Secondary Teacher Job Description
Secondary teacher
provides educational expertise in the hospital for 9-12th grade students, including curriculum planning for Math, ELA, Science, and Social Studies.
Secondary Teacher Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Contacts public/private schools for each assigned child or adolescent to obtain information regarding education level and coordinates lesson plans and assignments
Completes comprehensive educational/behavioral progress and significant clinical documentation in the assigned patient's medical record every 6 weeks at the end of report card period and as requested by reviewers, additional significant data as requested
Monitors assignment completion and attendance daily
Report cards must be completed appropriately, within 6 days at the end of the 9 week period
Communicate clearly with the teaching assistants
Design & execute a compelling elementary vision focused on maximizing the region’s impact of immediate student academic success and long-term opportunities
Set the vision and create regional strategy for corps member professional development, including all PD experiences (e.g., PD Saturdays)
Support with the design and execution of DEI trainings in the region
Design and execute individual and group learning experiences to ensure that educators in our network acquire critical instructional and content-specific knowledge, skills, and mindsets to increase their proficiency
Design and execute Partnering with Families and Community Engagement development for educators
Secondary Teacher Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Secondary Teacher
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: BS, BA, CPR, AED, TN, PA, TEFL, TESOL
Education for Secondary Teacher
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the secondary teacher job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Education, Teaching, Science, Arts, Health Professions, Technology, Health Science, Math, English, Psychology
Skills for Secondary Teacher
Desired skills for secondary teacher include:
Content being taught and ability to apply critical thinking
State content standards and ability to align those with the K12 curriculum
Child development theory and its implications for teaching and learning
Cooperative learning
Integrated curriculum
Literature-based reading
Math problem-solving and use of math manipulatives
Interest in advancing research on teachers
Schools
Students and resources
Desired experience for secondary teacher includes:
Diagnose classrooms against a very high bar for content-specific outcomes, instruction, and leadership through the use of observation and analysis of student achievement data
Monitor student achievement, educator satisfaction, and project completion for direct reports and add/adjust strategy to reach goals
Collect, create and maintain high quality instructional tools including long term plans, assessments, rubrics
Build and maintain a data-base of staff and educator-facing content-related resources (sessions, readings, instructional tools)
Cultivate good judgment in your team about trends and causes in classrooms and lead your team to take actions that result in significant changes in classrooms
Co-manage the Sue Lehmann process for the region
Secondary Teacher Examples
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Secondary Teacher Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking for a secondary teacher. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for secondary teacher
- Plan backward to align all lessons, activities, and assessments in designated subject(s)
- Design in-person instruction that is enriched (developing higher-order thinking skills) and personalized (reflecting learning levels and interests of individual students) according to guidelines established by Texas Education Agency, board policies, and administrative regulations
- Design assessments that accurately assess student progress
- Collaboration with multiple teams
- Solicit and eagerly receive feedback from supervisor and team members to improve professional skills
- Be a positive role model for students and support the mission of school district
- Lead team to maintain regular communication with families, and work collaboratively with them to design learning both at home and at school, and to encourage a home life conducive to learning success
- Collaborate with other teachers and staff responsible for the same students’ learning and development
- Participate in professional development opportunities at school
- Plan backward to align all lessons, activities, and assessments
Qualifications for secondary teacher
- Being intentional in their own learning and development
- Bachelor's degree with major in vocal/choral music
- Competence in piano skills and sight reading skills
- Strong communication, public relations, and interpersonal skills necessary to communicate with students, staff, parents, and community patrons
- Knowledge of technology (Charms, Finale, Music First, Promethean Board, Sibelius, Smart Music)
- Bachelor's degree with major in instrumental music (violin, viola, cello or bass)
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of secondary teacher. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for secondary teacher
- Determine how students spend instructional time (i.e., digital software for knowledge and skill acquisition, large and small groups with teacher, project-based learning, individual interventions with tutors)
- Design remote instruction that is enriched (developing higher-order thinking skills) and personalized (reflecting learning levels and interests of individual students) according to guidelines established by Texas Education Agency, board policies, and administrative regulations
- Design assessments that accurately assess student progress and/or incorporate digital assessments
- Teacher has built-in planning and collaboration times to remotely complete administrative tasks, analyze data, and plan instruction
- Be a positive role model for students and support the mission of the school district
- Collaborate with on-site associate teachers, digital lab monitors, tutors, and other staff to analyze student data, group students, teach, and assign interventions
- Participate in professional development opportunities at school when applicable
- Provide educational expertise in the hospital for 9-12th grade students, including curriculum planning for Math, ELA, Science, and Social Studies
- Provide expertise and guidance in GED program for students unable to participate in the traditional high school experience
- Serve children in a variety of settings, including at bedside, the hospital classroom, and PCCA (adolescent inpatient psychiatry)
Qualifications for secondary teacher
- Compiling and analyzing vast amounts of data to define opportunities and challenges, draw conclusions, and inform team management approach
- Demonstrated evidence of responsibility, competence, enthusiasm and imagination
- Evidence of strong communication, public relations, and interpersonal skills necessary to communicate with students, staff, parents, and community patrons
- Knowledge of technology (Smart Music, Finale, Sibelius)
- Demonstrated success in motivating students to excel
- Knowledge of subject matter being taught
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of secondary teacher. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for secondary teacher
- Teach two sections of Jr
- Teach High School Mixed Choir, Women’s Choir and Concert Choir
- Option of a “Club” group on Fridays during 7th hour (such as Men’s Choir)
- Record and submit Middle School All-State and All-County recorded auditions by deadlines
- Prepare middle and high school singers for All-State and All-County Choir auditions
- Accompany high school singers on their solos for All-State Choir
- Attend High School and Middle School All-State Choir events with students
- Prepare and organize instructional materials and equipment as directed by certified staff
- Primary responsibilities will be electrical, engine performance and air conditioning
- Applicant must help maintain and supervise students in an overall safe and clean shop
Qualifications for secondary teacher
- Three (3) years of teaching experience required for Level I
- Four plus (4+) years of teaching experience required for Level II
- Successful experience teaching remotely, leading teams, or building collaborative working relationships in a team environment is a plus
- Highly qualified and certified to teach Secondary Science courses (grades 6-12), Biology preferred
- Some travel is required (must be able to attend on site meetings and trainings as scheduled)
- Highly qualified and certified to teach Secondary Spanish in Michigan (appropriate to grade level responsibilities)
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking for a secondary teacher. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for secondary teacher
- Continuously update and revise curriculum to meet industry needs and NATEF requirements, and the Community College Course Number System (C.C.C.N.S.) requirements
- Perform additional non-teaching duties as mutually agreed upon by all instructors
- Participate in school professional development activities
- Participate in school required professional development activities and trainings as related to N.A.T.E.F., and A.Y.E.S (A.Y.E.S
- Will be required to complete required college course work to maintain teaching licenses
- Coach teachers in best instructional practices in ESL
- Ability to work effectively with principals, program directors, central office staff, academic data representatives, data processors, curriculum specialists, instructional facilitators, and ESL teachers and staff to affect student achievement and teacher effectiveness
- Develop ESL curriculum based on new and emerging research and applications for Best Instructional Practices in ESL and in alignment with state English Language Proficiency standards
- Identify and purchase curriculum materials to support ESL curriculum implementation
- Participate and provide guidance in curriculum development for content areas on differentiation strategies for ELLs
Qualifications for secondary teacher
- Highly qualified and certified to teach Middle or High School Science in Michigan (appropriate to grade level responsibilities)
- Minimum earned Master’s Degree in a field related to Secondary Math
- Minimum of 3 years of work experience in field related to Secondary Math
- Highly qualified and certified to teach Art in Colorado (appropriate to grade level and subject responsibilities)
- Highly qualified and certified to teach Secondary math courses, experience teaching Calculus and Statistics (grades 6-12)
- An earned doctorate in education or related field is essential
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of secondary teacher. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for secondary teacher
- Provide professional development to ESL staff (ESL teachers, ESL paraprofessionals, bilingual liaisons and contracted interpreters) and other district leaders and staff
- Assist with the coordination and implementation of ESL summer school programming and other extended learning opportunities
- Providing direct and indirect special education services to respond to the needs of students on IEPs
- Curriculum planning and adaptation
- Collaborating and consulting with team members
- Writing IEPs and progress reports
- Conducting and documenting special education evaluations
- Researching, implementing and evaluating effective special education interventions
- Serving as special education liaison
- Ability to build relationships with students and families
Qualifications for secondary teacher
- The ability to be a strong advocate for the College
- A commitment to supporting and fostering evidence-based teaching practices
- A commitment to social justice in education
- Broad knowledge and experience with statewide credentialing systems including report writing
- Grant writing and/or development expertise and experience
- A history of success in building innovative educational programs, particularly residency programs