QUALIFICATIONS:

1.     Valid Alaska Professional Teacher Certificate preferred.

2.     Five years of successful experience in teaching preferred.

3.     Three years of successful experience in administration preferred.

REPORTS TO:                        Director of Curriculum

SUPERVISES:                        Student and correspondence, distance, and remote teachers

JOB GOAL:                            To use leadership, supervisory, and administrative skills to promote the educational program at the school site.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

Teaching:

Meets and instructs classes in the time designated; Plans, provides and maintains Individual Learning Plans of study that meets the individual needs, interests, and abilities of the students; Creates an environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interest of the students; Maintains online platforms for the NWABSD. Guides the learning process toward the achievement of district/site goals and established clear objectives and communicates these objectives to students; Employs a variety of instructional techniques including providing and maintaining coursework outside of the traditional school day, including but not limited to Independent Study, Service Learning, and Duel Credit opportunities. The teacher selects, develops, and employs appropriate evaluative techniques regarding impartiality, consistency, and objectivity; Diagnoses the learning abilities of students on a regular basis, seeking the assistance of district specialists as required; Takes all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, equipment, materials, and facilities; Maintains accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulation; Evaluates students a number of times to make an accurate appraisal at the end of the grading period; Strives to maintain and improve professional competence; Maintains a positive working relationship with the students, staff, families, and community;

Establishes and maintains an effective learning climate for the school; Supervises the maintenance of all required records and reports; Prepares reports, records, lists, and all other paperwork required or appropriate to the school’s administration; Updates and maintains the Homeschool Handbook. Works with various members of the central administrative staff on school problems of more than in school import, such as special services; Keeps Supervisor informed of events and activities of an unusual nature as well as

routine matters related to the supervisor’s accountability; Assumes responsibility for the implementation and observance of all board policies and regulations; Budgets school time to provide for the efficient conduct of school instruction and business;

Responds to written and oral requests for information; Maintains high standards of students, according to due process to the rights of students; Assumes responsibility for the attendance and conduct; Assumes responsibility for all official school correspondence and news releases; Organizes and administers the public relations program for the school; Makes arrangements for special conferences with parents; Provides for adequate inventories of property under his/her jurisdiction and for the security and accountability of that property; Perform other duties as assigned.

LENGTH OF POSITION:       192 days, beginning on or about August 6, 2026

SALARY:                                Depending on experience/ negotiated salary schedule

APPLICATION PROCEDURES:

DISTRICT EMPLOYEES must submit to the Human Resources department: a completed request for transfer form, an updated resume, and a letter of recommendation from current supervisor.

OTHER APPLICANTS must submit the following items to the Human Resources department: a completed professional application; placement file from college/university; official transcripts; valid Alaska certificate; and at least four (4) current references, including one from the most recent supervisor. All references must have current telephone numbers.

APPLICANT ALREADY ON FILE MUST SUBMIT A LETTER EXPRESSING INTEREST IN THE POSITION

DATE CLOSING        Until Filled

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION-EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER APPLICATIONS FROM MINORITIES ARE ENCOURAGED

Northwest Arctic Borough School District • P.O. Box 51 • Kotzebue, AK • 99752