Rac Math Teacher

Starting Date: Aug 3, 2026

Purpose: To plan, organize, and present instruction and instructional environments, which help the student learn subject matter and skills that will contribute to their education and social development. Also to guide students based on their individualized credit recovery needs and progress monitor student completion of courses required for on-time graduation.

This position serves students at The Rowan Achievement Center, a small-setting, non-traditional learning environment designed for students who need smaller classes, individualized academic support, and opportunities to accelerate credit in order to graduate early, recover credits, catch up with their cohort, or remain on track for graduation. Students at the Rowan Achievement Center are served within three models:

• Eagle Academy for alternative placement
• Ascend Academy as a small setting school with accelerated credit attainment
• Renewal Academy as a transition school with short-term placement support

Supervises: May coordinate and direct the activities of teacher assistants.

• Management of Instructional Time The teacher has materials, supplies, and equipment for each lesson ready at the start of the lesson or instructional activity; gets the class started quickly; gets students on task quickly at the beginning of each lesson; maintains a high level of student time‑on‑task.
• Management of Student Behavior The teacher has established a set of rules and procedures that govern the handling of routine administrative matters; governs student verbal participation and talk during different types of activities; governs student movement in the classroom; frequently monitors the behavior of all students; stops inappropriate behavior promptly and consistently while maintaining the dignity of the student.
• Instructional Presentation The teacher begins lesson or instructional activity with a review of previous materials; introduces the lesson or instructional activity and specific learning objectives when appropriate; speaks fluently and precisely; presents the lesson or instructional activity using concepts and language understandable to the students; provides relevant examples and demonstrations to illustrate concepts and skills; assigns tasks that students handle with a high rate of success;
  
  conducts lesson or instructional activity at a brisk pace, slowing presentations when necessary for student understanding but avoiding slowdowns; makes transitions between lessons and between instructional activities within lessons efficiently and smoothly; makes sure that the assignment is clear; summarizes the main point(s) of the lesson at the end of the lesson or instructional activity.
• Instructional Monitoring of Student Performance The teacher maintains clear, firm, and reasonable work and standards and due dates; circulates during class work to check all students’ performance; routinely uses oral, written, and other work products to check students’ progress; poses questions clearly and one at a time.
• Instructional Feedback The teacher provides feedback on the correctness or incorrectness of in‑class work to encourage student growth; regularly provides prompt feedback on assigned out-of-class work; affirms a correct oral response appropriately and moves on; provides sustaining feedback after an incorrect response or no response by probing, repeating the questions, giving a clue, or allowing more time.
• Facilitating Instruction The teacher has an instructional plan compatible with the school and system curricular goals; uses diagnostic information to develop and revise objectives and/or tasks; maintains accurate records to document student performance; matches instructional plans to students’ needs at the appropriate level of difficulty; uses available resources to support the instructional program.
• Interacting Within the Education Environment The teacher treats all students in a fair and equitable manner, interacts effectively with students, co‑workers, parents and community. Communicates regularly with families regarding student progress, attendance, academic concerns, and…