English teacher job description

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

1. Aligning curricular standards with state (common core) guidelines
2. Monitoring student progress through standards-based assessments
3. Analyzing student data
4. Differentiating instruction
5. Teaching 4 classes per day
6. Tutoring students
7. Planning and leading service learning projects
8. Advising students through daily Connections class
9. Inputting academic and behavioral data on the school data management system
10. Hosting Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences three times per year and communicating regularly with families about academic and social issues
11. Building and maintaining strong school culture centered on achievement
12. Implementing common academic and behavioral procedures to ensure a structured, respectful, and achievement-oriented school
13. Working collaboratively with colleagues to ensure the success of the school mission
14. Participating in weekly professional development sessions (e.g., Curriculum Teams, workshops)
15. Participating in weekly Form Meetings (e.g., grade level teams)

II. List of English teacher qualifications

1. Belief in the mission and vision of the school
2. Relentless commitment to raising the academic achievement of all students
3. Commitment to standards-based teaching and learning
4. Ability to provide a structured, orderly, safe, and respectful environment for students
5. Experience working with a diverse student body
6. Experience teaching English
7. Excitement about integrating academics with service work
8. Interest in working collaboratively to improve instruction for all students
9. Eagerness to be part of creating an innovative and rigorous high school program
10. Possession of Massachusetts Teacher Certification or successful completion of the MTEL

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.