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Mathematics Teacher (9-12)
Codman Academy Charter Public School
Dorchester , MA 02122
Posted 7 days ago
Job Title: Mathematics Teacher
Supervisor: Instructional Coach
Hours: Monday through Friday 8:30am-5:00pm Duration: 11 months
Salary: Is commensurate with the candidate's years of relevant experience
Description: The Lead Teacher is responsible for planning, organizing and implementing an appropriate instructional program in a learning environment that guides and encourages students to meet and exceed standards for the grade level/course.
Responsibilities include (but not limited to):
Planning and Preparation for Learning
- Demonstrates subject area expertise and a cutting-edge grasp of child development and how students learn.
- Develops a well-honed game plan for the year that is tightly aligned with state standards and assessments.
- Plans all expeditions backwards, aligned with high standards, state assessments, and all Bloom's levels; documents and shares all lessons with supervisor at a minimum of two (2) weeks in advance.
- Plans diagnostic, formative, and summative assessments to closely monitor student learning.
- Anticipates students' misconceptions and confusions and develops multiple strategies to overcome them.
- Designs lessons with clear, measurable goals closely aligned with standards and expedition outcomes.
- Designs highly relevant lessons that will motivate all students and engage them in active learning
- Designs lessons that use an effective mix of high-quality, multicultural learning materials and technology.
- Designs lessons that break down complex tasks and address all learning needs, styles, and interests.
- Artfully uses room arrangement, materials, and displays to maximize student learning of all material, focusing on learning targets and student work.
Classroom Management
- Is direct, specific, consistent, and tenacious in communicating and enforcing high expectations.
- Shows warmth, caring, respect, and fairness for all students and builds strong relationships.
- Wins all students' respect and creates a climate in which disruption of learning is unthinkable.
- Implements a program that successfully develops positive interactions and social-emotional skills.
- Successfully inculcates class routines up front so that students maintain them throughout the year.
- Successfully develops students' self-discipline, self-confidence, and a sense of responsibility.
- Has a highly effective discipline repertoire and can capture and hold students' attention any time.
- Skillfully uses coherence, momentum, and transitions so that every minute of the classroom time produces learning.
- Is alert, poised, dynamic, and self-assured and nips virtually all discipline problems in the bud.
- Gets students to buy into a highly effective system of incentives linked to intrinsic rewards.
Delivery of Instruction
- Exudes high expectations and determination and convinces all students that they will master the material.
- Actively inculcates a "growth" mindset: take risks, learn from mistakes, through effective effort you can and will achieve at high levels.
- Shows students exactly what's expected by posting learning targets, essential questions, rubrics, and examples.
- Hooks all students' interest and makes connections into prior knowledge, experience, and reading.
- Always presents material clearly and explicitly, with well-chosen examples and vivid and appropriate language.
- Orchestrates highly effective strategies, materials, and groupings to involve and motivate all students.
- Engages all students in focused work in which they are active learners and problem solvers.
- Successfully reaches all students by skillfully differentiating and scaffolding.
- Deftly adapts lessons and units to exploit teachable moments and correct misunderstandings.
- Consistently has all students summarize and internalize what they learn and apply it to real-life situations.
Monitoring, Assessment and Follow-Up
- Posts and reviews clear criteria for proficient work, including rubrics and examples, and all students internalize them.
- Gives students a well-constructed diagnostic assessment up front, and uses the information to fine-tune instruction.
- Continuously uses a variety of effective methods to check for understanding; immediately unscrambles confusion and clarifies.
- Sets ambitious goals with students, continually self-assesses, and takes responsibility for improving performance.
- Frequently posts students' work with rubrics and commentary to celebrate progress and motivate direct effort.
- Works with colleagues to use interim assessment data, fine-tune teaching, re-teach, and help struggling students.
- Relentlessly follows up with struggling students with personal attention (time and support) so they all reach proficiency.
- Makes sure that students who need specialized diagnosis and help receive appropriate services immediately.
- Works with colleagues to analyze chart data, draw action conclusions, and leverage student growth.
- Constantly reflects on what worked and what didn't to continuously improve instruction.
Family and Community Outreach
- Shows great sensitivity and respect for family and community culture, values, and beliefs.
- Shows each parent/guardian an in-depth knowledge of their child and a strong belief they will meet or exceed standards.
- Gives parents/guardians clear, user-friendly learning and behavior expectations and examples of proficient work.
- Makes sure that parents/guardians hear positive news about their children first and immediately flags any problems.
- Frequently involves parents/guardians in supporting and enriching the curriculum for their children as it unfolds.
- Assigns highly-engaging assignments, gets close to 100% return, and provides rich feedback.
- Deals immediately and successfully with parent/guardian concerns and makes the parent/guardian feel welcome at any time.
- In conferences, report cards, and informal talks, gives parents/guardians detailed feedback on their children's progress.
- Is successful in contacting and working with all parent/guardians, including those who are hard to reach.
- Successfully enlists classroom volunteers and extra resources from homes and the community to enrich the curriculum.
Professional Responsibilities
- Has perfect or near-perfect attendance and punctuality
- In professional contexts, speaks and writes appropriately, succinctly, and eloquently.
- Carries out assignments conscientiously and punctually, keeps meticulous records, and is never late.
- Presents as a consummate professional and always observes appropriate boundaries.
- Is invariably ethical, honest, and forthright, uses impeccable judgment, and respects confidentiality.
- Is an important member of teacher teams and committees and frequently attends after-school activities.
- Frequently contributes valuable ideas and expertise and instills in others a desire to improve students' results.
- Actively seeks out feedback and suggestions and uses them to improve performance.
- Meets at least weekly with colleagues to plan units, share ideas, and analyze interim assessments.
- Actively reaches out for new ideas and engages in professional development with colleagues to figure out what works best.
- Informs the administration of any concerns and reaches out for help and suggestions when needed.