Job Purpose:Prepares students for meaningful lives by contributing to their educational and social development.Duties: * Contributes to school system's effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range issues that must be addressed; providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommending options and courses of action; implementing directives. * Establishes and adjusts course outlines and objectives by following curriculum guidelines and state and local school system goals; modifying plans on the basis of student diagnostic and assessment procedures. * Conveys information to students by using language concepts, examples, demonstrations, and teaching aids, such as audiovisual equipment and computers. * Completes educational requirements by scheduling and assigning instructional activities; following up on results. * Assesses student learning by preparing, administering, and scoring tests; reviewing and correcting assignments; eliciting student questions and responses; evaluating application of learning to classroom project results. * Maintains student learning results by providing instructional feedback; coaching, counseling, and disciplining students; planning, monitoring, and appraising learning results. * Maintains records by documenting learning accomplishments, attendance, and behavior. * Guides students' personal and social development by establishing rules and procedures for administrative matters, student verbal participation, and student movement within the classroom, between classrooms, and on the playground. * Helps parents by providing academic information; suggesting available educational and social resources; addressing parents' concerns; answering questions and requests. * Complies with federal, state, and local legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation; anticipating future legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; advising school administration on needed actions. * Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations. * Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies. * Conserves resources by using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish educational results. * Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.Skills/Qualifications:Classroom Management, Verbal Communication, Resolving Conflict, Self-Motivated, Motivating Others, Teaching, Listening, Energy Level, Confidentiality, Emotional Control, Handles Pressure