High School Social Studies Teacher at Newport Independent Schools in Newport, KY

Job description

Job Summary Responsible for educating students about history, geography, politics, economics, and culture. The primary goal is to help students understand how historical events, societal structures, and civic institutions shape the modern world, while fostering the critical thinking skills necessary to become informed, responsible citizens.To help students acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes that society feels will contribute to their development into mature, able, and responsible men and women. Performance Responsibilities This position description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, knowledge or skills associated with this position, but is intended to accurately reflect the essential job elements. Any combination of the job functions shown below may be performed. General Duties and Responsibilities • Shall determine appropriate action within clearly defined guidelines. • Shall present a positive image of the school to parents, and convey to them the school's genuine concern with education, growth, and development of each student • Shall seek to establish friendly and cooperative partnerships between home and school. • Shall work to develop a positive public relationship between the school district and the community. • Shall carry out assignments in a timely manner without undue checking • Shall react positively to directives. • Shall have a willingness to cooperate with the superintendent, district administrators, principals, and staff. • Shall maintain the confidentiality, both verbally and in written form of each student's educational record. • Shall strive to maintain and improve professional competence. • Shall take necessary precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities. • Shall adhere to School Board of Education Policies and Procedures. Specific Duties and Performance Responsibilities • Shall build positive relationships with and between school and community. • Shall promote leadership potential in colleagues. • Shall participate in professional organizations and activities, • Shall write and speak effectively. • Shall contribute to the professional knowledge and expertise about teaching and learning. • Shall guide the development of curriculum and instructional materials. • Shall initiate and develop educational projects and programs. • Shall have listening, conflict resolution, and group-facilitation skills as a team member. Demonstrates Knowledge of Content • Shall communicate a breadth of content knowledge across the discipline(s) to be taught. • Shall communicate a current knowledge of discipline(s) taught. • Shall demonstrate a general knowledge that allows for integration of ideas and information across the disciplines. • Shall demonstrate an overall knowledge of one's discipline(s) that allows the teacher to teach to the students' ability levels and learning styles. • Shall connect content knowledge to real-world applications. • Shall plan lessons and develop instructional material that reflect knowledge of current constructs and principals of the discipline(s) being taught. • Shall analyze sources of factual information for accuracy • Shall present content in a manner that reflects sensitivity to a multicultural and global perspective. • Shall collaborate with teachers in other disciplines to analyze and structure cross-disciplinary approaches to instruction. • Shall focus instruction on one or more of KYs learning goals and academic expectations. • Shall develop instruction that requires students to apply knowledge, skills, and thinking processes. • Shall create and utilize learning experiences that challenge, motivate and actively involve the learner. • Shall create and use learning experiences that are developmentally appropriate for learners. • Shall develop and incorporate strategies that ad