Geography teacher job description

This post includes 3 parts: duties list, job qualification and job description writing tips for Geography teacher in details. A complete job description concludes Geography teacher key duties/responsibilities, Geography teacher job qualifications (knowledge, education, skills, abilities, experience…KSA model) and other ones such as daily tasks, key activities, key/core competencies, job functions/purpose…

I. List of Geography teacher duties:

1. Organize, prepare curriculum for, and teach geography including physical, cultural, world regional, economic and California courses as assigned.
2. Facilitate outreach and relationships with the community to support program growth, including outreach to surrounding K-12 schools and collaboration with the geography program at CSU, Chico.
3. Utilize our physical lab course based upon physical geography principles and techniques and/or a course in map reading and remote sensing interpretation.
4. Coordinate geography department program and curriculum review, course offerings, and campus activities.
5. Coordinate class assignments, scheduling department meetings, and geography faculty professional development.
6. Maintain geography department contact with exterior vendors to coordinate selection of textbooks, materials, and supplies.
7. Maintain professional experience in geographical research.
8. Plans for and initiates curriculum improvements.
9. Plans for and is continually well prepared to teach.
10. Provides organized delivery of instruction.
11. Is courteous to and approachable by students.
12. Instruction is consistent with the stated and approved goals and content of the course.
13. Sticks to the subject matter of the course.
14. Shows enthusiasm for the subject matter.
15. Uses effective motivation to create a personal desire to learn the subject/skill(s).
16. Uses standards of student evaluation that are clear, fair, and followed consistently throughout the course.
17. Requires levels of instructor and student effort sufficient to the mastery of the subject or skills in the course.
18. Grades and returns student assignments and tests in a reasonable period of time.
19. Makes effective use of teaching aids and materials required of students (e.g., texts, manuals, etc.).
20. Is effective as a teacher.
21. Prepares complete course outlines and syllabi.
22. Continually revises and updates course content and materials of instruction.
23. Coordinates course contents and methods with other teachers in the program/discipline.
24. Meets and assists students during office hours or by appointment or at other reasonable times.
25. Initiates and carries through with improvements to course contents and methods.
26. Initiates and/or participates in overall department-wide program development, maintenance, evaluation, revision and/or expansion.

II. List of Geography teacher qualifications

1. Possession of a California Community College Credential authorizing full-time instruction in Geography OR
2. Masters Degree in Geography OR
3. Bachelor’s Degree in Geography AND Master’s Degree in Geology, History, Meteorology, or Oceanography OR
4. The equivalent to District minimum qualifications described above. Equivalency may include any combination of education, training, teaching, or related employment experience that would be approximately equal to one of the above.
5. Demonstrated interest, experience, and effectiveness in developing curriculum for and teaching GIS, physical, cultural, economic, world regional, and California geography.
6. Significant coursework in physical and cultural geography and related field work, including map reading and remote sensing interpretation with a proficiency in GPS techniques.
7. Recent teaching experience, graduate work, or work experience in geography.
8. Commitment to and interest in using current technology as a teaching tool in and out of the classroom.
9. Commitment to and interest in developing field trips or field activities based upon physical and cultural examples.

III. Tips to write job description

1. Too-long job description:

Looking at a too-long job description can frighten the candidates off and drive the away. A job description, no matter how important the job is, should not be included in more than 3 pages. If one focuses on too many things at a time, he shall definitely lose focus on the main items and get overwhelmed by the remaining; So, keep it concisely.

2. Too-short job description:

While too-long can be a problem, too-short is more a problem. It will ruin the meaning of the job description. A too-short one means it lacks necessary details and therefore, the candidate will not be able to understand while reading it.

3. Listing unnecessary functions or job duties:

Just classifying these into the “others” category will save you a lot of effort and space. On the other hand, the job description will become more dilute and easy to be neglected.

4. Key functions

Not listing key functions as required for the job can be a fatal mistake to a job description.

5. Grammar and spelling

Poor grammar and having spelling errors can ruin the job description, too. Never think that as you are the employer, you may have the right to make grammar or spelling errors while requires other not to. A job description with such errors is easily to be mistaken as a fake or ghost ads; as a result, the candidate will turn away from it.

6. Not specific enough:

Be specific and concise; if you don’t address the specific, then what the job description is for. It is for the candidate to understand just exactly what he needs to do or needs to have. Lacking details can confuse the candidates very well.

7. Not having the job description reviewed by others:

This is also a common mistake. One may be subject to bias, but more than one, especially with the help of those external advisor, the job description can be more perfect.

8. Using buzzwords or abbreviations:

In fact, it is not necessary at all to use such in a job description.

9. Using slang or legal words:

Just use common wording to communicate with others and don’t do anything extraordinarily.

10. Not updating the job description:

The same job may require different duties and responsibilities in different times, so, you cannot use the same job description for 2 different times.