Physics Teacher - No Teaching License Required
Job Product: Student understanding of physics that furthers the development of character and intellect.
General Purpose: The physics teacher is responsible for providing students with appropriate learning activities and experiences designed to develop academic excellence, virtue, and leadership.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Demonstrates subject matter knowledge
- Mechanics (including fluid mechanics)
- Heat, heat transfer, and thermodynamics
- Kinetic theory of gases
- Light and geometric optics
- Electricity and magnetism
- Waves (sound and light)
- The Atom: its structure and the nucleus (including nuclear reactions)
- Quantum theory of the atom
- Quantum theory of light
- Engineering and technical applications of physics
- Related aspects of biology, chemistry, earth science, and mathematics, such as algebra, geometry, trigonometry, vector analysis, and calculus
- History and philosophy of science
- Methods of research in the Sciences, including laboratory techniques and the use of associated technology
Faithfully implements curriculum
Delivers effective instruction
Manages classroom climate and operation
Promotes achievement
Meets professional responsibilities
Minimum Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree, preferably in physics, with at least 36 semester hours in physics
Colorado teaching license is not required
Experience:
Prior teaching experience preferred, but is not required