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Kansas City, MO School District

Secondary English-Creative Writing Teacher- Paseo Academy 2024-2025 Job at Kansa

Kansas City, MO School District, Kansas City, MO, United States, 64110


KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Job Description

Job Title: Secondary English-Creative Writing Teacher

Job Title Code: 870

Salary Grade: T01 -T06

Department: Curriculum, Instruction and Professional Development

Reports To: Building Principal

FLSA Status: Exempt

Date Prepared: November 2017 - Reviewed 2019

PURPOST OF JOB: Teach, Motivate and assess new and experienced student authors at the secondary level (High School)

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
•Teach creative writing at Paseo Academy
•Teacher must demonstrate ability to inspire, critique, and evaluate new and experienced student authors.
•Prepares course objectives and outline for course of study following curriculum guidelines or requirements of state and school
•Assigns lessons and corrects homework
•Maintains discipline in classroom
•Meets with parents to discuss student progress and problems
•Participates in faculty and professional meetings, education conferences, and teacher training workshop

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
•Bachelors Degree in English or Creative Writing
•Missouri State Certification in Secondary Education
•Candidate should be involved in personal writings and present a portfolio of his/her works.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
This job requires that the employee be able to: sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands, fingers, reach with hands and fingers; bend, stoop, lift objects of at least ten pounds. Job requires the employee occasionally to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Visual ability requires mono and color vision, close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
Length of work year: 205 days

Benefits: Retirement Programs, Health, Dental and Life Insurance are provided.