Math Department Chairperson, Liberty High JobID: 27165 Position Type: Contract/Hourly Employment/Extracurricular Assignment - Professional Personnel Date Posted: 7/17/2024 Location: Liberty High School County:   Harrison County Schools - website  Additional Information: Show/Hide TITLE: Department Chairperson MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Minimum of five years of successful classroom experience in the designated subject area IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR: Principal SELECTION: The position is filled by the Board of Education upon recommendation of the Superintendent of Schools FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES: * Provide input from other building-level teachers in setting county curricular goals within their specific content area. * Encourage and coordinate the participation by teachers and pupils in contests, fairs, and projects within their subject area or that are sponsored by civic organizations and school clubs. * Serve with other schools' chairpersons as members of the textbook selection committee in their academic area(s) as well as county curriculum committees. * Assist in evaluating and advising concerning strengths and weaknesses in curricular matters as reflected in students' test results for his/her school and when necessary, its feeder schools. Examples of such tests are ACT, CTBS, SAT and PSAT/NMSQT. * Attend meeting (at least monthly) with school administration to discuss and review department directions, objectives and goals. * Conduct meetings with his/her department teachers to discuss problems and plan strategies in their curriculum area(s). * Serve on other county/statewide committees concerning curriculum in their area. * Attend conferences and workshops to keep abreast of recent trends and developments in their academic areas and communicates these experienced to members of the department. * Communicate to the principal the concerns and needs of his/her department. * Communicate to the members of the department the concerns and needs of the administration. * Works continuously to improve the curriculum and the instruction within his/her department. * Help to motivate the members of his/her curriculum and the instruction within his/her department. * Explain to members of the department state regulation concerning learning outcomes, and works with teachers to see that these are carried out. * Performs such other tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as the superintendent or immediate supervisor may, from time to time, assig