Science Educator

Martin County Schools North Carolina is seeking a qualified Science Educator to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching science to students at the high school level.

• Plan and implement a program of instruction that adheres to the district's philosophy, goals, and objectives as outlined in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.
• Makes purposeful and appropriate lesson plans that provide for effective teaching strategies and maximize time on task.
• Encourages student enthusiasm for the learning process and the development of good study habits.
• Provides progress and other reports as required.
• Prepares a Substitute Teacher Folder containing appropriate information as required by the Principal.
• Plans and prescribes purposeful assignments for teacher assistants, tutors, and volunteers as needed.
• Recognizes learning problems and makes referrals as appropriate.
• Demonstrates a strong grasp of the subject matter.
• Uses effective oral and written expression.
• Assists in the ongoing curriculum revision process, including the revision of written courses of study.
• Becomes acquainted with supplemental services beneficial to students as an extension of regular classroom activities.
• Develops, in accordance with district and school guidelines, reasonable rules of classroom behavior and appropriate classroom management techniques, and applies them consistently.
• Takes necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities.
• Shares responsibility during the school day for the supervision of students in all areas of the school.
• Provides for the supervision of assigned students when circumstances require a brief absence from the assignment.
• Upholds and enforces Board of Education policy, administrative procedures, and school rules and regulations, and is supportive of them to the public.
• Maintains appropriate work habits, including regular and punctual attendance and the appropriate use of conference and planning time.
• Strives to communicate the positive aspects of the MCS school program to the public in word and deed.
• Works cooperatively with parents to strengthen the educational program for their children.
• Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with other staff members.
• Continues professional growth through attendance at workshops, seminars, conferences, and/or advanced course work at institutions of higher education.
• Maintains membership in appropriate professional organizations.
• Cooperates with the administration in planning appropriate in-service training programs at the school or district level.
• Attends all staff, department, and committee meetings, as required.
• Evaluates accomplishments of students on a regular basis using multiple assessment methods such as teacher-made tests, samples of student work, mastery skills check lists, criterion-referenced tests, and norm-referenced tests.
• Makes appropriate adjustments in the instructional program as required by the Principal.
• Respects the confidentiality of records and information regarding students, parents, and teachers in accordance with the Code of Ethics for North Carolina Educators, and state and federal laws.

• Bachelor's degree from an approved teacher education program in subject area.
• North Carolina Professional Educator's License in area of assignment.
• Ability to constantly monitor the safety and well-being of students, particularly when the student is participating in an inclusive activity.
• Ability to motivate students and to maintain order and discipline in a classroom.
• Ability to maintain a clean and orderly environment.
• Ability to perform general clerical duties, including operating common office machines and maintaining basic files and records.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.
• Ability to use a wide variety of technology in the classroom.
• Ability to create and follow rigorous lesson plans that correlate with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.

The major physical and cognitive requirements listed below are applicable to the Teacher job classification within Martin County Schools.

Work in this classification is considered light physical work and requires the exertion of up to 20 pounds of force occasionally to lift objects and a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.

Regularly requires the ability to sit and talk or hear.

Frequently requires the ability to walk and use fingers to operate tools or controls.

Occasionally requires the ability to stand and reach with hands and arms.

Specific visual abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics (whether similar or divergent from obvious standards) of data, people, or things.

Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information, including receiving instructions, assignments, and/or directions.

Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form; and to deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Requires the ability to read a variety of correspondence, reports, forms, articles, proposals, manuals, legislation, graphs, charts, etc.

Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, charts, graphs, statistical analysis, etc., using prescribed formats and conforming to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction, and style.

Requires the ability to speak to people with poise, voice control, and confidence.

Requires the ability to record and deliver information, to explain procedures, and to follow oral and written instructions.

Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently through a variety of technical and professional languages, including psychometric, statistical, and educational research terminology.