Company: Mannheim School District #83
Job description: Position Summary/Purpose: Provide for a safe, effective learning environment which promotes the educational and social growth of all students within the classroom.
Role and Responsibilities / Essential Job Functions:
- Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations
- Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests
- Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students
- Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom they are responsible
- Meet with parents and guardians to discuss their children's progress and to determine priorities for their children and their resource needs
- Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities
- Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health
- Provide a variety of materials and resources for children to explore, manipulate, and use, both in learning activities and in imaginative play
- Prepare and implement remedial programs for students requiring extra help
- Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students' progress
- Enforce administration policies and rules governing students
- Provide feedback for student improvement on assigned class work and homework
- Confer with parents or guardians, teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students' behavioral and academic problems
- Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate
- Guide and counsel students with adjustment or academic problems, or special academic interests
- Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations
- Prepare for assigned classes and show written evidence of preparation upon request of immediate supervisors
- Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations
- Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental, and social development, such as games, arts and crafts, music, and storytelling
- Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage
- Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students' needs and progress
- Prepare objectives and outlines for courses of study following curriculum guidelines or requirements of states and schools
- Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning following approved curricula
- Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration
- Organize and label materials and display students' work
- Supervise, evaluate, and plan assignments for teacher assistants and volunteers
- Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities
- Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher-training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence
- Attend staff meetings and serve on committees as required
- Administer standardized ability and achievement tests and interpret results to determine student strengths and areas of need
- Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of elementary school programs
- Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies
- Perform other duties as assigned and appropriate to the position
- Determine tasks, priorities, and goals
- Public speaking
- Be exact or highly accurate
Illinois Professional Educator License (PEL) with required endorsements for the specific teaching assignment
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