CTE - FACS Teacher

Principal

SUPERVISES : May coordinate and direct the activities of teacher assistants.

PURPOSE : To plan, organize and present instruction and instructional environments that help students learn subject matter and skills that will contribute to their educational and social development.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

A. MAJOR FUNCTION : Management of Instructional Time

The teacher has materials, supplies, and equipment for each lesson ready at the start of the lesson or instructional activity;

gets the class started quickly; gets students on task quickly at the beginning of each lesson; maintains a high level of student time-on-task.

B. MAJOR FUNCTION : Management of Student Behavior

The teacher has established a set of rules and procedures that govern the handling of routine administrative matters; has established a set of rules and procedures that govern student verbal participation and talk during different types of activities whole-class instruction, small group instruction, etc.

• has established a set of rules and procedures that govern student movement in the classroom during different types of instructional and non- instructional activities;
• frequently monitors the behavior of all students during whole-class, small group, and seat work activities and during transitions between instructional activities;

stops inappropriate behavior promptly and consistently, yet maintains the dignity of the student.

C. MAJOR FUNCTION : Instructional Presentation

• The teacher begins lesson or instructional activity with a review of previous materials; introduces the lesson or instructional activity and specific learning objectives when appropriate;
• speaks fluently and precisely; presents the lesson or instructional activity using concepts and language understandable to the students;
• provides relevant examples and demonstrations to illustrate concepts and skills; assigns tasks that students handle with a high rate of success;
• asks appropriate levels of questions that students handle with a high rate of success; conducts lesson or instructional activity at a brisk pace, slowing presentations when necessary for student understanding but avoiding slowdowns;
• makes transitions between lessons and between instructional activities within lessons efficiently and smoothly; makes sure that the assignment is clear;

summarizes the main point(s) of the lesson at the end of the lesson or instructional activity.

GCS, Rev. 2 / 06

D. MAJOR FUNCTION : Instructional Monitoring of Student Performance

The teacher maintains clear, firm and reasonable work standards and due dates; circulates during class work to check all students’ performance;

routinely uses oral, written, and other work products to check student progress; poses questions clearly and one at a time.

E. MAJOR FUNCTION : Instructional Feedback

The teacher provides feedback on the correctness or incorrectness of in-class work to encourage student growth; regularly provides prompt feedback on assigned out-of-class work;

affirms a correct oral response appropriately, and moves on; provides sustaining feedback after an incorrect response or no response by probing, repeating the question, giving a clue, or allowing more time.

F. MAJOR FUNCTION : Facilitating Instruction

• The teacher has an instructional plan which is compatible with the school and system- wide curricular goals; uses diagnostic information obtained from tests and other assessment procedures to develop and revise objectives and / or tasks;
• maintains accurate records to document student performance; has instructional plan that matches / aligns objectives, learning strategies, assessment and student needs at the appropriate level of difficulty;

uses available human and material resources to support the instructional program.