Middle School Teachers

• Prepare students for later grades by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks.
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students’ varying needs and interests.
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects, and communicate these objectives to students.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.
• Prepare objectives and outlines for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or requirements of states and schools.
• Prepare, administer, and grade tests and assignments to evaluate students’ progress.
• Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities.
• Confer with parents or guardians, other teachers, counselors, and administrators to resolve students’ behavioral and academic problems.
• Instruct through lectures, discussions, and demonstrations in one or more subjects, such as English, mathematics, or social studies.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and correct student records as required by laws, district policies, and administrative regulations.
• Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.
• Plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of instruction, demonstration, and work time that provides students with opportunities to observe, question, and investigate.
• Observe and evaluate students’ performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
• Enforce all administration policies and rules governing students.
• Guide and counsel students with adjustment or academic problems, or special academic interests.
• Assign lessons and correct homework.
• Meet with other professionals to discuss individual students’ needs and progress.
• Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of middle school programs.
• Assist students who need extra help, such as by tutoring and preparing and implementing remedial programs.
• Meet or correspond with parents or guardians to discuss children’s progress and to determine priorities and resource needs.
• Provide disabled students with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.
• Prepare for assigned classes and show written evidence of preparation upon request of immediate supervisors.
• Confer with other staff members to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning, following approved curricula.
• Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops to maintain and improve professional competence.
• Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injury and damage.
• Administer standardized ability and achievement tests, and interpret results to determine student strengths and needs.
• Prepare reports on students and activities as required by administration.
• Perform administrative duties, such as school library assistance, hall and cafeteria monitoring, and bus loading and unloading.
• Attend staff meetings and serve on staff committees, as required.
• Organize and label materials and display students’ work.
• Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers, or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from such activities.
• Coordinate and supervise extracurricular activities, such as clubs, student organizations, and academic contests.
• Organize and supervise games and other recreational activities to promote physical, mental, and social development.
• Select, store, order, issue, and inventory classroom equipment, materials, and supplies.

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry- or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education. They are essential in many industries and occupations.