Female Music Teacher

Management Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Depending on the total number of periods a day, each teacher is allowed a 45 minutes prep period a day or 90 minutes prep period when on a 4 blocks a day schedule.  The remaining time will be used as instructional teaching time.
• Develop yearly unit plans and weekly lesson plans. All plans should include outcomes, assessments, resources, vocabulary, and differentiation strategies.  All plans must be available for the Principal upon request and for the teacher’s 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 and for individual student growth.
• Plan and prepare assignments, experiments, assessments, demonstrations, teaching aids, bulletin boards, 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.
• Attend Parent/Teacher conferences, 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, emails, 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 duties on time and take the opportunity to interact positively with students and parents. Show professional behavior at all times. Eating, drinking, or using a mobile during supervision or duty will result in receiving a warning letter.
• Could you meet report card expectations and due dates as set by the Principal?

Participate productively in:

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