Teacher: Social Studies

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Primary Function (Job Goal)
To advocate for all learners, focus on academic achievement, and build on student successes by committing to continuous instructional improvement and providing an environment that supports the social development of all students.

Reports To (accountability)
Principal

Salary
Salary placement is established in accordance with the salary placement schedule in the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Troy CCSD 30-C Board of Education and Troy Education Association and is determined by years of experience and degree.

Qualifications / Local Requirements

• Professional Educator License
• Endorsement in Middle School Social Science for appropriate grade levels
• License Endorsement in one of the following:
  • Elementary Self-Contained General Education (K-9) or
  • Secondary Education (6-12)
• “Highly Qualified” (Elementary/Middle Grades test, preferred)
• 30 college credit hours in social science content area
• The applicant must fulfill one of the following:
  • Must currently be assigned to this position
  • Student taught in grades 4-8 within the last 3 years
  • Taught at any school in grades 4-8 within the last 3 years
  • Held an administrative contract in the Troy system that expired within the last year and assigned at this grade level within the last year*
  • Worked as an Instructional Coach in the Troy system in grades 5-8 within the last year
  • Have been employed by Troy 30C at any time

Physical Requirements

• Endurance within a classroom setting; teaching students while standing, sitting, or walking throughout the classroom, building or outside activities with the ability to maneuver in tight spaces between desks, etc.
• Working with the students in an instructional setting may entail kneeling or squatting, stooping, and bending from the waist on an occasional to frequent basis on a given day.
• Occasionally required to run.
• Use of aids such as whiteboards, posters, bulletin boards, overhead projector, television, VCR/DVD, computer, and technological equipment.
• Retrieval, use, lifting and storage of teaching material, including books, equipment, assignments, etc.

Term of Employment
180 days
Completion of mandated training through Global Compliance Network within first 45 days of employment without financial compensation.

Evaluation
Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Board’s policy on evaluation, the Performance Evaluation Reform Act of 2010 (PERA), Senate Bill 7, and Articles 24A and 34 of the Illinois School Code.