Primary class teacher job description

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

1. Develop and implement curricula to meet academic standards;
2. Ensure student mastery of state, city, and school academic and behavioral standards;
3. Design and implement assessments that measure progress towards academic standards;
4. Use assessment data to refine curriculum and inform instructional practices;
5. Participate in curriculum development, grade-level activities, and school-wide functions;
6. Provide consistent and high academic and behavioral expectations;
7. Communicate effectively with students, families, and colleagues; and
8. Participate in an intensive staff orientation and training for up to four weeks prior to the school year and weekly professional development sessions.  

II. List of Primary class teacher qualifications

1. A passionate belief in UP Academys mission, values, and educational model;
2. An eagerness to set ambitious, challenging, and tangible goals, and a relentless drive to achieve them;
3. An ability to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment and a capacity to remain calm and focused when faced with unexpected challenges;
4. Proven track-record of high achievement;
5. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including strong public speaking skills;
6. A sense of humility in the face of success;
7. Drive to improve the minds and lives of students in and out of the classroom;
8. Bachelors degree is required; Masters degree is preferred;
9. A valid Massachusetts Teaching License for the appropriate grade level;
10. An ability to meet all state and federal guidelines in order to be fully licensed and "Highly Qualified" according to NCLB; and
11. Current authorization to work in the United States A candidate must have such authorization by his or her first day of employment.

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.