4th Grade Teacher

Summary

The teacher is essential in managing classrooms so that students can thrive academically, socially, emotionally, and behaviorally. Achieving academic excellence requires the teacher to provide rigorous and engaging lessons that meet grade level standards, differentiate to meet the needs of a diverse group of students, and build a classroom environment where all students feel accepted and challenged.

Essential Functions

• Demonstrate commitment to and ownership of creating a classroom environment and culture that aligns with the mission, vision, and values of KTEC.
• Serve as an active member of the assigned professional learning community.
• Perform all aspects of classroom management, preparation, and implementation of current teaching strategies.
• Design, deliver, and assess nature-based, inquiry-based, and project-based learning; effectively integrate content standards.
• Communicate with parents using a variety of methods as needed.
• Guide placement procedures and participate in placement meetings, as assigned, for newly referred students.
• Participate in selecting curriculum, equipment, classroom supplies, and other materials.

Experience, Education and Licensure

• A solid educational background including a bachelor’s degree in education.
• A current and appropriate Teaching License issued by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
• Evidence of competencies in classroom management, learning strategies, individual and group management, curriculum development, and program evaluation.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Model the core values of the school.
• Demonstrate a strong desire to collaborate with industry-connected, project-based learning, and provide a student-centered education.
• A growth mindset and ability to reflect and vary instructional delivery model.
• Strong belief that an inclusive learning environment offers a more productive and personalized way of educating all students.
• The ability to work effectively with groups and individuals.
• Ability to deliver instruction incorporating workshops, immersion, hands-on experiences, and traditional delivery to ensure that all individual student needs are met in accordance with preferred mode of instruction.
• Experience integrating technology into instruction.
• A self-starter and a well-developed ability to set and meet goals and outcomes.
• Knowledge of competency-based learning.

Work Environment / Physical Demands

• Normal office / classroom environment with moderate noise levels.
• Must be able to sit and stand for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to have repetitive wrist/hand/finger movement to work on computers and/or related equipment.