Classroom Teacher - Osage County R-II School District
Position: | Classroom Teacher |
Subject Area: | Special Education |
Job Title: | Elementary Special Education Teacher |
Job Location: | Linn Elementary |
Beginning: | Aug 01, 2024 |
Deadline: | Open until filled ** |
Certificate: | Mild/Mod. Cross Category Disabilities |
District: | Osage County R-II School District |
Linn, MO 65051 | |
Telephone: |
573-897-4200 |
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Job Description:
REQUIREMENTS:
SUPERVISES:
REPORTS TO:
JOB GOALS:
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
Total: 164 contracted days
EVALUATOR:
REQUIREMENTS:
- Valid Missouri Special Education Teacher Certification
SUPERVISES:
- Students assigned directly
- Other Osage County R-II students
REPORTS TO:
- Building Principal
- Special Education Director
JOB GOALS:
- To create a class environment favorable to learning and personal growth
- To motivate pupils to develop skills, attitudes, and knowledge
- To establish good relationships with parents and with other staff members
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Implement the policies of the Board of Education.
- Communicate appropriately with supervisors, other employees, students, and visitors.
- Maintain a friendly and helpful environment.
- Maintain an acceptable standard of personal appearance.
- Obtain/maintain full state certification for assigned subject areas.
- Teach within the course of study for his/her grade level/subject area as prescribed by the state or adopted by the school district.
- Implement lessons which support the state-mandated courses, the state's tested curriculum, and locally- determined courses.
- Provide a variety of planned learning experiences using a variety of media and methods, including alternative intervention strategies, in order to motivate students and best utilize available time for instruction.
- Evaluate, record, and report student academic and social growth within the guidelines prescribed in state law or adopted by the school district.
- Establish and maintain standards of student behavior through efficient classroom management procedures.
- Identify areas of student concern and cooperate with other professional staff members in addressing those areas of concern.
- Communicate with parents/guardians regarding student progress.
- Be available for students and parents before and after school.
- Participate in curriculum and other developmental programs as required by district policy and state guidelines.
- Participate in faculty committees and sponsorship of classroom field trips.
- Maintain professional competence through professional development
- Develop responsible citizens who have competent social and everyday living skills.
- Develop independent critical thinkers who are competent writers, speakers, and listeners.
- Participate in the identification of at -risk and gifted students and implement steps to meet their individual needs,
- Help students become proficient in using basic technological equipment.
- Teach from materials which reflect multi-cultural, non-gender-biased, and global experiences.
- Plan appropriately for substitutes, paraprofessionals, and others who assume responsibilities in his/her classroom.
- Participate cooperatively with the principal in accordance with the district’s teacher evaluation process.
- Assume responsibility for tasks other than those listed which may be assigned by a supervisor.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
- 147 School Days
- 10 Contracted PD days
- 7 Paid Holidays (Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, day after Thanksgiving, December 24, December 25, December 31, and January 1)
Total: 164 contracted days
EVALUATOR:
- Building principal
- Special Education Director
** District reserves the right to close any Job Posting when a suitable applicant has been found before the deadline date.
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