JOB GOAL:

To support classroom teachers in improving instruction by increasing rigor, consistency, student engagement, differentiation of instruction, and utilization of performance assessments. Provide a stable resource for professional development, progress monitoring, and student data analysis to help the schools improve instruction and student achievement across all groups in the assigned subject area.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Salary based on a teacher’s 9.5-Month Teaching Contract month contract (195 days), plus benefits package. NOTE: Precise placement on the salary range will be determined based upon experience and education.

FLSA: EXEMPT This position is reviewed annually and is contingent upon grant funding and/or the needs identified within the school site.

Salary Range: $

TEACHER SALARY SCHEDULE

QUALIFICATIONS:

Valid Arkansas teacher’s license is required relative to the assigned subject.
Bachelor’s Degree in the assigned subject area is required.
Minimum of five (5) years of experience as a teacher in the assigned subject
Experience in successfully teaching inquiry-based science and using standards-based resources with working knowledge of next-generation science standards. Experience in using performance-based measures to assess student learning.
Evidence of educational leadership in curriculum development, professional development, and/or facilitation of the work of others. Evidence of proficiency with hand-held technology. Evidence of ability to work with diverse student populations. Strong interpersonal skills. Evidence of strong oral and written communication skills.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

The following statements of duties and responsibilities are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. These statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities required of all personnel within this position.

Collaborates on a regular basis with staff, principals, teachers, and parents to improve the science program.
Collaborates on a regular basis with teachers to ensure consistent delivery of the science curriculum maps.
Helps improve instruction by engaging teachers in intensive professional development and promotes a school-based professional community.
Monitors, provides technical assistance and evaluates the instructional programs to ensure the highest level of quality.
Assists in developing, administering, and utilizing science assessments to track student achievement and to inform instruction at the district, school, and classroom levels.
Assists with resource procurement and distribution from the Science Materials Center.
Participates and assists with vertical teaming efforts.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent will possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Mental Functions, Physical Requirements, and Working Conditions:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, go up and down stairs, operate foot and hand controls, use a telephone and write. Occasionally the employee must lift and/or move up to twenty (20) or more pounds. This position requires accurate perceiving of sound, near and far vision, depth perception, handling and working with educational materials and/or objects, and providing oral information. Must have the ability to work for the duration of the daily contracted time period, and to be physically present and at assigned work, with only infrequent unexcused absences, during the contract year. Additional technical skills, knowledge, and abilities may be recommended by immediate supervisor and approved by the Human Resources Director.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS (Describes physical conditions of this position):

Sedentary Work Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Light Work Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated as Light Work.

Medium Work Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Heavy Work Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Very Heavy Work Exerting in excess of 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY:

(Physical activities of the job are listed below and are with or without accommodations for disabilities for this position. Frequency of each applicable activity is noted according to the following: R = Regularly; F = Frequently; O = Occasionally, S = Seldom)

R	Sitting	Resting with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs.
O	Standing	Assuming an upright position on the feet particularly for sustained periods of time.
O	Walking	Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances.
S	Climbing	Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, etc. using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
O	Balancing	Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces.
O	Bending	Lowering the body forward from the waist.
O	Stooping	Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist through the use of the lower extremities and back muscles.
O	Kneeling	Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
O	Crouching	Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
S	Crawling	Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet
S	Twisting	Moving body from the waist using a turning motion.
F	Reaching	Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction
O	Pushing	Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
O	Pulling	Using upper extremities to drag, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
F	Lifting	Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position- to-position through the use of the upper extremities and back muscles .
R	Finger Dexterity	Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm.
R	Grasping	Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
R	Feeling	Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips
R	Repetitive Motions	Substantial and continuous movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
R	Talking	Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed accurately, loudly or quickly.
R	Hearing Acuity	The ability of perceive speech and other environmental sounds at normal loudness levels.
R	Visual Acuity	The power to see at a level which allows reading of numbers and text, operations of equipment inspection of machines, etc.