Delaware Area Career Center

Title:  Integrated Science Teacher (2024-2025 School Year)

Reports  to:  High School Principal

Work Schedule: 185-Day Teacher Contract

Primary Job Function:

• The Delaware Area Career Center Academic Teacher is responsible for providing an intentional design of meaningful work that will lead to profound student learning. This is done through student-faculty engagement, fostering cooperation among students, active listening, timely feedback, high expectations and respecting diverse talents and learning styles of all students and other colleagues. This job description is a comprehensive list of essential functions. Essential functions are job duties a staff member must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Valid Ohio (Integrated Science) teaching certificate or ability to obtain
• Proper endorsements or certifications as required by subject area

Students & Learning:

• Teachers believe every student can learn and that all students can master challenging curriculum with appropriate differentiation and intervention
• Teachers set quantifiable learning outcomes for students and hold students accountable for meeting those outcomes
• Teachers produce measurable growth in student achievement
• Teachers recognize individual differences in students and adjust practices accordingly
• Teachers understand how students develop and learn
• Teachers possess knowledge of effective practices including principles, theories, procedures, and techniques used in lesson plan development and classroom instruction

Planning for Instruction:  

• Responsible for preparing the assigned instructional area
• Responsible for ensuring that lesson plans align with the district’s adopted courses of study and are consistent with students’ Individualized Education Plans
• Responsible for ensuring that teaching materials, class lists, and classroom procedures are readily available for substitutes
• Responsible for working with staff to ensure that services are provided in the least restrictive educational environmen

Knowledge & Pedagogy:

• Teachers understand the subject area content and how knowledge in the subject field is created, organized, and linked to other disciplines
• Teachers demonstrate subject area knowledge and convey the knowledge clearly to students
• Teachers generate multiple paths to knowledge
• Teachers use comprehensive planning skills to design effective instruction focused on student mastery of DACC curriculum goals

Classroom Environment:

• Teachers create a classroom climate that promotes openness, mutual respect, support, and inquiry. This should be done through:
• • Fostering strong student-teacher relationships
  • Promoting cooperation among students
  • Active listening
  • Providing prompt feedback
  • Placing an emphasis on high expectations
  • Respecting the diverse talents of students as well as diverse ways of learning
• Teachers create a classroom that maximizes engaged student learning time, behaviorally, emotionally, and cognitively
• Teachers establish and maintain respectful, productive partnerships with families in support of student learning and well-being
• Teachers engage all students in complex problem-solving and the exploring of ideas and issues in classroom activities, drawing on students' culture, experiences, and knowledge
• Teachers engage students in authentic tasks and offer them significant opportunities to develop knowledge

Student Assessment:

• Teachers continually assess student progress relative to student goals, analyzing the results and adapting instruction to improve student achievement
• Teachers follow the DACC assessment guidelines
• Teachers use data from both formative and summative assessments to guide planning and inform instruction
• Teachers use a variety of formal and informal assessment techniques
• Teachers analyze student information and results and plan instruction accordingly

Professional Responsibilities

• Teachers are committed to continuous self-improvement and professional development
• Teachers communicate and collaborate with students and families as well as other professional stakeholders to promote student learning
• Teachers continually reflect upon their practice in promoting student learning and adjust instruction accordingly
• Teachers are responsible for submitting all reports and documentation to the appropriate department as required by the district 
• Teachers draw upon educational research and research-based strategies in planning instructional content and delivery
• Teachers are active members of a professional learning community
• Teachers understand and support the vision, mission, and goals of DACC, and serve as an ambassador for DACC
• Teachers view him/herself as a leader in the educational community
• Teachers contribute to the smooth functioning of the school environment
• Teachers are responsible for enforcing applicable Ohio Revised Codes
• Teachers are responsible for respecting personal privacy and maintaining confidentiality
• Teachers are responsible for planning and using appropriate instructional strategies, activities, and resources for e-learning according to guidelines established by DACC

Ensuring Student Safety

• Employees shall be expected to exercise reasonable care with respect to the safety of students and student property. Employees shall discharge their duties and responsibilities to students and property according to the applicable Laws, State guidelines and Board policies.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of instructional strategies that connect the curriculum to the learner
• Knowledge of FERPA, IDEA and HIPPA
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local policies related to students
• Knowledge of child development, instructional strategies and practices applicable to assignment
• Knowledge of Ohio’s Academic Content Standards
• Knowledge of existing and emerging education and instructional technologies and software
• Knowledge of research-based instructional strategies and models for improving instructional practices
• Knowledge of behavior and classroom management techniques
• Knowledge of all DACC adopted software
• Knowledge of English grammar, spelling and punctuation
• Skilled at effective verbal and written communication
• Skilled in using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
• Skilled in collaboration and decision-making, seeking consensus whenever possible
• Skilled at developing rapport and interacting effectively with students and staff
• Skilled in conflict resolution
• Ability to perform oral reading to students individually or in groups.
• Ability to understand, apply and use personal computers and software applications (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Ability to work with students to provide feedback, maintain an orderly atmosphere, and foster a safe and healthy school environment
• Ability to assist students with various physical and intellectual needs
• Ability to handle behavioral and emotionally charged situations in a calm and effective manner
• Ability to maintain accurate records and write reports and logs
• Ability to “think outside the box”
• Ability to analyze situations accurately and adopt an effective course of action
• Ability to interpret, apply and explain rules, regulations, policies and procedures
• Ability to promote positive staff morale
• Ability to organize multiple tasks and conflicting time constraints
• Ability to demonstrate sound judgment and emotional stability
• Ability to engage in self-evaluation with regards to leadership, performance and professional growth
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others
• Ability to maintain confidentiality

Working Conditions

• The district offers equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), economic status, age, disability or military status.
• Working Conditions – While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak and hear. The employee is required to have dexterity of hands and fingers. The employee is required to sit or stand for extended periods of time. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job the incumbent is seated or walking at will and must be able to push, pull, lift and carry over 25 pounds on occasion. Generally acceptable working environment with limited exposure to unpleasant conditions. Exposure to such conditions may make the working environment unpleasant or cause discomfort occasionally but has minor impact on personal safety and/or mental well-being. Safety is essential to job performance. All employees are required to comply with workplace health/safety regulations and district policies when duties entail any of the following situations:
• Encounters with aggressive, angry, rude or unpleasant individuals
• Exposure to air-borne particulates, chemicals, combustible materials, electrical hazards, loud noises, moving mechanical parts, odors, slippery/uneven surfaces, etc.
• Exposure to blood-borne pathogens or contagious diseases.
• Exposure to severe weather conditions or temperature extremes.
• Movements that require balancing, bending, climbing, crouching, kneeling, or reaching.
• Operating or riding in a vehicle. Working in or near vehicular traffic.
• Performing tasks that require complex sequencing, dexterity, strength, stamina, etc.
• Traveling to meetings and work assignments.
• Working at heights, in confined spaces, or under diminished/variable lighting.
• Drug and Alcohol-Free Environment – The district maintains a drug and alcohol-free work environment to prevent the adverse impact of substance abuse on employee performance and protect the rights of co-workers and the public.
• Flexible Work Environments - are important to many individuals. Remote work opportunities may exist for this position when it is appropriate and feasible.
• Driving Requirement – This job description may require driving. Any employee who chooses or is asked to drive a DACC vehicle for work related community business must receive written annual authorization to do so.

The working conditions described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Delaware Area Career Center Board of Education is an equal opportunity employer offering employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, religion, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), economic status, age, disability or military status. This job description summary does not imply that these are the only duties to be performed. This job description is subject to change in response to funding variables, emerging technologies, improved operating procedures, productivity factors, and unforeseen events.