Dutiesand Responsibilities: Teaching
- Create an environment of respect and rapport, engaging students actively in their own learning.
- Communicate clearly and positively, showing flexibility and responsiveness
- Address the needs of students with different levels and abilities
- Use prescribed curriculum framework with curricular standards
- Use a range and balance of teaching strategies
- Utilize developmentally appropriate instructional strategies
- Use a variety of resources for pursuing open-ended inquiry
- Recognize the importance of cultural heritage
- Maintain constant awareness of the needs of second language learners
- Provide prompt, regular and appropriate feedback to students/parents by maintaining accurate records for each student
- Use technology to optimize learning
Planning
- Plan collaboratively, based on agreed curriculum framework, standards, and instructional goals.
- Create learning units with the end of mind (backward design)
- Involve students in planning their own learning and assessment
- Build upon student prior knowledge and experience and accommodate a wide range of ability levels
- Use varied and appropriate resources
- Maintain accurate records including lesson plans and grade books
Assessing
- View planning, teaching and assessing as interconnected processes
- Use a range and balance of assessment strategies and documentation
- Assess the levels of student's current experience and understanding before embarking on new learning
- Enable students to see assessment as a means of describing their learning and involving students and colleagues in the assessment process
- Involve students in shared reflection during and at the end of each unit
- Ensure students fully understand how their grades are determined
- Maintain records of regular parental contact
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure that the results of assessment provide a link to further curriculum development