Cherokee Culture and Language Teacher
On-siteBryson City, North Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Plan, organize, and present Cherokee Language and Culture instruction to support student educational and social development. Manage instructional time and student behavior while promoting cultural awareness and pride in Cherokee traditions. Develop a mentoring program to track academic progress and coordinate weekly forums with tribal members to identify at-risk behaviors and set goals. Collaborate with the Swain High Careteam and EBCI Education Office to facilitate cultural activities and track student progress through Impact Aid and 504 forms. Maintain confidentiality and basic records while communicating effectively with students, colleagues, and stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- Residency License in Foreign Language Education: Cherokee with the NC Department of Public Instruction
- Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing
- Ability to establish positive relationships with students & colleagues
- Ability to develop, facilitate, and coordinate with others to promote the successful delivery of curriculum essential to job goals and objectives
- Ability to promote positive relationships with all stakeholders and benefactors
- Ability to perform under stress, deal with persons acting under stress and adapt when confronted with emergency situations
- Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality
- Ability to maintain basic files and records
- Must be able to use a variety of equipment and classroom tools such as computers, copiers, typewriters, calculators, pencils, scissors, equipment for children with special needs
- Ability to exert a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects
- Ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics of data, people or things
- Ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information
- Ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, handbooks, forms, lists
- Ability to prepare correspondence, simple reports, forms, instructional materials, etc., using prescribed format
- Ability to apply rational systems to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form
- Ability to record and deliver information
- Ability to explain procedures
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions
- Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in standard English
- Ability to utilize mathematical formulas
- Ability to add and subtract
- Ability to utilize decimals and percentages
- Ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape
- Ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment
- Ability to handle a variety of office machines
- Must have minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination
- Ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color
- Ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions
- Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with persons acting under stress
- Ability to talk and hear
- Must be able to communicate via telephone
Desired Qualifications
- Positive attitude
- Reliability
- Dependable
- Demonstrate initiative
- Approachable
- Cultural Awareness
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