5th Grade Teacher

Job Summary

Position requires the planning, organization, and implementation of the appropriate instructional program to address the learning needs of the students; to guide and encourage students to develop and fulfill their potential in both curricular and extracurricular activities.

Essential Duties

• Plan, prepare and deliver instructional activities that facilitate active learning experiences.
• Develop lesson plans.
• Establish and communicate clear objectives for all learning activities.
• Prepare classroom for class activities.
• Provide a variety of learning materials and resources for use in educational activities.
• Identify and utilize different instructional resources and methods to support the learning needs of students at varying levels of progress.
• Instruct and monitor students in the use of learning materials and equipment.
• Use relevant technology to support instruction.
• Observe and evaluate student performance and development.
• Assign and grade class work, homework, tests, and assignments as appropriate.
• Provide appropriate feedback on student work.
• Maintain accurate and complete records of student progress and development.
• Prepare required reports on students and activities.
• Maintain classroom discipline by establishing classroom rules and procedures and enforcing classroom, school, and district rules and procedures.
• Participate in department, school, and district meetings and professional development activities as appropriate.
• Foster and maintain effective communication with parents and/or guardians.

Other Duties

Perform other tasks and responsibilities as assigned by the Principal or other appropriate administrator.

Job Specifications

• Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Required): Bachelor's Degree or Higher from an accredited college or university. Certification as required by the state of South Carolina in the field of Elementary. Other professional and personal qualifications as deemed necessary for acceptable fulfillment of assigned responsibilities.

Physical Requirements

• Regularly required to walk, sit, stand and reach with hands and arms, stoop or kneel, and crouch.
• Sufficiently mobile to ensure the safety of students.
• Close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to focus.
• Manual dexterity for the purpose of using a telephone and data entry.
• Read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids.
• Hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone.
• Speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in person and on the telephone.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Duties are normally performed in a school/classroom environment. Duties may be conducted in work-related community settings and/or occasionally performed on study trips away from the school.