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Function\ PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• The teacher will be responsible for developing a love of learning in the students whileincorporating a Classical Curriculum based upon the Core Knowledge Foundation and Hillsdale College scope and sequence.
• Solicits and eagerly receives feedback from supervisor and team members to improveprofessional skills
• Maintains regular communication with families, andworks collaboratively with them to design learning both at home and atschool, and to encourage a home life conducive to learning success
• Conveys to students and parents the criticalattributes and advantages of classical education
• Collaborates with other teachers,tutors, assistant teacher(s) and lab monitor(s)to analyze student data, group students, teach and assign interventions
• Performs special projects, during andafter school hours, and other duties as assigned (after school hours mayinclude, but are not limited to, tutoring, morning and afternoon studentdrop-off and pick-up duty, pageants and award ceremonies)
• Participates in professional development opportunities at school

\ Responsibilities, Requirements/Curriculum, and Instruction\ \ CRITICAL DISPOSITIONS

• Passion for students
• Passion for and strong knowledge of theinstructional academic content
• Ability to model virtue, and teach virtue throughthe curriculum
• Understanding of and passion for classical education
• Ability to learn and implement classical teaching curricula and methods

\ PLANNING and PREPARATION

• Sets high expectations of achievement that areambitious and measurable for students
• Plans backward to align all lessons, activities,and assessments
• Reflects deep content knowledge in the creation oflessons in Reading, Grammar, Mathematics, using a Historicalperspective
• Integrates History, Science, Visual Arts and Music as the context forteaching the Classical Curriculum
• Prepares effective lessons, instruct, and motivate studentsin all course study utilizing classical traditional methods ofinstruction
• Adapts to demanding expectations

\ INSTRUCTION

• Inspires, praises, and corrects students withconsistency, care, and interest to encourage academic success andpromote virtue
• Inspires student success through facilitation ofactive engagement and depth of learning through the use of Socraticmethod
• Incorporates the classical emphasis on coreknowledge, civic and cultural literacy, and moral virtue
• Reflects on and utilizes formative and summativedata to make informed decisions
• Identifies and addresses individual students\'social, emotional, and behavioral learning needs and barriers
• Identifies and addresses individual students\'development of organizational and time-management skills
• Invests students in their learning using a varietyof influence techniques
• Incorporates small-group and individual instructionto personalize and tailor instruction to individual needs
• Communicates with students andkeep them informed of their progress
• Provides academic interventionsfor struggling students