Position: Teacher Status: Exempt
Reports to: Assistant Principal and/or Principal Revised: April 8, 2009
Position Description: The Teacher is responsible for providing an educational atmosphere where students have the opportunity to fulfill their potential for intellectual, emotional, physical, and psychological growth.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Implements instructional activities that contribute to a climate where students are actively engaged in meaningful learning experiences
- Identifies, selects, and modifies instructional resources to meet the needs of the students with varying backgrounds, learning styles, and special needs
- Assists in assessing changing curricular needs and offers plans for improvement.
- Maintains effective and efficient record keeping procedures
- Provides a positive environment in which students are encouraged to be actively engaged in the learning process
- Communicates effectively, both orally and in writing, with students, parents, and other professionals on a regular basis
- Collaborates with peers to enhance the instructional environment
- Models professional and ethical standards when dealing with students, parents, peers, and community
- Ensures that student growth and achievement is continuous and appropriate for age group, subject area, and/or program classification
- Establishes and maintains cooperative working relationships with students, parents, and schools, as measured by ISL School Climate Survey results.
- Assumes responsibility for meeting his/her course and school-wide student performance goals
- Demonstrates gains in student performance
- Participates in professional development activities
- Meets professional obligations through efficient work habits such as: meeting deadlines, honoring schedules, coordinating
- Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned by their supervisor. All work responsibilities are subject to having performance goals and/or targets established as part of the annual performance planning process or as the result of organizational planning
Education, Certifications, and Work Related Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher (Masters Degree preferred)
- Teaching and online experience valued
- Louisiana or Out of State Teaching Certificate
Technical Competencies and Skills:
- Possesses strong oral and written communication skills
- Works independently with little direct supervision
- Works as part of a team
- Accepts responsibility and is self-motivated
- Demonstrates strong work ethic to achieve school goals
- Displays effective multi-tasking and time management skills
- Utilizes all required and recommended ISL computer applications
Working Conditions:
- Physical Ability: Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation.
- Sensory Requirement: Some tasks require visual perception and discrimination
- Some tasks require oral communications ability.
- ISL is and Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires ISL to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are invited to discuss accommodations.
