Social Studies Teacher

About the Employer

Job Title: Social Studies Teacher
Qualifications: Licensed or eligible to be licensed in 9-12 Social Studies. Candidates must be designated as Highly Qualified in High School Social Studies.
Preferred Qualifications: Previous experience in High School Social Studies.

Salary: NC Teacher Salary + 18% Supplement
Benefits: Full Benefits

Supervision: May coordinate and direct activities of Paraprofessionals, Volunteers, and/or Clerical Assistants.
Reports to: The School Principal or his/her Designee

Job Goal: To provide each student with the help, counsel, and learning experience he needs to make progress toward educational goals established.
Classroom Environment: To create a flexible instructional program and a class environment favorable to learning and personal growth;
Pupil Rapport: To establish effective rapport with pupils;
Motivation: To motivate pupils to develop skills, attitudes and knowledge needed to live a rewarding life in an ever-changing world.

*Performance Responsibilities:
- Develops lesson plans and instructional materials.
- Provides individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student.
- Creates a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students.
- Establishes and maintains standards of student behavior needed to achieve a functional learning atmosphere in the classroom.
- Guides the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals.
- Establishes clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicates these objectives to the students.
- Employs a variety of instructional techniques and instructional media.
- Evaluates students' academic and social growth, keeps appropriate records, and prepares progress reports.
- Communicates with parents through conferences and other means to discuss student's progress and interprets the school program.
- Identifies pupil needs and cooperates with other professional staff members in assessing and helping students solve health, attitude, and learning problems.
- Maintains professional competence through in-service education activities provided by the district and through self-selected professional growth activities.
- Participates in curriculum development programs as required.
- Participates in faculty committees and the sponsorship of student activities.

Duties:
- Instructs pupils in a classroom, utilizing the course of study adopted by the board of education, and other appropriate learning activities.
- Develops lesson plans and instructional materials and provides individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each pupil.
- Translates lesson plans into learning experiences so as to best utilize the available time for instruction.
- Creates a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students.
- Establishes and maintains standards of pupil behavior needed to achieve a functional learning atmosphere in the classroom.
- Guides the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals.
- Establishes clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicates these objectives to pupils.
- Evaluates pupil performance and growth using a variety of formative and summative evaluation tools
- Communicates with parents through conferences and other means to discuss student's progress and interprets the school program.
- Collaborates with colleagues to promote an optimal learning environment for pupils.

Terms of Employment: Ten-month year. Salary in accordance with certification and placement on the adopted schedule.
Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the board of education policy on the evaluation of teachers.