Rac Math Teacher

Job Description

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.

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.

The Teacher has established a set of rules and procedures that govern routine administrative matters; student verbal participation and talk during different types of activities; student movement during different instructional activities; frequently monitors behavior of all students during whole‑class, small‑groups, and seat‑work activities and during transitions; stops inappropriate behavior promptly and consistently while maintaining student dignity.

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, adjusting when necessary for student understanding; makes transitions efficiently; ensures assignments are clear; summarizes the main point(s) at the end.

The Teacher maintains clear, firm, 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.

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 correct oral response appropriately; provides sustaining feedback after an incorrect response or no response by probing, repeating the question, giving a clue, or allowing more time.

The Teacher has an instructional plan that is compatible with the school and system curricular goals; uses diagnostic information from tests and other assessment procedures to develop and revise objectives and tasks; maintains accurate records to document student performance; aligns objectives, learning strategies, assessment, and student needs at appropriate level of difficulty; uses available human and material resources to support the instructional program.

The Teacher treats all students fairly and equitably, interacting effectively with students, co‑workers, parents and community; communicates regularly with families regarding student progress, attendance, academic concerns, opportunities for acceleration or intervention; collaborates with Principal, school counselor, data manager, support…