Secondary Math Teacher

Job Summary

Job Title:

Teacher – 10-month contract

Department:
Secondary

Location:

Rockbridge County High School On-Site

Supervisor:
Principal & Assistant Principal

Job Type: Full-Time

Employment Classification:
Exempt

Supervisory Role:
No

The Secondary Teacher cultivates a dynamic learning environment that encompasses social, emotional, physical, and intellectual growth across grades 6 - 12. Instruction is designed to be both engaging and enriching, utilizing a blend of direct instruction, experiential learning, and collaborating learning strategies to optimize student development. The Secondary Teacher may deliver content in one or more subjects, which may include the following:
English, Mathematics, Science, Foreign Languages, Fine Arts, Physical Education, and other areas as determined by department needs.

• Classroom Management:
  Establish and maintain a structured, engaging, and respectful learning environment. Collaborating with colleagues and school administrators to enhance educational programs and the learning environment.
• Communication &
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Maintain open communication with parents/guardians, colleagues, and administrators to support student success.
• Extracurricular & School Engagement:
  Participate in school events, committees, and activities that contribute to a well-rounded educational experience.
• Individualized Support:
  Offer additional guidance to students who need extra help, ensuring all students have the opportunity to thrive.
• Instruction & Curriculum Delivery:
  Adapt lesson plans to accommodate diverse learning styles and needs, ensuring all students can succeed. Incorporate physical movement and interaction into your classroom delivery.
• Moral & Ethical Integrity:
  Maintain a high ethical standard in teaching, grading, and student/parent interactions, ensuring a respectful environment for all parties.
• Recordkeeping:
  Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by the district and VDOE.
• Student Assessment:
  Evaluate student progress through assignments, tests, and observations, providing feedback and support as needed.
• VDOE Compliance:
  Abide by the established guidelines covering all aspects of education, including but not limited to curriculum standards, teacher licensure and certifications, student assessments, and school policies to ensure consistency and quality in instruction.

All other duties as assigned.

• Adaptability & Accountability:
  Adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands, open to criticism and feedback, changes approach or method to best fit the situation, and takes responsibility for own actions.
• Analytical
  
  Skills:
  
  Synthesizes complex or diverse information, prioritizes projects, and determines the best way of meeting deadlines and requirements.
• Attendance & Punctuality:
  Schedules time off in advance, begins working on time, keeps absences within guidelines, ensures work responsibilities are covered when absent, and arrives at meetings and appointments on time. Coordinate substitute teacher coverage in advance of absence.
• Business Ethics:
  Works with integrity and ethically, upholds the school district's values, and abides by written school board policies and processes.
• Communication:
  Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English and take direction from supervisors. Expresses ideas and thoughts both verbally and in written form, exhibits good listening skills and comprehension, responds well to questions, and writes clearly and informatively. Edits work for spelling and grammar. Presents accurate numerical data effectively.
• Compliance:
  Within the specified functional area of authority, is personally accountable to understand and ensure regulatory and policy compliance with state and federal requirements in accordance with their respective job duties and responsibilities.
• Confidentiality:
  Maintains a high degree of confidentiality.
• Culture:
  Demonstrates and supports a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion through cultivating awareness, continuous development, and modeling inclusive behaviors.
• Customer Service:
  Provides prompt and high-quality service to parents/guardians, colleagues, and any internal/external customers. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations. Resolves issues in a timely and professional manner.
• Independence of Action:
  Sets goals and determines how to accomplish defined results with some guidelines. Follow precedents and procedures. Seeks assistance when confronted with difficult and/or unpredictable situations.
• Judgment:
  Displays willingness to make decisions timely, exhibits sound and accurate judgment, supports and explains reasoning for decisions, includes appropriate people in decision-making process, and takes responsibility for communication, including what is heard.
• Organization:
  Maintains a clean, safe, and functional classroom. Maintains a continuous workflow to meet daily/weekly/monthly deadlines.
• Safety:
  Attends required safety training, follows any established injury and…