SOCIAL STUDIES / HISTORY TEACHER

Licensed, full-time certified teaching position at Mendenhall High School.

About the role

To lead students toward the fulfillment of their potential for intellectual, emotional, and psychological growth and maturation.

Responsibilities

• Meet and instruct assigned classes in the locations and at the times designated.
• Develop and maintain a classroom environment conducive to effective learning within the limits of the resources provided by the District.
• Prepare for classes assigned and show written evidence of preparation upon request of immediate supervisor.
• Encourage students to set and maintain standards of classroom behavior.
• Employ a variety of instructional techniques and instructional media consistent with the physical limitations of the location provided and the needs and capabilities of the individuals or student groups involved.
• Strive to implement by instruction and action the District’s philosophy of education and instructional goals and objectives.
• Take all reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
• Evaluate student progress on a regular basis.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, District policy, and administrative regulation.
• Assist in upholding and enforcing school rules, administrative regulations, and Board policy.
• Make provision for being available to students and parents for education-related purposes outside the instructional day when required or requested to do so under reasonable terms.
• Attend and participate in faculty meetings.
• Cooperate with other members of the staff in planning instructional goals, objectives, and meetings.
• Accept a share of responsibility for co-curricular activities as assigned.
• Work to establish and maintain open lines of communication with students and their parents concerning both the broad academic and behavioral progress of all assigned students.
• Establish and maintain cooperative relations with others.
• Provide for own professional growth through an ongoing program of reading, workshops, seminars, conferences, and/or advanced course work at institutions of higher learning.
• Establish, maintain, and conduct meetings of an advisory committee.
• Follow the District Management plan.
• Assist in the (IMP) Program review, revision, implementations, and systematic evaluation.
• Provide for professional growth by completing the approved District Staff Development Program.
• During instructional time be able to walk, stand, bend, and/or move around in the classroom 80-90 percent of the class period.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree endorsed in area of specialization (preferred).
• Master’s Degree in area of specialization (preferred).
• Valid teaching certificate endorsed in area of specialization.

Pay

$44,200.00 – $76,200.00 per year, based on the State Minimum Program Scale and the Simpson County School Board current salary guide for certified personnel.

Schedule

187-day contract.