Middle School Social Studies Teacher - 2024-2025 Tenure Track

Position Type:

Middle School Teaching/Social Studies

Date Posted:

6/10/2024

Location:

Mountain View School

Date Available:

08/22/2024

Closing Date:

Until Filled

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TITLE: K-12 SUBJECT AREA TEACHER*

• As defined in N.J.A.C. 6A:9-9 Instructional certificates

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Valid New Jersey Instructional Certificate and Subject Area Endorsement or eligibility

• Minimum experience as required by the Board

• Demonstrated knowledge of subject specialty and effective teaching methods

• Ability to maintain a positive learning environment

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

• Required criminal history background check and proof of U.S. citizenship or legal resident alien status

REPORTS TO: Principal/Designated Administrator

SUPERVISES: Students, and when assigned, student teachers and classroom aides

JOB GOAL:

To provide an approved education program and establish a class environment that fosters learning and personal growth; to help students to develop skills, attitudes and knowledge needed to provide a good foundation for continued education; and to maintain good relationships with parents and other staff members.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Develops lesson plans and classroom learning activities

• Works to achieve state core curriculum content standards and district educational goals and objectives by promoting active learning in the classroom using board-adopted curriculum, board-adopted curricula and textbooks, 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 student.

• Sets specific objectives wherever possible in lesson preparation and weekly lesson plans and carries through presentation to effectively achieve these objectives.

• Plans class activities and lesson presentations that are age-appropriate for the class and meet the individual needs, interests and ability levels of all students.

Instruction and student contact

• Differentiates learning experiences based on student readiness, learning styles and interests meeting the needs of diverse learners.

• Monitors student academic progress and personal growth toward stated objectives of instruction.

• Maintains records of student's educational progress in class record books and/or board approved forms and summarizes these marks for reporting purposes.

• Identifies student needs and provides instruction appropriate to those needs.

• Establishes and maintains standards of student behavior needed to achieve a classroom climate conducive to learning.

• Budgets class time effectively.

• Devises written and oral assignments and tests that require analytical and critical thinking as well as the reproduction of facts.

• Supervises students in out-of-classroom activities as assigned.

Contact with parents and community

• Communicates with parents through conferences and other means to inform them about the school program and to discuss student progress.

• Makes effective use of community resources to enhance the instructional program.

Professional contacts and activities

• Cooperates with other professional staff members in assessing and resolving learning problems.

• Maintains professional competence and continuous improvement through in-service education and other professional growth activities.

• Participates in school-level planning, faculty meetings/committees and other school system groups.

• Supports school and district initiatives through participation in school and district projects.

• Takes responsibility for growing and developing professionally based on personal areas of needed growth in content knowledge and pedagogical skills

• seeking growth experiences within and outside the district

• acting on areas of growth suggested by supervisors

• offering turnkey support to colleagues

Other

• Upholds and enforces school rules, administrative regulations and board policy.

• Performs other duties within the scope of his/her employment and certification as may be assigned.

TERMS OF

EMPLOYMENT: Work year and salary to be determined by the board.

annual

evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with NJ State law and the provisions of the board's policy on evaluations.

Approved by: Mendham Borough Board of Education

Date: February 24, 2015

Legal References:

N.J.S.A. 7F Comprehensive Educational Improvement and Financing Act

N.J.S.A. 18A:6-7.1 Criminal history record; employee in regular contact with students; grounds for disqualification from employment; exception

N.J.S.A. 18A:6-10 Dismissal and reduction in compensation of persons under tenure in public school system

N.J.S.A. 18A:16-2 Physical examinations; requirement

N.J.S.A. 18A:25-2 Authority over students

N.J.S.A. 18A:25-4 School register; keeping

N.J.S.A. 18A:26-1 Citizenship of teachers, etc.

N.J.S.A. 18A:26-1.1 Residence requirement prohibited

N.J.S.A. 18A:26-2 Certificates required; exception

N.J.S.A. 18A:27 Employment and contracts

N.J.S.A. 18A:28-3 No tenure for noncitizens

N.J.S.A. 18A:28-5 Tenure of teaching staff members

N.J.S.A. 18A:28-8 Notice of intention to resign required

N.J.A.C. 18A:37 Discipline of students

N.J.A.C. 6A:7 Managing for equality and education in education

N.J.A.C. 6A:8 Standards and assessment

N.J.A.C. 6A:9 Professional licensure and standards

See particularly:

N.J.A.C. 6A:9-3.3 Professional standards for teachers

N.J.A.C. 6A:9-5 General certification policies

N.J.A.C. 6A:9-8 Requirements for instructional certificate

N.J.A.C. 6A:9-9.1 Authorizations-general

N.J.A.C. 6A:9-9.2 Endorsements and authorizations

N.J.A.C. 6A:9-15 Required professional development for teachers

N.J.A.C. 6A:16 Programs to support student development

N.J.A.C. 6A:32-4 Employment of teaching staff

N.J.A.C. 6A:32-4.4 Evaluation of tenured teaching staff members

N.J.A.C. 6A:32-4.5 Evaluation of nontenured teaching staff members

N.J.A.C. 6A:32-5.1 Standards for determining seniority

N.J.A.C. 6A:32-6 School employee physical examinations

N.J.A.C. 6A:32-7 Student records

Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, 8 U.S.C.A. 1100 et seq.

No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, P.L. 107-110, 20 U.S.C.A. 6301 et. seq.