Best Practice: Contents of a Job Description

A teacher Job Description may contain the following information. Compulsory entries are marked with an asterisk *

• Position title and salary grade range*
• Place of work*
• Travel
• Reports to
• Supervises
• Purpose of the job*
• Overall responsibilities
• Core tasks*
• Extra-curricular engagements
• Managerial and supervisory tasks
• Engagement with parents and community
• Specially assigned tasks
• Demands and difficulties of the job
• Knowledge required*
• Skills required*
• Aptitude required*
• Minimum education*