<p>TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:</p> <p>This position is Ten and one-fourth (10.25) month contract (210 days), plus a benefits package. NOTE: Precise placement within the salary range will be determined based on experience and LRSD's salary placement guidelines. FLSA: EXEMPT.</p> <p>TEACHER SALARY SCHEDULE</p> <p>QUALIFICATIONS:</p> <ul> <li>Valid Arkansas Teaching License in any 9-12 grade area. </li><li>Master's degree or higher with approval for Arkansas certification as a Middle/Senior High School Assistant Principal preferred. </li><li>At least three (3) years successful experience as a teacher and/or administrator in an urban school district. </li><li>Evidence of a strong commitment to quality desegregated and alternative education. </li><li>Knowledge of school curriculum; of current educational theory and practice; of cultural, socioeconomic, ethnic, and gender differences. </li><li>The ability to apply this knowledge when working with faculty, students, parents, administrators, community members, and support staff to design inter district magnet school programs and curriculum. </li><li>Commitment to staff development demonstrated by a willingness to initiate, participate in, monitor, and maintain in-service activities. </li><li>Demonstrates the conviction that all children can and will learn in the Little Rock School District. </li><li>Evidence of successful experience with parent and staff involvement in decision making. </li><li>Evidence of successful experience in dealing with student's social and emotional problems of at-risk and behaviorally challenging students. </li><li>Strong interpersonal skills. </li><li>Ability to collaborate with regular or special class teachers in the supervision, development, design, revision and monitoring of individual instructional and/or educational plans for pupils referred for evaluation and/or enrolled in special education. </li><li>Provide consultation where appropriate. </li></ul> <p>Such alternatives and additions to the above qualifications may be deemed appropriate by the Superintendent. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may require.</p> <p>ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:</p> <p>The following statements of duties and responsibilities are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. These statements are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities required of all personnel within this position.</p> <p>To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The specific responsibilities of the Academic Intervention Teacher listed below are intended to describe the specific requirements for performing this job, but not an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements:</p> <ul> <li>Oversees discipline of students and handles disciplinary problems as exhibited by students and assigns appropriate sanctions. </li><li>Assumes the role of a substitute in the classroom as needed. </li><li>Supervision of students at all times including arrival and dismissal. </li><li>Oversees safety issues and procedures to maintain a safe, orderly, and secure environment. </li><li>Assists with or prepares necessary reports or documentation as requested. </li><li>Assumes responsibility for encouraging and involving community, staff and where appropriate, students in decision making about educational program development and implementation at the building level. </li><li>Cooperates in conducting safety inspections and safety drill activities. </li><li>Assists in the administration of school rules regarding attendance. </li><li>Assists the Principal in the general administration of the school. </li><li>Meets with parents or other parties to resolve issues with students. </li><li>Assists with parent night activities and supervision. </li><li>Conducts supervisory activities for certified and non-certified staff as requested or initiated. </li><li>Attends monthly professional development meetings with the Special Programs staff to address due process compliance and building level issues. </li><li>Works with the administrative team to supervise and evaluation of certified staff. </li><li>Performs other duties as the Principal may assigned. </li></ul> <p>Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and/or abilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent will possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.</p> <p>Mental Functions, Physical Requirements, and Working Conditions:</p> <p>While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, go up and down stairs, operate foot and hand controls, use a telephone and write. Occasionally the employee must lift and/or move up to twenty (20) or more pounds. This position requires accurate perceiving of sound, near and far vision, depth perception, handling and working with educational materials and/or objects, and providing oral information. Must have the ability to work for the duration of the daily contracted time period, and to be physically present and at assigned work, with only infrequent unexcused absences, during the contract year. Additional technical skills, knowledge, and abilities may be recommended by immediate supervisor and approved by the Human Resources Director.</p>