Teacher Social Studies, Middle School (26-27)

About the role

Serves as a General Social Studies education classroom teacher in middle school grades (grades 4 through 9).

Responsibilities

• Affirms and implements an instructional program in General Social Studies.
• 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.
• Continually communicates with students on instructional expectations and keeps them informed of their progress in meeting those expectations.
• Manages allotted learning time to maximize student achievement.
• Assigns work to and oversees paraprofessionals, parents, and student volunteers as required.
• Serves at two or more schools on a regular basis if itinerant.
• Makes off school site visits to monitor students or confers with employers or site instructors as required.
• 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.
• Monitors student behavior in non-instructional areas as assigned or required and intervenes to control and modify disruptive behavior, reporting to administrator as appropriate.
• Collaborates with other professionals (guidance counselors, librarians, etc.) to carry out school wide instructional or related activities.
• Makes off school site visits to monitor students or confers with employers or site instructors as required.
• Sponsors or coordinates extracurricular activities such as clubs, student organizations, and academic contests.

Qualifications

• Valid educator license in middle grades General Social Studies education OR eligible for a conditional license in middle grades General Social Studies (History major OR at least 23 college credits in History with a C or better and an overall GPA of 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