✓Create lesson plans that align with the Archdiocese of Washington Academic and Religious Standards.
✓Utilize Standardize Test scores and other forms of assessment to adjust lesson plans and inform instruction.
✓Plan lessons that are learner based.
✓Plan lessons that address the various needs of all students.
✓Deliver a balanced program of instruction that incorporates direct instruction, guide instruction, individual/ group practice, questioning, demonstration and discovery.
✓Plan individual and group instruction that includes lectures, discussion and hands-on activities.
✓Administer assessments (both formal and informal) to determine if instructional objectives are being met.
✓Use assessment data to differentiate instruction to assure that the diverse needs of all students are met.
✓Assigns class and homework that support the lesson's objective and re-enforces the learning process.
✓Establish classroom procedures that optimize instructional time.
✓Create and enforce rules that are clear and foster an atmosphere in which all can thrive.
✓Maintain a positive learning environment based on mutual respect and cooperation.
✓Set high expectations for achievement.
✓Assure that Catholic values are the basis of all interactions between students and teacher.
✓Maintain a grade book that reflects students’ progress on a variety of formative and summative assessments.
✓Monitor students’ grades and communicate status to parents and administration.
✓Inform students and parents of assignments/projects and provide detailed written instructions, rubrics and due dates.
✓Routinely post up to date information (homework, projects and grades) to the school’s grade book portal.
✓Use email, notes home and phone calls to inform parents if a student is not making adequate academic or behavior progress.
✓Hold conferences with parents if students need academic or behavior intervention
✓Produce quarterly progress reports and report cards.
✓Actively foster and support Catholic beliefs, traditions and practices, and tenets of the Catholic faith.
✓Reflect the Catholic Church’s teaching on social justice and witness service to others. (Policies for Catholic Schools – Fifth Revision – 2022).
✓Assist in the planning of liturgical ceremonies such as mass, penance services, prayer services, etc.
✓Lead and encourage prayer in the classroom.
✓Plan and teach religion classes (if applicable) that align with the ADW Religion Standards.
✓Attend Catholic liturgical ceremonies (as required).
✓Perform duties such as carpool, recess, lunch and classroom teacher substitution (as required).
✓Sponsor clubs and other school activities (as required).
✓Attend Home and School meetings and other after hour’s school events (as required).
✓Participate in all required faculty and professional development meetings.
✓Must obtain Maryland, Virginia, or District of Columbia certification within three years of the date of hire. (Policies for Catholic Schools – Third Edition – 2018)
✓Must obtain required religious certification (as required)
✓Bachelor’s degree
✓Current teacher certification in Maryland, Virginia, or Washington, DC (candidates have 3 years from hire to earn their certification)
✓Knowledge of child development and supervision
✓Experience teaching in an elementary school setting (preferred)
