What are the responsibilities and job description for the Grade 4 Elementary Teacher position at PLEASANTVIEW ELEMENTARY?
Job Title: Upper Elementary Teacher - Pkeasantview Elementary
Position Description: 4th Grade Teacher - The Upper Elementary Teacher instructs students on various subjects, such as science, reading, math, and social studies. This Teacher will be responsible for developing lesson plans, grading tests, keeping in touch with students' parents, and reporting to school administrators. This Teacher will instruct young students and oversee their social and emotional development while demonstrating instructional skills, communication, supervision and patience.
Minimum Job Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Education or related field
- Michigan Elementary Teacher Certification - highly qualified in subject area for level
- K-5 Certification
Our turnaround teacher will skillfully demonstrate:
- Strong desire and ability to achieve outstanding student achievement results in a short amount of time
- Ability to build meaningful, caring relationships with students in order to exert academic press and influence
- Willingness to leverage the student support network to ensure that students’ social, emotional, nutritional and health needs are addressed
- Ability to motivate students and influence their behaviors
- Capacity to hold ongoing instructional-specific conversations designed to focus conversations and efforts on improving student learning
- Collaborative creation and execution of clear, logical instructional plans that produce strong results in student learning with classroom teachers
- Commitment to coordinate instruction within and across grade levels to support learning of at risk students
- Aptitude to discuss subject specific content instruction and the drive to try out new ideas to improve student learning
- Capacity to align curriculum, instruction, and assessments while responding to the individual needs of students
- Competence to collect and analyze data to inform instructional decisions
- Design and utilization of formative assessments to modify and adjust instruction on a daily basis in collaboration with classroom and grade level teachers
- Development of organized routines, communicate clear expectations, and grow a positive school culture
- Building a professional environment that is one of mutual respect, teamwork, and accountability
- Ability to seek out knowledgeable peers, coaches or administrators for instructional support in the never ending quest to deliver the vision of high quality subject-specific instruction to increase achievement of highest risk students
A turnaround teacher has the confidence to lead and possesses the following competencies:
- Prioritize student-learning needs over the customs, routines, and established relationships that can stand in the way of necessary change
- Achieve results by taking initiative and reflecting and acting on lessons learned
- Maintain his/her drive for results by demonstrating persistence, directness, and the ability to monitor and plan ahead for increased student growth and efficient instruction for at risk students
- Commit to the relentless pursuit of increasing student learning for at risk students
- Skillfully challenging the status quo by thinking analytically and conceptually, as well as problem-solving as it pertains to at risk students
Selection Committee
Evaluated By: Supervising Administrator
Salary Data: As per Negotiated Agreement with the EFE
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Salary : $45,000 - $75,000