Chemistry Teacher - Topeka West High School
Chemistry Teacher - Topeka West High School
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Job Description
Reports To: Building Administrator
Qualifications: Must meet Kansas State Department of Education licensure requirements.ESOL endorsement preferred
Physical/Emotional Requirements:
The incumbent may be required to use the followingskills and abilities during any part of the working day:
Speaking hearing visual reading writing word processing mobility consistency of temperament ability to work with a variety of problems at the same time stamina for working long hours and in stress producing environments.
Performance Responsibilities:
- Teacheschemistry concepts to pupils
- Plans and delivers a science program that includes demonstrations lectures discussion and student experiments
- Organizes laboratory activities for optimal learning
- Demonstrates scientific concepts by use of scientific apparatus experiments and standard or teacherprepared charts sketches and other instructional aids
- Instructs pupils in proper use care and safe handling of chemicals science equipment and plant and animal life
- Provides for safe storage and proper use of materials equipment and tools
- Modifies teaching to meet individual student needs
- Communicates high expectations to all learners
- Seeks listens and responds appropriately to suggestions requests and concerns
- Incorporates use of appropriate technology
- Effectively implements the districtadopted curriculum
- Develops lesson plans by incorporating effective lesson design
- Uses a variety of researchbased instructional practices and current resources that support instructional goals and student needs
- Models and facilitates higherorder thinking problem solving creativity and flexibility
- Routinely integrates a variety of informal and formal assessments into instruction
- Uses a variety of data in making instructional decisions
- Makes students aware of assessment standards/learner expectations
- Assists students in developing selfassessment skills
- Maintains uptodate records of student progress
- Creates a positive inviting and safe learning environment
- Develops models and practices procedures and routines
- Communicates realistic and consistent expectations for student behavior and applies appropriate consequences
- Demonstrates conflict resolution skills
- Models enthusiasm for learning and teaching
- Treats students patrons and colleagues with dignity and respect
- Maintains confidentiality
- Uses monitoring techniques to facilitate learning
- Demonstrates knowledge of how subject matter/disciplines are integrated
- Demonstrates how subject matter is organized
- Communicates effectively and promotes positive interpersonal relationships
- Establishes and maintains standards of pupil behavior to provide an orderly productive environment during instructional activities
- Supervises pupils in outofclassroom activities during the assigned working day
- Oversees assigned budgets
- Supports the Districts educational mission for all students and implements all Board regulations and policies in a fair and equitable manner
- Performs other tasks and assumes other responsibilities as the Superintendent or designee may assign
Terms of Employment:
9months; salary and work year to be determined by the Board of Education.
Evaluation:
Performance of this position will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board policy on evaluation ofprofessional certified employees.
Significant associations:
The performance responsibilities are not limited to those outlined in this description and may include any other responsibilities as assigned by the administrator/supervisor
Employment Type
Full-Time
