Female Early Years Classroom Teachers

Management Tasks and Responsibilities for All Teachers:

• (Up to 1350 total teaching minutes per week and the equivalent of one 45-minute team planning meeting per week.)
• Develop unit, weekly, and daily plans. All plans should include outcomes, assessments, and differentiation. All plans must be available for the Principal upon request and for teacher absence.
• Maintain pupil records of achievement: anecdotal records, writing samples, homework completion, portfolios, and records of parent meetings.
• Use assessment results to determine the next steps of growth on a class-wide basis or for individual students.
• Plan and prepare assignments, experiments, assessments, demonstrations, teaching aids, bulletin boards, newsletters, homework, etc.
• Plan, organize, and supervise students at assemblies and other special programs, making a professional contribution to overall school operation.
• Meet with parents, at teacher, parent or principal’s request, at Parent/Teacher conferences, at Open Houses/Orientation and other such events, and as needed during the year.
• Maintain consistent, honest, and, whenever possible, positive communication with parents throughout the year by responding to or initiating contact through phone calls, meetings, or agenda notes.
• Work positively and professionally with all students and their families, but in particular, high-risk students, understanding that positive teacher/student/parent relationships are often a determinant of school success.
• Attend supervision duties on time, taking the opportunity to interact positively with students and parents. Show professional behavior while supervising. Eating, drinking, or using a mobile will result in receiving a warning letter.
• Meet report card expectations and due dates as set by the Principal.

Participate productively in:

• All team meetings
• All ECE staff meetings
• All professional development days, meetings, and/or workshops
• Curriculum development
• Instructional in-services
• Textbook adoption programs
• Meetings with parents, either initiated by the school, teacher, or parent