigned:
• Supervision of extra-curricular activities; except that no such assignments may be made to initially licensed teachers or to teachers with more than twenty-seven (27) years of experience unless they request such assignment in writing, or unless the Board makes a finding that there is a compelling reason to suspend this policy for an individual school;
• Service on committees; and
• To direct the growth and development of pupils;
• Bus duty;
• To assume definite responsibilities toward the safe, efficient operation, and the improvement of the total program of the school; and
• Attend professional development or other professional training;
• All other duties as may be assigned by the Superintendent, principal, or other supervisor(s).
• Playground duty;
• To teach the required curriculum, as adopted by the Board.

Physical and Cognitive Requirements:

The major physical and cognitive requirements listed below are applicable to the Teacher job classification within Hoke County Schools. Work in this classification is considered light physical work requiring the exertion of up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to move

objects.

Must be able to:

• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagrammatic form
• Communicate effectively and efficiently in all languages required by the job using whatever communication device or system is required (telephone, Braille)
• Operate a motor vehicle
• Be sensitive to cultural differences among individuals and groups of persons
• Write using standard convention in all languages required by the job
• Operate/use a variety of printing/graphic arts machines
• Operate/use a variety of audiovisual/electronic machines and devices
• Operate/use a variety of communication machines/equipment/devices
• Understand and conform to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction and style
• Operate/use a variety of job specific machines/equipment
• Deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions
• Apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
• Prepare, read and comprehend a variety of job related forms, reports, spreadsheets, maps, plans, records, documentation and correspondence in all languages required by the job
• Use/interpret job related terminology, mathematical formulas and functions effectively and efficiently
• Perform under stress, deal with persons acting under stress and adapt when confronted with emergency situations
• Speak to individuals or groups of people with poise, voice control and confidence
• Respond adequately to inquiries or complaints
• Operate/use a variety of automated office machines and other office equipment

DISCLAIMER: This job description is not a comprehensive list of all the duties, responsibilities, and skills that may be required of the employees assigned to this position. This description may be revised by the supervisor, with HR review and approval, at any time.