Teacher - Chemistry 2024-2025

General Description

Plans, delivers and evaluates instruction based upon specific standards and objectives established by CCPS. Assists students in learning knowledge and skills that will contribute to their development as mature, able and responsible citizens. 

Essential Job Functions

Essential Job Functions:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Plans and delivers appropriate science curriculum content to students.

Plans, teaches and assesses writing.

Assesses students learning on an ongoing basis and alters instruction to meet group/individual needs.

Uses the curriculum of the district to plan daily instructional activities.

Maintains order within the classroom setting in accordance with division guidelines regarding student behavior management.

Supervises students in non-classroom time (before school, after school, student activities, fire drills).

Collaborates with other faculty in planning and delivering instruction to students.

Communicates regularly with parents.

Ensures compliance with existing applicable federal and state statutes and local policies, regulations and guidelines related to public schools.

Demonstrates commitment to improving professional competence.

Performs other duties as established by School Board Policy.

Performs other duties as needed.

Budgetary Responsibility:

N/A

Report Preparation:

N/A

Equipment Operation:

Operation of computer, LCD and copy machine 

Contacts:

Teachers, regular classroom, and instructional assistants - daily

Building Administrator and parents – regularly

Work Direction:

N/A

Supervision : N/A

Decision Making:

N/A

Formal Policy-Setting Responsibilities:

 N/A

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to lift, support, handle or feel objects, tools, equipment, and/or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, climb or balance, and stoop or kneel. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

Work is performed in a public school. The noise level in the work environment is moderate.

Qualifications

Requires knowledge of the concepts, principals and methodologies of instruction as well as general knowledge of academic curriculum for assigned classes. Demonstrated ability to develop instructional goals to design and deliver instruction and to assess students' learning. Demonstrated ability to communicate with others effectively, both orally and in writing. Demonstrated ability in decision making, problem analysis, conflict resolution, interpersonal relationships, and planning. 

Requirements

Must hold or be eligible for a Virginia teaching license with an endorsement in Chemistry. 

To be eligible you must have completed one of the following:

Completed a state-approved teacher preparation program in Chemistry (or Career Switcher Program in Chemistry)

Completed a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution along with a passing Praxis exam in Chemistry 5245

A bachelor's degree specific to Chemistry

Hold a valid out-of-state license with a comparable endorsement

In addition to the on-line application, applicants who are not current CCPS teachers are required to submit:
Transcripts
Both undergraduate and graduate transcripts must be submitted. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.

References
Applicants must submit two (2) references as a part of their application package. Applicants with zero years teaching experience should submit references from their cooperating teacher and university supervisor. Applicants with recent teaching experience must provide references from principals and/or superintendents from all contracted teaching experiences within the past three (3) years. If experience is not within the past three (3) years, references from the last contracted work experience should be provided.

Applicants without direct classroom teaching experience should submit (2) references from the current employer, including one supervisory reference.

Copy of Teaching license

*Please note: Attachments must be uploaded to each application for which you apply, they do not merge from applications you have already submitted to your new application.

Applicants considered for employment must successfully complete the following background investigations/tests:  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Criminal History Investigation State Police Criminal History Investigation Child Protective Services (CPS) Investigation Tuberculosis Screening/Test

Chesterfield County Public Schools assures

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