Job Description:

School District No. 21 of Maricopa County, Arizona MURPHY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

POSITION DESCRIPTION

TITLE: QUALIFICATIONS:

Graduate of an accredited college or university.

Possession of the appropriate Arizona Teacher Certification Unit

SUPERVISED BY: 

Principal(s)

TEACHER K-8

GENERAL TEACHING DUTIES:

1. INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT: Stimulates a desire to learn. Promotes critical thinking and fosters creativity.

1. PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Promotes physical and mental health in order to facilitate the learning processes and bring about maximum student development.

1. CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT: Helps develop governing forces within students so that they may become constructive members of a free, democratic society.

1. CLASSROOM ORGANIZATION: Organizes the classroom to promote the maximum growth of the individual student.

1. TECHNIQUES OF INSTRUCTION: Provides for each student's interests, needs and abilities, applying instructional techniques which encourage learning commensurate with each student's potential.

1. EVALUATION OF STUDENT: Measures the development of each student and reports growth and achievement of each student.

1. PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION GROWTH AND ATTITUDES: Works for the improvement of the quality of teaching. Maintains ethical standards in professional relationships and works for the improvement of the profession.

1. SCHOOL-WIDE AND SYSTEM-WIDE EFFECTIVENESS: Helps maintain and improve the day-to-day operation of the school system.

1. PUBLIC RELATIONS: Promotes intelligent public understanding of the school in all aspects of its operation.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: EVALUATION:

Salary and work year according to the current teacher salary schedule.

Performance on this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of Governing Board policy on evaluation of Certified Personnel.

Benefits and Prop 301 offered to all certified Teachers