HEALTH SCIENCE TEACHER (NEW) - Claiborne County Public School District

Title:                      Health Science Vocational Teacher

Qualifications:        1. Bachelor’s Degree

1. Minimum of 3 years as a classroom teacher preferred
2. Valid Mississippi Teaching Certificate with Vocational Health Occupation or

                                   Health Science Technology

1. Valid Registered Nurse (RN); CPR certified–Life Saver-Instructor Level;

                                    First Aid certified

Reports To:           Director of Vocational Department

Job Goal:                              To supervise vocational students and to plan appropriate curriculum programs

Mission and Goals

• Works with the Superintendent and those whom he/she supervises to articulate and promote the school system’s vision of learning and teaching
• Monitors and evaluates progress toward accomplishment of system goals and objectives
• Uses student data to identify program needs
• Develops goals, objectives, programs, and operations that are consistent with school system vision, mission, and goals
• Ensures that unit and program plans are consistent with the system’s strategic plan
• Organizes daily, monthly, and yearly schedules to facilitate learning and teaching in the schools
• Communicates high expectations of students, staff, and parents/guardians
• Creates, identifies, encourages, and supports innovative ideas that in turn support learning and teaching in the schools

General Responsibilities

• Identifies and categorizes special populations students who are enrolled in vocational programs
• Provides individual or small group tutoring in academic course work for special populations vocational students so they may succeed in the vocational program
• Provides for appropriate vocational assessment of interests, abilities, and special needs of special populations students with respect to successfully completing a vocational education program
• Ensures LEP students enrolled in vocational programs have been identified and services provided
• Develops and maintains a file on the local program of work
• Ensures that special populations students are provided with supplemental service

Vocational Education

• Develops and implements lesson plans that fulfill the requirements in student learning styles
• Plans and uses appropriate instructional and learning strategies, activities, materials and

equipment that reflects understanding of the learning styles and needs of students assigned

• Conducts assessment of student learning styles and uses results to plan instructional

activities

• Develops partnership(s) with local hospital(s) to create a clinical rotation program for

students to explore career opportunities in the medical field

• Works cooperatively with special education teachers to modify curricula as needed for

special education student according to guidelines established in Individual Education Plans

(IEP)

• Conducts ongoing assessment of student achievement through formal and informal testing
• Creates classroom environment conducive to learning and appropriate for the physical,
• social and emotional development of students
• Manages student behavior in accordance with the Student Code of Conduct and student handbook
• Establishes and maintains openness of communication by conducting conferences with

parents, students, principals and teachers

• Performs any other tasks as required by the Superintendent of Education, the Deputy Superintendent, the designee of the Superintendent, and the Supervising High School Principal

Terms of Employment:         Twelve-month year (187). The salary established by the Board.

Evaluation:                            Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel.