Job Overview: To plan, organize, and implement a grade level appropriate instructional program in a middle school science classroom that guides and encourages students to develop and fulfill their academic potential.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Help students develop the skills and strategies for scientific problem solving
• Understand the basic concepts of science.
• Show students what scientists do as individuals and as a community.
• Demonstrate and model how scientific hypotheses are created and tested.
• Lead students to make educated hypotheses or predictions as to possible outcomes of a process or experiment.
• Model safety in the classroom with teacher-selected equipment for observation and measurement.
• Teach students how to record data in an objective fashion using pictures, writing, and charts.
• Create standard based lesson plans and modify accordingly throughout the year.
• Maintain grade books in Power School that are updated regularly.
• Manage student behavior in the classroom by invoking approved disciplinary procedures.
• Establish and communicate clear objectives for all learning activities.
• Assist with arrivals and dismissal of students.
• Assist with coverage of other classes as needed.
• Communicate with parents/guardians.
• Collaborate with other colleagues.
• Selects books, instructional aids and supplies that aid in the teaching of the curriculum.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the supervising teacher, Principal or his/her designee.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or higher.
• One or more years of teaching experience.
• Communication skills and interpersonal skills preferred.
• PA Certification.