History teacher job description

This post includes 3 parts: duties list, job qualification and job description writing tips for History teacher in details. A complete job description concludes History teacher key duties/responsibilities, History 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 History teacher duties:

1. Work and solve problems collaboratively with other Cristo Rey Jesuit staff
2. Teach four sophomore U.S. History sections and one freshman U.S. History section
3. Attend required school events beyond the school day, such as Open House and Parent Conferences
4. As homeroom advisor, monitor advisees’ academic, work-study, recreational reading, and community service progress
5. Chaperone two school events (such as testing, dances, field trips, college visits, etc.)
6. Take advantage of professional development opportunities
7. Attend and contribute to grade level team, faculty, and department meetings
8. Complete hall, cafeteria, after-school and other duties as assigned
9. Communicate regularly with parents of students and advisees
10. Complete other duties as assigned by the school President or Principal

II. List of History teacher qualifications

1. Strong teaching background, including training and experience, in U.S. History
2. Proven ability to implement differentiated instruction techniques
3. Successful experience working with urban population
4. Personal commitment to Jesuit mission in education and work-study nature of the school
5. Patience, stability, talent, and flexibility needed to respond to the demands of a young school

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.