GENERAL SUMMARY:
Under general supervision, instructs students in academic and social skills in such a way that the individual student's needs, interests, and abilities are met. Assists in other school programs as assigned.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Supports and upholds the mission, vision and strategic goals of Lexington County School District One towards increased outcomes for students.
- Interacts, communicates and collaborates with all stakeholders effectively.
- Establishes a safe, supportive, positive and productive working and learning environment.
- Operates general office and technology equipment needed for daily activities.
- Maintains confidentiality regarding all employee and student information.
- Participates in all professional meetings and training sessions as required.
- Requests and maintains materials needed for daily responsibilities and essential functions; provides for safe storage and proper use of all tools, equipment and materials.
- Promotes positive communications between the immersion team and all stakeholders.
- Supervises student activities on the playground, in the lunchroom, in arrival and dismissal locations and other areas as assigned; maintains positive behavior support and classroom management systems.
- Demonstrates a variety of 21st Century teaching skills to foster independent, creative, critical thinkers and problem solvers.
- Designs and facilitates engaging, high level, sophisticated learning experiences and applications.
- Teaches math, science, and health in the target language.
- As needed, translates curriculum materials into the target language.
- As needed, creates supplemental materials to enrich the curriculum in the target language.
- Demonstrates superior proficiency in reading, written and oral communication in the target language in order to organize, plan and implement the language, math, science, and health curriculum.
- Teaches age appropriate cultural practices, products and perspectives of the target language by integrating through daily practices and activities in the classroom.
- Provides, directs and evaluates learning experiences of students in both curricular and extracurricular activities in the target language.
- Teaches concepts and skills based on state standards that facilitate learning and contribute to students' academic and personal development.
- Demonstrates and evaluates the effectiveness of both formative and summative assessments; collaborates with other staff members to analyze assessment data in relation to student learning and develops instructional strategies to close the learning and performance gap; evaluates contributions in group projects.
- Prepares various records and forms such as lesson plans, daily and weekly activity plans, assessments, material requisitions, discipline reports, etc.
- As needed, conducts immersion program information sessions to all stakeholders.
- Organizes classrooms and other settings for daily instruction.
- Effectively uses personal computing devices and software applications for the management of student records, instructional efficiency, and professional development.
- Meets with parents, administrators and school counselors as needed to discuss student performance, social and emotional needs, behavior, and personal and academic goals and expectations, etc.; issues reports in accordance with school board policy to inform parents/guardians of students' progress; suggests interventions as appropriate.
- Meets with the district immersion team throughout the year to set goals, plan, and evaluate the Immersion programs.
- If applicable, supervises activities of assigned instructional assistants that involve such duties as planning and reviewing work and providing instruction, guidance and training.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned