What is expected of DAS teachers?

1. The teacher is to take responsibility for the learning, development, and well-being of DAS students. Weather inside the classroom or outside it, regardless of their background, nationality, tribal heritage, religion, race, social position, strengths or weaknesses.

2. The teacher is expected to interact with students in a positive way, accepting and encouraging them as whole, unique persons with strengths and weaknesses. Above all, the teachers is expected to take responsibility for his words and actions on the understanding that what he says to students and the way he interacts with them inside and outside the classroom may communicate more and be far more influential than anything he does in the process of teaching lessons.

3. The teacher is expected to focus on his students’ learning of the DAS academic standards and Targeted Characteristics, to gather evidence of their achievement, analyze and interpret the evidence and make use of it to plan to improve the learning of each child.

The DAS Targeted Characteristics describe our aims for the most important attitudes and personal skills that we target for our students and ourselves. They were developed jointly be faculty and staff, parents, students, and DAS alumni. They can be found on the School’s internet website. The DAS academic standards are currently under revision and will be provided to all employees through the DAS intranet after summer 2008.

4. The teacher is expected to apply full personal effort to improving his ability to model the DAS Targeted Characteristics.

5. The teacher is expected to use every opportunity to learn and improve his knowledge and skills as a teacher, according to the guidelines for Professional Development described in the DAS Plan for Continuous Progress (PCP).

The skills and strategies which the teacher is expected to develop and on which he will be evaluated are described in details in the rubric entitled “Standards for Teaching at DAS” This document is provided to all employees through the DAS intranet. After the teacher is evaluated as achieving a certain standard, he is consistently and effectively in his daily work with students.

6. The teacher is expected to collaborate with members of his team and to follow the guidelines agreed upon. He is also expected to participate fully in activities, projects and plans agreed upon by the team for improving the learning of the students and the work of the group and the school as a whole.

7. The teachers is expected to fulfill the roles assigned in relation to monitoring hallways and playgrounds and to participate in the application of agreed upon discipline policies and procedures both inside and outside the classrooms, in the school and during school events and trips.

8. The teacher is expected to dedicate all his time in school and many hours outside the normal school schedule to fulfilling the responsibilities of his position. In addition to normal school hours. He is expected to use time at home to complete preparations for school work. Further, he will be asked to be in school after regular hours and on Thursdays from time to time for such activities as grading, examination, conferencing with parents, training students for special occasions, participating in school events, participating in school trips and outings, attending lectures, training or meetings of various sorts, entrance examinations of new students, or other.

9. The teacher is expected to refrain from seeking or accepting any personal benefits, gifts or additional pay from his students or their families.

10. The teacher is expected to fulfill the requirements of the job title identified in the employment contract and to abide fully be the terms specified there as well as in school policies and any amendments to them. DAS has the right to modify the job title and / or duties from time to time according to its needs after informing the teacher in writing about the changes.