Social Studies Teacher â Ritenour High School
Social Studies Teacher â Ritenour High School
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Job Description
SCHOOL YEAR
(Posted: 04/24/2025)
POSITION:Social Studies Teacher Ritenour High School
QUALIFICATIONS:Missouri Secondary Social Studies Education Certification is required.
Application Submission Procedure External Candidates
- To ensure full consideration please complete our online application are accepted only through this processmailed or emailed application materials will not be considered.
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SALARY:Teacher Salary Schedule
DEADLINE: Open until filled
JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: Social Studies Teacher
The high school social studies teacher provides instruction in the area of social studies. In addition the high school social studies teacher instructs students on the emergence of global and American ideals and cultural heritage.
REPORTS TO: Principal
EXAMPLE (S) of WORK PERFORMED:
- Instructs students about global and national social issues.
- Helps students understand the geographical historical cultural and political factors that influence the development of world regions.
- Lectures on the operation of political and economic systems.
- Helps students understand and exercise his rights privileges and responsibilities as a citizen.
- Teaches courses in social studies history geography American government political science or humanities to secondary students utilizing core curriculum and other appropriate learning activities.
- Creates a flexible secondary school program and classroom environment that promotes learning and personal growth for all students.
- Establishes effective rapport with students to motivate students to develop skills attitudes and knowledge needed to provide a good foundation continued progress in accordance with each students ability.
- Demonstrates appropriate long and shortterm preparation for classroom instruction.
- Holds high expectations for all students and sees themselves as facilitatorof student learning.
- Organizes and uses a variety of teaching techniques strategies materials and technology to maximizethe learning of each child individually and ingroup settings.
- Assess student progress provides students and parents with specific feedback and uses the results to adjust instruction as needed.
- Provides opportunities for academic support and challenge.
- Takes responsibility for teaching the district curriculum as outlined in the curriculum documents.
- Establishes clear objectives for all lessons units and projects and communicates these objectives to students.
- Keeps abreast of current development in their fields and continues to deepen their understanding of their disciplines.
- Establishes and maintains a functional attractive orderly and safe classroom environment that is conducive to student learning and builds a sense of community.
- Develops classroom rules on behavior procedures and maintains fair and just order in the classroom.
- Manages discipline in accordance with administrative regulations school board policies and legal requirements.
- Develops a repertoire of strategies to manage student behavior individually and ingroups in a manner that encourages individual responsibility selfcontrol selfdiscipline and effective decisionmaking.
- Takes reasonable and necessary precautions to protect students equipment materials and facilities.
- Demonstrates a respectful cooperative and caring manner with students and adults in the school community.
- Assumes responsibility for the effective functioning of the school to include necessary noninstructional assignments and student management throughout the entire building.
- Maintains complete records as required by law district policy and administrative regulation.
- Contributes to school effectiveness by collaborating with other professionals and participating in school and district activities such as staff meetings parentteacher conferences teacher training workshops and serving on building and district committees.
- Pursues professional growth and development through staff development and opportunities postgraduate education membership and participation in professional organizations and attendance at regional state and national meetings.
- Actively participates in the Performance Based Teacher Evaluation process.
- Supervises students during schoolsponsored after school/evening activities.
- Attends meetings and activities outside the normal school day i.e. professional development activities parent conferences open houses and staff meetings.
- Performs other related work as assigned.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: (*)When a specific assignment has additional or different ESSENTIAL FUNCTION requirements the differences will be discussed at the time of assignment.(*)
- Classroom management requires daily attendance to meet students needs.
- Requires travel to work sites within a building.
- Interprets test results; reviews and interprets printed reports to obtain information necessary for decisionmaking planning and management in assigned area(s).
- Operates specialized equipment such as computers copiers DVD players etc.
- Provides written procedures for plan preparation and implementation; communicates student assignments and behavior problems with others in writing.
- Provides instruction to students; discusses education programs with teachers administrators and/or citizens; conducts individual or group meetings; works with students to reinforce learning assignments; assists with the supervision of students; discusses student assignments and behavior problems with others.
- Reviews published educational materials for selection purposes; observes and evaluates student performance; checks students work corrects papers supervises testing; assesses the accomplishments of students and provides progress reports.
Physical Demands (Strength)
Exerts 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or
Exerts 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently and/or
Exerts 10 to 20 pounds constantly.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS and ABILITIES:
Vocational Preparation: (Experience)
Requires successful student teaching experience and/or prior teaching experience; particularly at the secondary level.
Education Preparation: (Formal and Informal)
Requires Missouri Teaching Certification at the middle school level in the area of Social Studies
Requires a Bachelors degree from an accredited university
Employment Type
Full-Time
