Teacher History, Secondary (26-27)

About the role

Serves as a History education classroom teacher in secondary school grades (grades 7 through 12).

Responsibilities

• Affirms and implements an instructional program in History and provides related educational services for students.
• Manages student behavior, assesses, and evaluates student achievement, and modifies instructional activities as required.
• Manages the behavior of learners in instructional settings to ensure environment is conducive to the learning process and assists and participates in management of student behavior in other parts of the school, center, school grounds, or work site.
• Collaborates with others professional staff, both school and non-school-based, as required to maximize learning opportunities.
• Ensures continuous communication with parents, both written and oral, to keep them informed of a student(s) progress.
• Ensures classroom and/or instructional environment is attractive, healthful, safe, and conducive to learning and that materials are in good condition and accessible to students.
• Makes off school site visits to monitor students or confers with employers or site instructors as required.
• Serves at two or more schools on a regular basis if itinerant.
• Supports or participates in school-wide student activities and social events and approved fundraising activities.
• Makes off school site visits to monitor students or confers with employers or site instructors as required.
• Collaborates with other professionals (guidance counselors, librarians, etc.) to carry out school wide instructional or related activities.
• May sponsor or coordinate extracurricular activities such as clubs, student organizations, and academic contests.

Qualifications

• Valid educator license in secondary grades History education OR eligible for a conditional license in secondary grades History (History major OR at least 24 college credits in History with a C or better and an overall GPA of a 2.5 or better OR a Bachelor's degree in any area with an overall GPA of 2.5 and 3 year's experience in a job related field.)
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or institution.
• Knowledge of federal laws protecting the educational services for students with disabilities
• Knowledge of content, curriculum, methods, materials, and equipment of instructional specialty to which assigned
• Excellent oral and written communications and human relations skills
• Ability to select instructional planning, management, and evaluation procedures that relate to student needs and the demands of the instructional environment
• Ability to apply knowledge of current research and theory to instructional programs
• Ability to plan and implement lessons based on division and school objectives and the needs and abilities of students to whom assigned
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with students, peers, and parents

Benefits

This position is eligible for benefits. To review the available options please see the information relevant to the union for this position by viewing the following link:

http://www.baltimorecityschools.org