Middle School Bible Teacher

Mission : To assist Christian parents by helping equip students to embrace biblical truth, strive for academic excellence, and model Christ-like leadership to influence their homes, churches and communities for Christ.

Employee Profile:

Spiritually, the employee shall possess characteristics that reflect:

- Acceptance without reservation of the PCA doctrinal beliefs

- A strong clear Christian testimony.

- A mature, godly spirit

- A person of faith and prayer

Personally, the employees life shall reflect:

- A lifestyle of biblical integrity

- A spirit of dedication, commitment, flexibility, and responsiveness

- The ability to listen and respond to counsel

Duties and Responsibilities :

- Contribute to school systems effectiveness by identifying short-term and long-range issues that must be addressed; providing information and commentary pertinent to deliberations; recommending options and courses of action; implementing directives

- Establish and adjust course outlines and objectives by following curriculum guidelines and school goals; modifying plans on the basis of student diagnostic and assessment procedures

- Convey information to students by using language concepts, examples, demonstrations, and teaching aids through such best practices utilizing the integration of technology with subject matter

- Complete educational requirements by scheduling and assigning instructional activities; following up on results

- Assess student learning by preparing, administering, and scoring tests; reviewing and correcting assignments; eliciting student questions and responses; evaluating application of learning to classroom project results

- Maintain student-learning results by providing instructional feedback; coaching; counseling, and disciplining students; planning, monitoring, and appraising learning results

- Maintain records by documenting learning accomplishments, attendance, and behavior

- Guide students personal and social development by establishing rules and procedures for administrative matters, student verbal participation, and student movement within the classroom, between classrooms, and on the playground

- Help parents by providing academic information; suggesting available educational and social resources; addressing parents concerns; answering questions and requests

- Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies

- Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations

- Conserve resources by using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish educational results

- Other duties as assigned by the Principal

Qualifications

Qualifications:

- Teachers Certification in area of assignments

- Bachelors degree in education and/or equivalent required subject hours

- Prestonwood Baptist Church member preferred

Physical, Environmental and Mental Requirements

- Regularly standing and walking around the classroom lecturing and monitoring students

- Regularly sitting at the computer requiring repetitive finger motion and manual dexterity

- Close visual acuity required for viewing a computer monitor, preparing and analyzing data and figures, transcribing and reading

- Hearing ability to perceive sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction

- Talking expressing ideas by means of the spoken word to convey instructions to students, parents and other workers

- Ability to communicate effectively, even in stressful situations

- Primarily inside, classroom environment

- Occasional lifting of 5 to 20 pounds

- Subject to frequent interruptions and frequent deadlines