Swan River Montessori Charter School Job Description: Technology Teacher

Reports To: School Director FLSA Status: Exempt

Summary: A SRMCS Technology Teacher understands and promotes the school’s mission, vision, objectives, and policies both within and outside the immediate school community. S/he is responsible for ensuring the technology and testing needs of the school and its students are met.

Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

1. Planning and Instruction:

a. Plan, prepare and execute education supporting the development of the cognitive, emotional, social, and physical growth of the whole child – body, mind, and spirit.

b. Monitor talents, special abilities, disabilities, and/or deficiencies of every student. Document and report student issues/concerns to administration as appropriate. This includes referrals for intervention and special education services.

c. Use formal and informal assessments tools, including observation, to monitor academic proficiency and growth. Provide differentiated instruction based on the needs of the individual child.

d. Ensure that all state academic standards are included and executed via direct instruction.

2. Classroom and School Environments:

a. Maintain a clean, organized, and prepared classroom environment. Ensure furnishings and materials are complete, in good repair, and correspond to the needs of the group.

b. Oversee and facilitate the general safety of the classroom environment and its activities, including outside play.

c. Train/supervise/manage all classroom support staff and volunteers effectively.

d. Create and/or order new materials as needed and remain within the confines of the classroom budget.

3. Student Interaction:

a. Positively promote and foster each child’s self-esteem and individual development toward fullest potential in the areas of physical, social, emotional, and cognitive growth.

b. Actively supervise students at all times (whether or not under your immediate care).

c. Consistently model and reinforce positive, healthy behavior as well as appropriately model conflict resolution and problem-solving skills.

4. Parent/Guardian Interaction:

a. Demonstrate ability to work effectively with families, showing flexibility, cultural sensitivity, and compassionate care.

b. Provide parent education and other appropriate resources to support carry over within the home and community.

c. Remain available and approachable to parents/guardians via telephone, email, etc. Respond promptly to parent/guardian communications within 24 hours.

d. Participate in parent/teacher conferences bi-annually and additional conferences as requested.

5. Professional/Ethical/Workplace Expectations:

a. Establish and maintain a positive interpersonal relationship with all children, fellow staff, parents/guardians, and the community.

b. Maintain valid, professional license(s) and certification(s), including first aid, CPR, and Crisis Prevention and Intervention (CPI).

c. Maintain and promptly submit accurate daily attendance, academic records and other administrative paperwork as directed.

d. Promptly meet all deadlines and commitments.

e. Maintain student/family confidentiality at all times.

f. Adhere to Montessori theory/philosophy to the greatest degree possible.

g. Adhere to all established school policies, procedures, and plans, including all contents of the SRMCS Employee Handbook.

h. Demonstrate effective team participation, interpersonal communication, and conflict resolution skills within and across departments.

i. Attend and participate in all required meetings, including but not limited to lead teacher meetings, department meetings, and special education related meetings.

j. Attend all in-service training, teacher workshops, school events, parent/family education nights, conferences, staff meetings and parent meetings as required.

k. Maintain strong daily attendance on all school days (approximately 173 school days per academic year on average). Uses appropriate procedures if unable to come to work at any time.

General Job Qualifications & Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

Language Ability: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from administration, co-workers, students, parents/guardians the MN Dept. of Education, and the general public.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, the individual must have knowledge of and the ability to effectively use Microsoft Office, Google Suite, the Internet, and email.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $38,000.00 - $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• In-person

Work Location: In person