Job Description: Qur’an Instructor

Position reports directly to the Principal, but works in conjunction with the entire Religious Studies Department, which includes Arabic, Quran, and Islamic Studies.

General Description:

• Teaching students to read Quran with proper Tajweed
• Helping students memorize Surahs
• Developing a positive relationship with the students within the Islamic guidelines
• Evaluate each student and create teaching strategies based on the individual’s pace
• Tracking progress of each child and maintaining records.
• Must be able to teach all ages (Preschool to 9^th grade)

Qualifications:

• Must have knowledge of Makharij and tajweed and be able to teach the students.
• Demonstrate the ability to teach basic Islamic curriculum.
• Must be proficient in English language.
• Classroom instructional experience is preferable.
• Demonstrates a sincere desire to aide all students.
• Good health, high moral character, and good attendance record
• Must be legally authorized to work in United States.

Performance Responsibilities:

• Maintain records as required by school policy.
• Establish and maintain cooperative professional relationships and professional ethics.
• Pursue and provide evidence of professional growth.
• Model appropriate dress and behavior.
• Provide guidance and counsel to the students which will promote their welfare and their proper educational development.
• Administer the classroom and its program of organization, management, and discipline at all times.
• Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with parents through effective use of term reports, report cards, and conferences.
• Write clear and usable lesson plans that indicate direction for instruction and implementation of courses of study.
• Demonstrate knowledge of subject matter.
• Be prompt in arriving in and dismissing a class in conformity with school schedules, as well as reporting promptly to school and to any meetings called.
• Present clear, complete, and accurate explanations suitable to level of learners.
• Approach subject matter in a positive and enthusiastic manner; present subject matter in a calm, self-confident, and poised manner.
• Encourage active student participation by receiving learners' questions comfortably and answering them clearly and completely.
• Give positive reinforcement to acceptable academic and social behavior.
• Consistently confront undesirable behavior with firmness and fairness.
• Present objectives clearly, give clear and concise instructions, and present material relevant to the objective.
• Provide activities that will help learners meet the objectives
• Begin and end lessons on time.
• Monitor student behavior and activities.
• Show respect and consideration for students, staff, parents, etc.
• Periodically assess student progress and daily ask relevant questions of varying difficulty throughout the lesson to check for understanding.
• Provide homework that is relevant to the learning objective.
• Provides for the care and protection of school property by keeping an active record of texts, supplies, and equipment used in the classroom.
• Fosters desirable school-community relationships.
• Refers attendance, health, and psychological/emotional problems to Principal.
• Assists in the selection of textbooks, equipment, and other instructional materials.
• Accepts a share of responsibility for committees and co-curricular activities as assigned.
• Attends school and faculty meetings (seminars, conferences, workshops, etc.) as adopted in the school's calendar unless excused by the Principal.
• Conducts other duties as assigned by the Principal.