Teacher - Title I - Federal Programs

FTE : 1.0

Calendar : A

PURPOSE

To lead students toward the fulfillment of their potential for intellectual, emotional, social, and psychological growth and maturation.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES

The overall responsibility of this position has several components : supports and implements a comprehensive educational program that meets the needs of individual students in high poverty schools consistent with federal educational guidelines and District approved curriculum and methodology; provides leadership, resources, coordination, and documentation as a contributing member of a school’s leadership and instructional teams; and insures compliance with federal requirements while working cooperatively with classroom teachers to supply intervention to small groups of children using adopted intervention programs and / or research-based strategies or best practices for that building in both Language Arts and Math. This includes devising, implementing, and supporting parent involvement policies and activities to support parents in being stronger educational partners, informing parents of interventions or focus group activities and outcomes, and assisting administrators, academic and instructional coaches and classroom teachers in planning and implementing parent literacy and math workshops.

The Title I teacher is responsible for teaching students both as a support in the general education classroom and as an intervention specialist on the school’s RtI team. The Title I teacher is also responsible for maintaining a classroom, supporting the management of the building’s Title I budget, supervising and planning lessons for paraprofessionals, and ensuring that best practices are used and observed. In support of interventions for students, the Title I teacher may be required to collect data, plan schedules, keep spreadsheets, identify students in need of intervention, provide formative, summative and diagnostic assessments, provide formative assessment information to teachers, and provide research for teachers, as well as advise teachers on skill deficits and programs. Title I teachers should be willing to provide audit support, provide instructional leadership for extended day and summer programs, provide professional development as identified by the school’s leadership team, serve as the building’s intervention consultant, as well as directly serve students through appropriate intervention programs.

The Title I teacher is required to comply with all requirements of general education classroom teachers, including student instruction, adaption of instruction and materials, creating a positive and purposeful classroom environment, regular cooperative communication with colleagues, parents, and students, while maintaining effective classroom management. This should all be accomplished through regular and punctual attendance instructional activities, duties, meetings and in-services, as well as adherence to board policy, the master contract, and guidelines of ethical performance of duties. A commitment to continuous improvement of the program and evolving state and federal expectations is required.

COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS

• Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with others : contributes to the development of a positive school climate;
• Accepts a share of responsibility for co-curricular activities as assigned;
• Abide by the Code of Ethics for the Teaching Profession as established by the Idaho State Board of Education, the Board Policies and procedures of the District and the terms and provisions of the Standard Teachers’ Contract;
• Compliance with the requirements of Idaho Code with regard to teacher conduct, including but not limited to the manner in which suspected instances of child abuse or suspected student suicidal tendencies are addressed;
• Adhere to confidentiality with regard to student information;
• Attend faculty meeting and conferences as directed by the Building Principal and participation in in-services activities and other professional growth opportunities;
• Establish and maintain good working habits including punctuality;
• Implement the beliefs, mission statement, objectives and parameters of the District’s strategic plan.

QUALIFICATIONS

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL ABILITIES

EVALUATION

Yearly by supervisor

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

To be determined by calendar year.