High School Computer Science Teacher

Planning and Preparation for Learning:

• Demonstrates lesson design with standards and unit outcomes in mind.
• Demonstrates planning with consideration of differentiation needs, scholar engagement, and anticipates scholars’ misconceptions and confusions using a Unit Delivery Plan.
• Demonstrates a plan for summative and formative assessments to monitor scholar learning.
• Demonstrates content knowledge.
• Reviews and updates curriculum.

Classroom Management:

• Is direct, specific, consistent, and tenacious in communicating and enforcing very high expectations.
• Shows warmth, caring, respect, and fairness for all students and builds strong relationships.
• Successfully inculcates class routines up front so that students maintain them throughout the year.
• Encourages all students to be self-disciplined, take responsibility for their actions, and have a strong sense of efficacy.
• Is alert, poised, dynamic, and self-assured, addressing discipline problems promptly.

Delivery of Instruction:

• Orchestrates highly effective strategies, materials, and groupings to involve and motivate all scholars.

Professional Responsibilities:

• Designs each lesson with clear, measurable goals closely aligned with standards and unit outcomes.
• Collaborates with colleagues to plan units, share teaching ideas, and review student work.
• Seeks out effective teaching ideas from colleagues, workshops, and other sources, implementing them effectively.
• Engages all scholars in focused work where they are active learners and problem-solvers.
• Successfully reaches all scholars by skillfully differentiating and scaffolding.

Monitoring Assessment & Follow-up:

• Frequently checks for understanding and adjusts teaching, re-teaching, and follow-up based on data.
• Analyzes and reflects on collected data to continuously ensure lesson and unit plans meet student needs.
• Administers a well-constructed diagnostic assessment upfront and uses the information to fine-tune instruction.
• Encourages students to set ambitious goals, continuously self-assess, give feedback, and take responsibility for improving performance.

Family and Community Outreach:

• Communicates respectfully with parents, being sensitive to different families’ cultures and values.
• Shows parents a genuine interest and belief in each child’s ability to reach standards.
• Provides parents with clear expectations for student learning and behavior for the year.
• Informs parents promptly of behavior and learning problems, as well as updates on positive developments.
• Updates parents on the unfolding curriculum and suggests ways to support learning at home.
• Responds promptly to parents' concerns and makes them feel welcome in the school.

Collaboration:

• Works with colleagues to analyze data for placements and reflect on effective practices.
• Seeks and accepts feedback from colleagues to improve student growth.
• Capitalizes on each other’s strengths and collaborates on areas for growth.

Other Responsibilities:

• Engages with the community in after-school activities.
• Maintains open communication with the community.
• Completes assigned supervision duties.
• Participates in after-school activities (1/week) and holds office hours (2/week).

Specific Qualifications Required for this Role:

• Teaching Credential/License.
• Other Certification.