This position is responsible for providing instruction designed to provide academic, social, physical, and skills development for students in specific grades/subject areas to prepare them to be successful citizens in college and/or career.

Reports To School Principal
Start Date 07/20/2026
Additional Job Information
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
The following duties are normal for this position. The omission of specific statements of the duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned.

Creates an educational environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and needs of the students; prepares instructional materials for classes assigned and provides written evidence of preparation to supervisor/administrator upon request

Establishes a standard of classroom behavior; maintains classroom management in and outside of the school

Assess the accomplishments of students on an established timetable, and provides written and oral progress reports to parents/guardians, administrators and selected staff; administers tests and assessments

Plans curriculum and prepares lessons and other instructional materials to meet individual needs of students within state and school requirements based on the educational, physical, and emotional levels of student development

Confers with parents, administrators, specialists, mental health staff, and appropriate resource staff to develop educational programs for students

Creates learning materials geared to students' abilities and interests

Instructs students by using educational strategies and techniques to improve sensory mother and perceptual-motor development, perception, memory language, communication skills, cognition, social, and emotional development

Motivates students and provide consistent reinforcement of learning skills, and provide continuous assessment and feedback to students for all learning activities

Maintains accurate, complete and correct records as required by law, and district and administrative regulations

Assists administration in implementing all policies, and rules governing student activities and conduct

Sponsors student activities/clubs/teams/organization and tutors students as requested

Demonstrates and models on a regular basis the integration of technology in all curriculum areas

Follows a plan for professional technology development and actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally

Performs other related duties as assigned or directed
The teacher maintains a forty-hour (40) workweek and works additional hours as required to carry out all of the duties and responsibilities of the position. This is 10-month position.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Requires a TN teaching certificate for Occupational License or has an Apprentice Occupational License or is eligible to apply for a TN teaching certificate

Health Science educators must document one year of full-time successful employment within the past five years in a state-approved health care facility, such as a hospital, nursing home, rehab center, dental or medical office, home health, day surgery center

Must hold an associate degree or higher and hold current allied health or registered nurse license as issued by the respective state licensing board

Governed by the Rules and Regulations of the Tennessee Code Annotated

Must be physically and mentally able to perform the responsibilities and duties of the position

Any other qualifications that the Superintendent deems appropriate and acceptable.

PERFORMANCE APTITUDES:
Data Utilization: Requires the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and/or analyze data. Includes exercising discretion in determining data classification, and in referencing such analysis to established standards for the purpose of recognizing actual or probable interactive effects and relationships.

Human Interaction: Requires the ability to provide guidance, effective supervision, assistance, and/or interpretation to others regarding the application of procedures and standards to specific situations.

Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.

Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and/or advisory data and information.

Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; the ability to calculate decimals and percentages; the ability to utilize principles of fractions; and the ability to interpret graphs.

Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems, philosophies, laws, regulations, and procedures; to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form; and to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.

Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria and the goals and priorities of planning and development programs.

ADA COMPLIANCE:
Physical Ability: Tasks require the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of up to 50 pounds. Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation. Extended periods of standing required.

Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.

Environmental Factors: Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as rude/irate customers.

FSLA: EXEMPT