Bradley Hiring for nd Grade Teacher at Bradley, IL Full Time

This position provides instruction to students and performs a wide variety of tasks with curriculum planning, supervision, presenting and reinforcing learning concepts, and teaching children in a classroom setting.

Qualifications

• Professional Educator License
• License Endorsement in one of the following:
  • Elementary Self-Contained General Education (K-9)
  • Early Childhood Education (Birth-grade 3)
  • Early Childhood Prekindergarten & Self Contained General Education (K-3)
  • “Highly Qualified” (Elementary/Middle Grades test, preferred)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Demonstrate knowledge of content and teaches approved curriculum.
• Demonstrate knowledge of child growth and development, especially of characteristics of students/children in the age group assigned.
• Design clear instruction based on district learning targets, the primary function of this position and student data.
• Assure that the students always have the appropriate supplies available to perform the tasks required in the various modules.
• Evaluates academic and social emotional growth of students, keeps appropriate records, prepares progress s, and communicates student progress to appropriate sources (students, parents, and staff).
• Assists in diagnosing the learning disabilities of students, with the assistance of district specialists.
• Guides the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and, establishes clear objectives for all lessons, units, projects to communicate these objectives to students.
• Creates a classroom environment with respect and rapport that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students.
• Manage classroom procedures.
• Encourages students to set and maintain standards of classroom behavior.
• Organize the physical environment to promote learning.
• Plans a program of study that is aligned to the common core state standards, employing a variety of instructional techniques and instructional media that that differentiates instruction to meet the individual needs, interest, and abilities of the students.
• Guides the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and, establishes clear objectives for all lessons, units, projects to communicate these objectives to students Communicate with students.
• Use appropriate questioning and discussion techniques.
• Demonstrate a basic understanding and knowledge of current technology that is incorporated as a natural instructional tool, in constant use.
• Engage students in learning.
• Design formative and summative assessments that measure student performance based on established learning targets.
• Use assessment information to drive instructional decision making.
• Demonstrate flexibility and responsiveness.

Professional Responsibilities?

• Maintains accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulations.
• Communicate with families.
• Participate in a professional learning community.
• Grow and develop professionally.
• Demonstrate professionalism in behavior and dress.
• Attend meetings, serve on committees, and perform such other duties and assume other responsibilities as may be assigned by the Principal or his/her designee in accordance with the labor agreement and the Board of Education.
• Remain available to students and parents for education-related purposes outside the instructional day, such as parent teacher conferences.
• Assists the administration in implementing all policies and rules.
• Have regular attendance and infrequent absences.

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.
• Use of aids such as whiteboards, posters, bulletin boards, overhead projector, television, computer, and technological equipment.
• Retrieval, use, lifting and storage of teaching material, including books, equipment, assignments, etc.