Middle School Math ICT Teacher

Position: Middle School Math ICT Teacher (6-8)
Location: Long Island City

Middle School Math ICT (Integrated Co-Teaching) Teacher

VOICE Charter School (http://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).) is an elementary and middle school located in Long Island City, Queens that serves about 650 students across grades K-8. We are located just minutes from Manhattan (two stops outside of Manhattan on the F, N, and W train lines) and Long Island City's growing waterfront district, thriving arts community, and rapid residential growth. We are looking to identify extraordinary educators and administrators committed to urban education who wish to join a dynamic professional learning community.

Our mission is to create a safe and healthy learning environment that will nurture, motivate and challenge all of our children to achieve the highest level of academic excellence and to develop into mindful, responsible, contributing participants in their education, their community and the diverse society in which we live.

What makes VOICE different?

At VOICE, it's not just about the music. It's about the people. It's about what you can be. It's about using your passion. It's about relationships. It's about having the opportunity to choose. It's about caring enough. It's about each individual child and adult.

We believe in efficacy. At the core of our academic culture is the idea that all students are capable of doing well in any discipline. At VOICE, all students will learn - being smart is not something that you are, it is something you become. At VOICE, you will be pushed to become more.

We support and develop the effectiveness of our teachers. We believe that teachers need time to collaborate to build their practice, so we provide our team with over two hours of planning time a day as well as additional days for collaborative thought partnership and planning during the school year.

We promote participation in music and the arts. As music and art help develop problem solving and critical thinking skills and open children's imaginations, all VOICE students participate in and learn from daily activities in the arts including rigorous choral training. We design our arts-integrated curriculum to bring joy and wonder to the lives of our children, providing them with the skills necessary to forge their own path.

All Staff at VOICE:

* Love and nurture all of our students as they become deeply caring and responsible individuals;

* Take personal responsibility and work collaboratively to ensure that all students achieve and grow, understanding that the performance and progress of our students is directly under our control;

* Ask questions and empower students to exercise curiosity and wonder about the world around them;

* Hold themselves to the highest standards;

* Push and support themselves, their students, and their colleagues;

* Proactively seek and incorporate feedback;

* Help each individual child gain the opportunity to choose what his or her future will be.

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Position Responsibilities:

The Middle School Math ICT Teacher provides students in grades 6-8 with a safe and healthy learning environment that will nurture, motivate and challenge all children to achieve the highest level of academic excellence and to develop into mindful, responsible, contributing participants in their education and communities.

Curriculum and Planning

* Learn content and skills as detailed in curriculum support materials (e.g. teacher guides), VOICE framework for teaching, as well as Common Core or other related standards

* Develop purposeful, rigorous, and engaging daily and long-term plans aligned to standards, and regularly revisit these materials

* Submit necessary curriculum documents (e.g. scope and sequence, curriculum maps, lesson plans, reteach plans, intellectual preparation documents) as requested

* Create, administer, and analyze meaningful and frequent assessments from which reteaches are planned

* Maintain the necessary records of student progress toward academic goals; meet deadlines for submitting data to other departments

* Consult with departmental colleagues on curriculum support materials and planning to support intellectual preparation and classroom instruction

In the Classroom

* Maintain a productive, safe, and disciplined learning environment in which classroom values, teaching points, process charts, and student work are clearly displayed

* Maximize instruction time by keeping the flow of classroom activities moving smoothly and efficiently throughout the day

* Uphold all school policies and middle school specific policies (including but not limited to: student attendance, reporting of absence and lateness within a period, independent student transitions, assigned seats) within the classroom

* Infuse VOICE values, rigor, and joy into lessons

* Integrate feedback and goal-setting into lesson delivery

* Provide the differentiation and accommodations needed for the growth and success of all students; go above and beyond to ensure that all students are meeting appropriate…