Teacher - Art

Position: Middle School Art Grades 6-8

Term: 9 months

Classification: Certified

Location: North Middle School

Qualification:

• Bachelor’s Degree and a
• Valid Missouri Teaching Certificate

Supervisory: No

Reports to: Building Principal

Code: 002.1131.6111.3000.00910.3.000

Position #: 238

Teachers are responsible for providing direct instruction to students and maintaining an environment conducive to learning.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

General Expectations

• Supports the mission of Joplin Schools.
• Supports the value of education.
• Become familiar with, enforce, and follow all applicable Board policies and regulations, administrative procedures, other directions given by district administrators and supervisors, and state and federal laws.
• Properly supervise students at all times, if applicable to essential job functions.
• Obey all safety rules, including rules protecting the safety and welfare of students.
• Care for, properly use, and protect school property.
• Maintain courteous and professional relationships with students, parents/guardians, other district employees and the public.
• Communicate effectively with supervisors, department staff, all members of the school district, and community as required.
• Provides excellence in customer service both internally and externally.
• Complies with privacy rights and safeguards confidential and/or sensitive information pertaining to staff and students.
• Reacts to change productively and receive and transmit constructive criticism as it relates to job duties.
• Actively participate in professional development and obtain skills and information necessary to effectively perform job duties.
• Conduct all official business in a professional and timely manner, utilizing district technology resources.
• Arrive to work and leave work at the time specified by supervisors and attend all required meetings pertinent to the position.
• Maintains accurate records and filing systems for accountability and audit purposes as required by law and Board policy.
• Solve practical problems utilizing math functions as needed to complete job duties.
• Read and interpret documents such as work orders, safety rules, and handbooks and apply to job duties.

Essential Functions

• Instruct students by creating learning experiences that make the aspects of subject matter meaningful and engaging.
• Understand the central concepts, structures, and tools of inquiry of the discipline(s).
• Understand how students learn, develop and differ in their approaches to learning.
• Provide learning opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners and support the intellectual, social and personal development of all students.
• Develop daily lesson plans aligned with state standards and District curriculum maps, informed by student data.
• Use a variety of instructional strategies and resources to encourage students' critical thinking, problem-solving and performance skills.
• Create a learning environment that encourages active engagement in learning, positive social interaction and self-motivation.
• Model effective verbal, nonverbal and media communication techniques with students, colleagues and families to foster active inquiry, collaboration and supportive interaction in the classroom.
• Understand and use formative and summative assessment strategies to assess the learner's progress and use both classroom and standardized assessment data to plan ongoing instruction.
• Participate in regular, meaningful data conversations through learning communities.
• Monitor the performance of each student and devise instruction to enable students to grow and develop, making adequate academic progress.
• Treat others with respect and civility, values diversity, and resolves conflicts professionally.
• Actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally, individually and collectively, in order to improve learning for all students.
• Participate in building, grade level and subject area committees
• Complete and submit forms and required reports in a timely manner
• Communicate regularly with parents regarding progress and other educational concerns
• Participate as a member of an IEP team, 504 team, or other student assistance teams as requested. Implement plans as written.
• Report suspected abuse, neglect, discrimination and harassments as directed by Board policy and applicable law
• Prepare lesson plans for use by a substitute teacher prior to absences occurring
• Other duties as assigned

Attendance

Consistent and regular attendance is an essential function of this position.

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 essential functions.

Physical Demands

An individual who holds this position must have the ability to:

• Occasionally lift up to 25 pounds
• Speak and hear in an environment where numerous conversations and activities may be taking place simultaneously
• Move around the classroom
• Read handwritten or printed material

The work conditions and environment described here are representative of those that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Conditions and Environment

The individual who holds this position will regularly work in a school environment that is noisy and active. Occasionally the individual will be required to work outdoors for short periods of time to perform such tasks as loading and unloading students from district transportation and supervising recess.

Joplin Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not illegally discriminate in its programs, services, activities or facilities.