What are the responsibilities and job description for the Secondary Math (7-12) position at Heber Springs School District (AR)?
Job Summary: Teach students in one or more subjects, such as English, mathematics, or social studies at the middle school or high school level.
Essential Duties:
- Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
- Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
- Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
- Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems.
- Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs.
- Instruct and monitor students in the use of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage.
- Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress.
- Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons that promote learning, following approved curricula.
- Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.
- Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of secondary school programs.
- Sponsor extracurricular activities such as clubs, student organizations, and academic contests; conduct fundraising activities consistent with district policies and procedures.
- Attend staff meetings and serve on committees, as required.
- Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and professional development sessions to maintain and improve professional competence.
- Administer standardized ability and achievement tests and interpret results to determine students' strengths and areas of need.
- Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.
- Perform student supervisory duties such as assisting in school libraries, hallways and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading.
- Select and use appropriate resources.
- Exhibit knowledge of content and content-related pedagogy.
- Exhibit knowledge of adolescent development.
- Exhibit knowledge of individual students' knowledge, skills, and special needs.
- Adhere to student Individualized Education Program (IEP) and 504 plans.
- Plan assignments for teacher assistance, volunteers, and substitutes.
- Respond appropriately to student behavior.
- Plan and set sequential outcomes with rigor and high expectations.
- Plan and implement appropriate learning activities suitable to meet all students' needs.
- Demonstrate care and respect when interacting with students.
- Manage classroom procedures with limited loss of instructional time.
- Ensure students are actively engaged in learning.
- Provide timely, consistent, high-quality feedback to students.
- Develop and administer assessments of rigor that match standards of learning.
- Reflect on practice and make adjustments for professional growth.
- Maintain professionalism with staff members.
- Report to the proper authorities any cases of suspected child endangerment, neglect, or abuse.
- Report suspected bullying to building principal or designee as required by Arkansas law and district policies.
- Adhere to all policies of the District.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Principal or other administrators.
Other Duties: as assigned by building principal
