Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Teaches content and skills in subject area utilizing curriculum designated by Taos Municipal Schools and other appropriate learning activities.
2. Instructs students in citizenship and basic subject matter specified in state law and administrative regulations and procedures of Taos Municipal Schools.
3. Develops lesson plans and supplementary materials compatible with the division’s basic instructional philosophy and congruent with course standards; provides individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student and subgroups of students.
4. Evaluates academic and social growth of students, prepares report cards, keeps appropriate records to include attendance reports, checklists, census forms, and other recordkeeping activities as necessary.
5. Evaluates each student’s progress in meeting the course standards.
6. Establishes and maintains standards of student behavior needed to provide an orderly, productive classroom environment.
7. Identifies student needs and cooperates with other professional staff members in assessing and helping students solve learning, health and attitude problems.
8. Communicat4es with parents and school counselors and student progress.
9. Supervises students in assigned out-or-classroom activities during the working day.
10. Participates in faculty committees and the sponsorship of student activities.
11. Administrators testing in accordance with division testing practices.
12. Performs all other duties assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Associate degree
2. Valid Substitute/Teaching License issued by NM PED.

Physical and Environmental Requirements of the Position:

• The physical demand and work environment 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 employee must lift and/or move 25 to 50 pounds, and may assist, move, or restrain students with greater weight when required to intervene in student safety issues.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, lift, carry, move about, hear and speak. Employee may be required to perform extensive work at a computer.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in outside weather conditions.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes, airborne particles, toxic, or caustic chemicals, blood, or other infectious materials during their duties.
• The noise level in the work environment is us typically moderate but can increase on occasion.

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the American With Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are preformed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.