Lower Elementary Teacher

Description Job Title

Teacher

Faculty

All-School Principal or Assistant Principal

Exempt

$51,000-$82,000

• Displays a personal decorum that models professionalism, modesty, and good taste
• Models Christian virtues in attitude, speech, and action
• Exhibits the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22, 23)
• Models and cultivates habits of prayer, faith, and encouragement in self and others
• Commits and contributes to a local church
• Possesses a solid and growing knowledge of the Scripture and Christianity
• Disciples students toward spiritual growth and maturity
• Maintains good attendance

• Maintains a physical classroom environment that is conducive to teaching and learning
• The classroom environment is welcoming
• The classroom is clean, safe, and orderly
• Displays are updated regularly, showing students’ work or instructional materials
• Classroom set up and furniture arrangement facilitates instruction
• Facilitates positive, productive interactions in the classroom
• Teacher demonstrates genuine care and respect for students
• Students exhibit cordial respect for teacher and peers
• Ensures that students consistently perform at a high level
• Teacher establishes and leads class to work towards high standards
• Students understand and follow classroom procedures and routines
• Students are productivity engaged in lessons
• Teacher motivates students to give their best efforts
• Transitions students between lessons/activities with minimum down time
• Teacher maintains proper control of classroom

• Plans and teaches lessons that contribute towards fulfillment of expectations outlined in the school’s curriculum standards
• Completes and submits lesson plans as instructed by Principal
• Presents lessons that are well structured and appropriately paced
• States a clear objective for each lesson
• Lessons contain introduction, body, and conclusion
• Uses transitions to connect main points
• Integrates lessons with other disciplines
• Presents lessons that “connect” with students
• Activates students’ prior knowledge and/or experience
• Differentiates instruction as a best practice
• Checks for understanding and adjusts when necessary
• Incorporates direct instruction and multi-modal techniques
• Assess student progress through formative and summative assessment, providing timely feedback to students and parents
• Cultivates high level, critical thinking skills in students
• Encourages students to explain, elaborate, and/or defend answers
• Guides students in problem-solving processes
• Equips students to evaluate, analyze, synthesize, and apply
• Corrects student errors appropriately and sensitively
• Instills a Biblical worldview in students
• Routinely makes direct connection to Scripture
• Guides students to evaluate content through the lens of a Biblical worldview
• Encourages students towards faith in and obedience to God
• Creates opportunities for student participation and active learning
• Uses Q & A, discussions, role playing, investigations, hands‑on‑learning, project‑based learning and other methods that facilitate active participation
• Provides adequate opportunities for guided practice and independent practice
• Familiarizes self with student Personal Learning Plans (PLPs)
• Coordinates with PLP facilitator, parents, and students to ensure PLP guidelines are met
• Implements strategies and accommodations identified in PLPs

• Maintains a system for recording and reporting on student progress and performance
• Keeps students, parents, and administration adequately informed and involved to remedy academic or behavior deficiencies
• Provides timely, accurate progress reports and report cards using the Beyond Technology Education grading practice.
• Builds strong partnerships with parents
• Engenders parental support and trust
• Communicates with parents regularly and effectively, including proactive positive communication
• Informs parents of student concerns: academic, social, behavioral
• Contributes to the general well‑being and improvement of the school
• Assists the School Board and Administration in implementing policies and procedures
• Uphold the school’s mission, vision, and values in…