Math Teacher - High School

Description Math Teacher About Elevated Life Academy

Elevated Life Academy is a private school in Phoenix, Arizona, with the mission of “Empowering Students - Preparing For Life.” The school is designed for students who benefit from a structured, supportive academic environment, individualized instruction, real-life application, social-emotional support, and preparation for life beyond high school.

Elevated Life Academy is seeking a compassionate, skilled, and student-centered Math Teacher to provide engaging and practical mathematics instruction in a supportive secondary school environment. The ideal candidate will help students strengthen foundational math skills, build confidence, develop problem-solving abilities, and understand how math applies to everyday life, future careers, independent living, and post-high school success.

This teacher will design and deliver differentiated math instruction, support students with diverse learning needs, implement accommodations and modifications, collaborate with families and staff, and create a classroom environment where students feel safe, capable, and empowered to grow.

• Develop and deliver engaging math lessons aligned with student needs, academic standards, and school goals.
• Teach assigned math courses and skills, which may include foundational math, pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, measurement, data interpretation, consumer math, budgeting, financial literacy, and real-world problem solving.
• Differentiate instruction for students with varying academic levels, learning styles, processing needs, and support plans.
• Incorporate real-life applications into math instruction, consistent with Elevated Life Academy’s emphasis on helping students understand how classroom content applies to everyday life and adult responsibilities.
• Use a variety of instructional methods, including direct instruction, guided practice, small-group instruction, hands‑on activities, visual supports, manipulatives, technology, project-based learning, and independent practice.
• Help students build confidence with math by breaking concepts into clear, manageable steps and providing frequent opportunities for practice, feedback, and success.

• Create a structured, positive, and supportive classroom environment that promotes academic growth, emotional regulation, independence, and confidence.
• Support students with unique learning, emotional, behavioral, and developmental needs through patience, consistency, and individualized strategies. Elevated Life Academy specifically serves students who may need a more structured academic setting, social skills support, emotional regulation support, transition planning, and individualized instruction.
• Implement accommodations, modifications, behavior supports, and instructional strategies as outlined in student plans.
• Encourage student self‑advocacy, perseverance, respectful communication, and personal responsibility.
• Monitor student progress and adjust instruction based on academic performance, engagement, behavior, and individual goals.

• Collaborate with school leadership, special education staff, related service providers, families, and other team members to support student success.
• Participate in IEP implementation and provide relevant classroom data, observations, work samples, and progress updates.
• Maintain accurate documentation related to student grades, attendance, accommodations, progress, behavior, and classroom performance.
• Support Elevated Life Academy’s partnership‑based approach with families, including transparent communication, collaborative IEP implementation, regular progress updates, and a welcoming school culture.

• Use formative and summative assessments to evaluate student understanding and skill development.
• Track progress in math fluency, computation, problem solving, conceptual understanding, applied math, and independence.
• Provide timely, constructive feedback to students.
• Prepare grades, progress reports, and family communication as required.
• Use student data to guide instructional planning, reteaching,…