What are the responsibilities and job description for the ISS Teacher HS position at Western Heights Public Schools?
Credentials: State Licensure or Certification
Education Bachelor’s Degree in Education (Minimum)
Reports to: Building Principal
Job Goal (Purpose of position):
Supervises students who are assigned to in school suspension for disciplinary reasons.
Contact with Others:
Has regular contact with students, other teachers, support and administrative staff, and parents. Contact requires tact and diplomacy and independent judgment such as problem solving, interpreting policies and procedures based on experience, and providing counseling or mediation techniques as appropriate.
Other performance Measures:
Good people skills are essential to the successful performance of the job. Following safety guidelines and policies are critical to the safety of the teacher, other staff and students. Adherence to district dress standards, proper attendance/leave policies, and other work habits are important to maintaining discipline and respect in an environment conducive to learning. Creativity, initiative and effective problem solving are important to delivering instruction in accordance with the Oklahoma Minimum Criteria for Effective Teaching Performance and other state and district standards.
Essential Job Functions:
- Establish high standards and expectations for all students to accept responsibility for behavior.
- Supervise students and consistently administer rules regarding student behavior during detention.
- Inform students of rules and expectations.
- Maintain an atmosphere in which students are expected to remain seated and silent during the time period.
- Work with the administration to have in-school serve as an effective preventative disciplinary technique.
- Assist students as needed with homework or instructional assignments.
- Keep accurate records of student attendance and behavior, including any tardiness, and submit to the administration in a timely fashion.
- Demonstrates the desired skills. Cares for and effectively assists students. Models friendships, acceptance and recognition.
- Discipline students in a fair and consistent manner, using school approved procedures.
- Collaborates with classroom teacher to provide required assignments to students.
- Establish a professional rapport with students that earns their respect.
- Supervises students in the classroom and throughout the building and grounds throughout the work day. Maintains proper classroom discipline.
- Ensure the safety and health of all students, notifying the administration of any unsafe conditions, following established procedures.
- Maintain positive, cooperative, and mutually supportive relationships with the administration, instructional staff, students, parents, and representatives of resource agencies within the community.
- Contributes to the effectiveness/quality of school programs, including extracurricular programs. Actively supports and looks for ways to improves the quality of education, including cooperating with other school personnel. Serves on committees with a constructive attitude. Continues to be involved in personal growth and development. Cares for and effectively assists students with special concerns. Interacts constructively with parents. Attends school and district meetings as required by administration.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Supervision Exercised: Employee is responsible for supervision of students in the classroom and throughout the school building during the work day. Employee is responsible for maintaining order and disciplining students in accordance with the district policy. Employees does not supervise other employees, except for student teachers or entry-year teaches teachers assigned to the employee.
Physical/Mental Requirements and Working Conditions
In an eight-hour work day, the employee must sit, stand or walk for varying lengths in order to deliver instruction and properly supervise students throughout the school building as required. Employee’s job requires occasional reaching above the shoulder to write on a chalkboard. Job requires occasional bending/stooping or squatting/crouching to interact with students at their desks, on the floor or at eye level. Job requires occasional carrying/lifting up to ten pounds to transport instructional materials to the classroom from other parts of the building. Employee must possess manual dexterity sufficient to write on a chalkboard. Employee must possess enough visual ability to supervise students in the classroom, hallways and large areas such as auditoriums and cafeterias. Employee must possess hearing ability to supervise students and to interact with students individually and in group settings. Employee must possess speaking requirement enough to deliver instruction throughout the work day in the classroom and supervise students throughout the school building. Employee must have mobility enough to interact with students during instructional delivery and supervise students throughout the day. Employee must have mental requirement to deliver instruction in accordance with state and district standards. Job requires working outdoors in various temperatures to supervise students on lunch or playground duty and during field trips.
