26-27 Jefferson Fifth Grade Classroom Teacher

About the role

A current Oklahoma Certificate or License with endorsements for appropriate level/subject area is required. A Bachelor's Degree in education or a related field from a college/university recognized by the Oklahoma Board of Education is also required. Reports to building administrators.

Responsibilities

• Possess a broad scope and knowledge of relevant subject matter and be acquainted with recent pedagogical developments.
• Participate in and contribute to NPS' curriculum development programs.
• Understand and apply sound principles of childhood development related to physical, emotional, intellectual, and social growth.
• Understand and utilize a variety of strategies to facilitate participation and learning by all students.
• Translate lesson plans into learning experiences that effectively utilize the available time for instruction.
• Establish and adjust procedures to ensure that district and site objectives are attained despite individual student differences.
• Provide clear direction and instruction. Related objectives, involve all learners, demonstrate required skill, adjust based on monitoring, guide practice, and establish closure.
• Evaluate students' academic growth fairly and impartially, utilizing standardized tests, as well as teacher designed assignments.
• Administer group-standardized tests in accordance with the district testing program.
• Keep appropriate and accurate records and prepare reports relating to students' progress and needs.
• Cooperate with other professional staff members in assessing and helping students solve health, attitude, and learning problems.
• Organize classroom routines to minimize classroom disciplinary problems.
• Handle all but the most serious classroom disciplinary problems without administrative involvement.
• Establish and maintain necessary standards of student behavior to achieve a positive and functional learning environment without negatively impacting other classrooms.
• Be familiar with and abide by ALL district policies and procedures.
• Select and use the appropriate materials to facilitate teaching and learning of the adopted curriculum.
• Maintain building equipment and supplies in the best possible condition and promote this good stewardship among students.
• Establish rapport with students and provide a pleasant, safe and orderly climate conducive to learning.
• Maintain professional competence through in-service education activities provided by the district and self-selected professional growth activities while meeting the districts' requirement for professional development activities.
• Supervise students during out of class times in the course of the workday.
• Carry out your designated share of the extra-curricular school activities.
• Demonstrate a professional and ethical attitude towards the district, school, other employees, students, parents, and the public.
• Demonstrate emotional maturity, initiative, self-reliance, and problem solving skills.
• Respond to criticism in a constructive manner.
• Develop and maintain open communication.
• Work cooperatively with administrators, colleagues, volunteers, students, and parents.
• Share ideas, materials, and space.
• Communicate with parents through conferences and other means to discuss student progress.
• Help parents and students understand the school program.
• Demonstrate good judgement and sound decision making.
• Participate in school site improvement planning and faculty committees.
• Assist special education students with academic, social, and personal needs.
• Keep required records in an efficient and legible manner and in accordance with all district requirements.
• Present a professional appearance appropriate to assigned duties.
• Understand and apply knowledge of multicultural issues.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations, and personnel information systems.
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language, including the definition and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Knowledge of mathematics, including arithmetic, and basic computations regarding addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division using whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and percentages.
• Knowledge of customer and personal services, including interpreting and translating facts and information, explaining situations and issues, identifying alternative courses of action, and maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information.

Skills

• Effective communication skills, including listening, speaking, writing, and reading.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking and writing so others will understand.
• Ability to interpret and translate facts and information.
• Ability to explain situations and issues.
• Ability to identify alternative courses of action.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Oral comprehension, oral expression, written comprehension, written expression, problem sensitivity, speech clarity, speech recognition, near vision, mathematical reasoning, deductive reasoning, and near vision.

Related Duties

• Establish and maintain necessary standards of student behavior to achieve a positive and functional learning environment without negatively impacting other classrooms.
• Be familiar with and abide by ALL district policies and procedures.
• Select and use the appropriate materials to facilitate teaching and learning of the adopted curriculum.
• Maintain building equipment and supplies in the best possible condition and promote this good stewardship among students.
• Establish rapport with students and provide a pleasant, safe and orderly climate conducive to learning.
• Maintain professional competence through in-service education activities provided by the district and self-selected professional growth activities while meeting the districts' requirement for professional development activities.
• Supervise students during out of class times in the course of the workday.
• Carry out your designated share of the extra-curricular school activities.
• Demonstrate a professional and ethical attitude towards the district, school, other employees, students, parents, and the public.
• Demonstrate emotional maturity, initiative, self-reliance, and problem solving skills.
• Respond to criticism in a constructive manner.
• Develop and maintain open communication.
• Work cooperatively with administrators, colleagues, volunteers, students, and parents.
• Share ideas, materials, and space.
• Communicate with parents through conferences and other means to discuss student progress.
• Help parents and students understand the school program.
• Demonstrate good judgement and sound decision making.
• Participate in school site improvement planning and faculty committees.
• Assist special education students with academic, social, and personal needs.
• Keep required records in an efficient and legible manner and in accordance with all district requirements.
• Present a professional appearance appropriate to assigned duties.
• Understand and apply knowledge of multicultural issues.