Job Information
CENTER POINT-URBANA COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 5th Grade Teacher in Urbana, Iowa
**TEACHING POSITION
**[Job Title[: Teacher (PreK-12)
**[Reports to[: Principal
**[FLSA Status[: X[Exempt Salaried Non-Exempt Hourly
[Status: X[Full Time Part Time Hourly **X[Salary
**[Date Revised[: January 2024
[Essential Functions [Under general supervision of the building Principal, the primary function of the teacher is to provide an educational environment to develop skills needed to be responsible life-long learners and citizens. This entails assisting and ensuring that every student achieves his/her level of educational excellence in the areas of academic, career, and social/emotional development through collaborative partnership with students, family, educators, and community. The teacher performs the following responsibilities within the overarching framework of the Iowa Teaching Standards including any other duties as assigned: ]{new="" roman="" times=""}]{new="" roman="" times=""}]{new="" roman="" times=""}]{new="" roman="" times=""}]{new="" roman="" times=""}]{new="" roman="" times=""}]{new="" roman="" times=""}]{new="" roman="" times=""}]{new="" roman="" times=""}]{new="" roman="" times=""}]{new="" roman="" times=""}]{new="" roman="" times=""}]{new="" roman="" times=""}]{new="" roman="" times=""}**
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- Ability to enhance academic performance and support for implementation of the school district student achievement goals.
- Competence in content knowledge appropriate to the teaching position.
- Capability in planning and preparing for instruction.
- Skilled to implement variety of instructional strategies.
- Proficiency to apply methods to monitor student learning.
- Capability in classroom management.
Uses a variety of strategies to deliver and monitor instruction that meet the multiple learning needs of students.
Engages in professional growth.
Fulfills professional responsibilities established by the school district.
Teaches knowledge and skills, utilizing the Iowa Core, and using the course of study adopted by the Board of Education and appropriate curriculum publications as guidelines in teaching individual course content.
Instruct students in citizenship and basic subject matter specified in state law, district outcomes, administrative regulations, and procedures of the school district.
Develops lesson plans and instructional activities, which stress complex thinking and mastery of student outcomes.
Provide opportunities for students to develop skills as collaborative workers and effective communicators.
Encourages students to think independently, express original ideas, and work well on their own.
Designs learning activities that will relate course content to the physical world and allow students to transfer what they learn to real-life applications.
Adapts activities to provide individual, small group, or remedial instruction to meet the needs of the individual pupil.