Upper elementary teacher- grade 5

Areas of Responsibility:
I. Responsibilities with Students:
A. Content:
• Demonstrates a solid grasp of instructional content.
• Prepares lessons that teach GWA standards, using approved material.
• Assigns appropriate homework.
• Requests authorization for significant instructional modules that have not been formally approved. (Note: All films should be pre-approved by the teacher’s supervisor.)

B. Instructional Practice:
• Develops a caring, engaging classroom environment.
• Pre-plans and implements effective lesson plans, setting high expectations and using best practices.
• Defines and communicates instructional goals to students for each lesson and unit.
• Develops higher-order thinking skills.
• Maximizes student on-task time.
• Incorporates reading and writing into all academic areas.
• Uses technology, when appropriate, to improve instruction.
• Presents lessons clearly, using accepted standards of verbal, visual and written communication.
• Displays student work.
• Promotes student feedback.

C. Differentiating Instruction:
• Respects students’ developmental abilities.
• Maintains clear awareness of students’ attention span limitations; varies activities accordingly.
• Regularly provides opportunities for large group, small group and individual interaction.
• Seeks to understand the different student learning styles represented in the classroom.
• Differentiates instruction to meet individual student needs, without losing sight of the group.
• Teaches to multiple-intelligences.

D. Classroom Management:
• Manages student behavior effectively.
• Promotes self-discipline and character.
• Diminishes conditions that could lead to disciplinary problems.
• Seats students to support classroom interaction.
• Establishes clear parameters for classroom routines and student behavior.
• Reinforces student success through public praise and private reprimand.
• Avoids public humiliation as a disciplinary tool.
• Responds respectfully, yet firmly, in keeping with GWA disciplinary policy, when problems occur.

E. Assessment:
• Gives sufficient instruction and practice before evaluating performance for grading purposes.
• Uses a variety of tools to assess progress.
• Gives appropriate feedback to students.
• Regularly reviews student notebooks, adding written comments.
• Encourages students to develop habits of self-evaluation.
• Uses assessment results to inform instruction, making appropriate adjustments.

II. Responsibilities with Administrators, Peers and Parents:

A. Fulfilling Administrative Expectations:
• Contributes to staff meetings.
• Fulfills other assignments, such as yard duties.
• Arrives punctually to job assignments.
• Collaborates with teams to update school standards, curricula and programs.
• Follows the policies and procedures set forth in the Teacher and Parent/Student Handbooks, and other policy manuals.
• Follows appropriate lines of authority when addressing issues of concern.

B. Communicating Student Performance:
• Keeps required records of student progress, as directed by the administration.
• Initiates communication with parents regarding news about students through periodic mid-term reports, report card grades, conferences, student assignments, test grades and/or notebooks, etc.
• Gives students, parents and the administration plenty of advance notice to intervene when students are in danger of academic or behavioral failure.
• Shows discretion when sharing sensitive student information.

III. Personal Expectations:
• Models the character traits that GWA strives to develop in its students, including: integrity, excellence, respect, and honesty.

Taxes

Paid for by the school

Savings Potential

$5000 - Single Teacher
$8000 - Teaching Couple(with 2 kids)
$3000 - Single teacher with one dependant

Flights/Transport

Up to $1200.00 for flight and baggage per employee

Moving Allowance

4000 MAD settling in stipend

Dependent Opportunities

Full tuition is covered for staff members; other school fees need to be paid by staff (ie uniforms, lunch).

Medical

Worldwide coverage - all countries included

Other

Cell phone plan provided (phone not included)

Retirement

$290 optional stipend