Certified: Bilingual Math High School
Waterbury Public Schools · Waterbury, CT · 1 mo ago
EducationFull-time
Summary
This class facilitates learning, academic achievement, and personal development by providing instruction to students. It involves developing and implementing curriculum and lesson plans, utilizing technology, and understanding diverse student needs.
Minimum Qualifications
- Possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college.
- Licensure: 029 Mathematics 7-12 and a Bilingual endorsement.
- Current Motor Vehicle operator's license (may be required).
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Core curriculum knowledge and specialized knowledge in certain fields.
- Understanding of educational philosophy, teaching methods, and current educational research.
- Child development knowledge.
- Classroom management techniques.
- Instructional technologies.
- Learner outcomes and learning theory.
- Multicultural, gender, and disability fair curriculum concepts.
- Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and Scientific Research Based Interventions (SRBI).
- Community resources knowledge.
- Excellent listening skills.
- Classroom management and organization skills.
- Classroom presentation skills.
- Human relations, mediation, conflict management, and interpersonal interactions.
- Report maintenance and development skills.
- Effective communication skills, both oral and written.
- Evaluation of student performance and reporting.
- Ability to adapt teaching styles to diverse student populations.
- Ability to apply PBIS and SRBI principles.
- Ability to work in a cooperative learning environment.
- Ability to utilize computer and multimedia technology.
- Ability to work with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
Essential Functions
- Advises, assists, and supervises students, as appropriate, with internships, volunteering, and community service projects.
- Evaluates student performance through examinations, homework assignments, and other methods, promoting student achievement, maintaining required student records, and submitting reports to the principal or other school administrators.
- Implements the goals, objectives, and standards of the District, the school, and the specific program or department, following a prescribed course of study as delineated in curriculum outlines and authorized by the building principal.
- Maintains contact and communications with parents of students, and works with them in the development of each student, scheduling and holding parent conferences, as well as conferences with county workers, as appropriate.
- Participates in staff development and professional growth activities, as required and as requested.
- Performs classroom management duties, enforcing school rules, taking appropriate disciplinary action, ensuring the safety of students, and maintaining an appropriate classroom-learning environment.
- Provides instruction in the core and age-appropriate curriculum, assessing initial knowledge or skills, making appropriate use of instructional resources and technologies, including computer technology, developing and implementing instructional activities for students, developing and coping instructional materials, and ordering instructional materials and supplies.
- Collaborates with other teachers, staff resources, and volunteers regarding instructional and program activities, providing for remediation when necessary, revising teaching methodology to accommodate students, maintaining instructional equipment, as appropriate, and team teaching, when appropriate.
- Coordinates the mainstreaming of special needs students, and in conjunction with special education teachers, determines the least restrictive environment, and assists with the completion of due process reports and Individualized Education Plans (IEPs).
- Participates in Planning and Placement Team (PPT) and/or Central Planning and Placement Team (CPPT).
Working Conditions
- Standing: F
- Sitting: N
- Walking: F
- Climbing: N
- Pushing: N
- Pulling: N
- Carrying: L
- Reaching: F
- Handling: N
- Feeling: N
- Seeing: F
- Hearing: F
- Twisting: N
- Twisting: N
- Repetitive Motion: N
- Visual Acuity/Near: F
- Visual Acuity/Far: F
- Temperature Changes: N
- Wetness: N
- Humidity: N
- Grasping: N
- Extreme Noise or Vibration: N
- Handling Chemicals: N
- Handling Gases and Fumes: N
- Handling Bodily Fluids: N
- Handling Unpleasant Odors: N
- Handling Mechanical Hazards: N
- Handling Physical Danger or Abuse: N
Equal Opportunity Employer
The District provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the District when necessary.