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Category: High School Science Teacher
Date Posted: 1/26/2024
Location: Hillsboro Sr. High School
Date of Availability: 2024-2025

CERTIFIED POSITION - SCIENCE TEACHER 

• Base Teacher's Salary of $42,800, Full benefits package
• Missouri State Teacher Certification Required - Biology & General Science (Certified or Unified)
• Application Deadline: Position to remain posted until filled  

POSITION SUMMARY
To provide instruction, guided practice, assessments, remediation, and enrichment through a variety of learning opportunities and ensure a positive, successful educational experience for students.  Ensures that all students acquire the grade level expectation skills set forth by Missouri Department of Education and Hillsboro R-3 curriculum.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES
•     Develops a program of study that meets individual needs, interests and abilities of students.
•     Instructs students by lecturing, demonstrating and using audiovisual aids and other materials to supplement presentations.
•     Prepares course objectives and outlines for course of study following curriculum guidelines or requirements of state and school.
•     Assigns lessons, corrects homework, and provides students with positive feedback and constructive criticism on assignments.
•     Administers tests to evaluate student’s progress, records results, and issues reports or conducts meetings to inform parents of progress.
•     Establishes and enforces rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among the students for whom they are responsible.
•     Keeps attendance records.
•     Maintains discipline in the classroom.
•     Recognizes and refers students encountering medical, physical and/or psychological problems seeking the assistance of district specialists as required.
•     Establishes and maintains appropriate working relationships by actively communicating with parents.

MARGINAL DUTIES
•     Participates in faculty and professional meetings, educational conferences, mentor programs and teacher training workshops.
•     Attends staff meetings and serves on staff committees as required.
•     Plans and supervises purposeful assignments for teacher aide(s) and/or volunteer (s).
•     Performs related duties such as sponsoring one or more co-curricular activities or student organizations, assisting pupils in selecting course of study, and counseling student in adjustment and academic problems.
•     Contributes to the decisions made by the District and building regarding budget, facilities, curriculum, and personnel well-being.
•     Maintains a physically and aesthetically attractive classroom setting and exercises proper care of school equipment.
•     Shares responsibility for supervision of students in all areas of the schools through activities such as monitoring student activity between classes.
•     Performs additional tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as assigned by the Principal.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
•     Supervises 2 or more employees (Teacher's Aide and Volunteers as assigned).

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
•     Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from an accredited four-year College or University
•     Missouri State Teaching Certificate

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
•     The employee may frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.  The employee is frequently required to feel, grasp, push, reach with hands/arms, stoop, kneel, crawl, perform repetitive wrist, hand and/or finger movement, and move up or down from/to sitting position.

MENTAL DEMANDS
•     Ability to maintain confidentiality; communicate clearly both orally and in writing

Equal Opportunity Employer: Hillsboro R-III Schools considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status.