First Grade Teacher- Trailwoods Elementary
Job Summary
At Kansas City Public Schools, teachers play a crucial role in student success. As a teacher, you will inspire and challenge students to achieve their highest potential, fostering a love of learning and creating a safe and inclusive classroom environment.
What You'll Be Doing
Develop and deliver lesson plans that meet state and district standards, ensuring all students are actively engaged in learning.
Utilize a variety of teaching strategies and technology tools to accommodate diverse learning styles and needs.
Continuously assess student understanding and adjust teaching methods to improve outcomes.
Collaborate with instructional coaches, department chairs, and fellow teachers to enhance curriculum alignment and instructional practices.
Student Assessment and Progress Monitoring
Regularly assess and analyze student performance through formative and summative assessments.
Maintain accurate and comprehensive student records, including grades, attendance, and progress reports.
Use data to drive instructional decisions and provide targeted interventions as needed.
Work with various stakeholders to ensure students' individual needs are met.
Classroom Management and Student Engagement
Establish a positive and inclusive classroom culture where all students feel respected and motivated to succeed.
Manage, supervise, and ensure the safety, behavior, and well-being of students.
Implement effective classroom management strategies to minimize disruptions and maximize learning time.
Foster students' social-emotional development by integrating trauma-informed practices and restorative justice approaches.
Collaborate with parents, guardians, and necessary stakeholders to address behavior concerns and support student growth.
To Be Successful at This Job, You'll Need To:
Bring Expertise and Vision: Bachelor’s Degree in Education or related field, valid Missouri teaching certificate or eligibility for certification, strong understanding of curriculum, instructional strategies, and classroom management, experience with or commitment to working in diverse, urban school environments.
A Growth Mindset
Commitment to ongoing personal and professional development, willingness to embrace feedback and adapt to new teaching methodologies, eagerness to be a part of a transformative school district that values continuous improvement.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
This job requires the employee to sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands, fingers, and reach with hands and fingers; bend, stoop, and lift objects of at least ten pounds.
The employee occasionally stoops, kneels, crouch, or crawl.
Visual ability requires mono and color vision, close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Benefits
Health and Dental Insurance provided.
KCPS Defined Benefit Pension plan – mandatory 9.0% contribution required from employees and matched by KCPS.
Voluntary retirement savings plans are also available.