HS Social Studies Teacher

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Texas state certified
• •Live within the state of Texas
• •Completed a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university
• •Valid Texas Teacher Certification in your area of instruction
• •1-3 years of teaching experience in a Texas Public School
• •Being authorized to work in the U.S.
• •Proficient computer skills and comfort with technology
• •Ability to produce significant output with minimal wasted effort
• •Acts without being told what to do and brings new ideas to the faculty
• •Demonstrates the ability to quickly and proficiently understand and absorb new information
• •Demonstrates persistence and willingness to go the distance to get something done for a student
• •Detail oriented
• •Maintains stable performance under pressure
• •Generates new and innovative approaches to the classroom or work-related problems
• •Possesses a track record of working hard or a willingness to work hard
• •Possesses listening skills where one seeks to understand other viewpoints
• •Speaks and writes clearly and articulately in all forms of communication including eMail
• •Follows through with verbal and written agreements with students, colleagues, and administration
• •Solicits feedback and reacts calmly to suggestions
• •Reaches out to peers and cooperates with supervisors to establish an overall collaborative working relationship
• •Adjust quickly to changing priorities or conditions
• •Organizes and manages time wisely
• •Uses varied communication vehicles and opportunities to promote classroom dialogue
• •Occasional district and statewide travel
• •In-person professional development prior to the school year starting
• •In-person trainings may also be required throughout the school year
• •Serve as a test administrator during all state testing examination windows and district assessment testing as needed
• •Maintain knowledge of the accommodations and modifications to be implemented in an IEP or 504 plan
• •Implement any accommodations and modifications through the development of appropriate assignments and assessments
• •Partner with special educators to determine the appropriate implementation of accommodations and modifications for specific content standards
• •Comply with the Texas Educator Code of Ethics, the ResponsiveEd Employee Handbook, the ResponsiveEd Student-Parent Handbook, administrative directives and other manuals and procedures documents

Desired Qualifications

• •Experience with mastery-based or individualized learning approaches to student education
• •1-3 years of virtual teaching experience
• •Have two or more years of documented experience teaching online courses for students in Grades 3-12
• •Successfully completed continuing professional development specific to online learning every three years