• Position Type:
    High School Teaching/Science - Biology
  
  
• Date Posted:
    12/8/2025
  
  
• Location:
    Daniel Boone High School
  
  
• Date Available:
    01/02/2026
  
  

  Role: High School Teacher
 
Experiences and Education

• Valid teacher’s license with appropriate endorsement(s);
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal skills; and
• Meets health and physical qualifications.

 
Summary:

• To teach one or more subjects to students and lead them toward the fulfillment of their potential for intellectual, emotional, and psychological growth and maturation.

 
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
The following functions are normal for this position. These functions are not to be construed as exclusive or all inclusive. Other duties may be required and assigned.

• Designs lessons based on the Tennessee Department of Education Curriculum Standards for the assigned subject area and courses;
• Uses various instructional strategies and groupings to support students’ mastery of standards and skill attainment in the subject area; 
• Uses technology to strengthen the teaching/learning process;
• Prepares for assigned courses and shows evidence of preparation (lesson and unit plans) upon request by the immediate supervisor;
• Meets and instructs all assigned classes at designated meeting location and time;
• Administers assessments to evaluate students’ progress on a regular basis;
• Uses individual student data to plan and modify instruction to meet individual student needs;
• Develops a classroom environment conducive to learning;
• Encourages students to maintain standards of classroom behavior;
• Assists in upholding and enforcing all school rules, board policies, and administrative regulations and procedures;
• Communicates students’ progress regularly with parents;
• Is available outside of the instructional school day for educational purposes to both students and parents when requested to do so;
• Attends and participates in all assigned departmental meetings, professional development sessions, educational conferences, and faculty meetings;
• Maintains accurate and complete records as required by law, board policy, and administrative regulations and procedures;
• Provides detailed plans for substitute teachers including lessons, assignments, student expectations, and emergency procedures (fire drill, lockdown, etc.);
• Supervises students at school-related functions including on and off campus activities;
• Represents the school and community in a positive manner; and
• Performs other work-related duties as assigned.

 
Physical Demands
This job may require lifting objects that exceed 25lbs., with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 lbs. Other physical demands that may be required are as follows:

• Pushing and/or pulling
• Climbing
• Stooping and/or kneeling
• Reaching
• Talking
• Hearing
• Seeing

 
Temperament (Personal Traits):

• Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
• Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction, control, or planning of an activity.
• Adaptability to dealing with students.
• Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria.

 
Capacity and Ability Requirements:
Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or perform adequately a task or job duty.

• Intelligence: The ability to understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments.
• Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and the ideas associated with them.
• Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately.
• Manual Dexterity: The ability to move the hands easily and manipulate small objects with the fingers.
• Form Perception: To make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures.
• Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive or recognize similarities or differences in colors or shades or other values of the same color.

 
Work Conditions:
Normal working environment
 
General Requirements:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so assigned.