High School Teacher - Math, High School

Job Title:
Math Educator

Department: Learning
-Secondary

Pay Grade: Teacher's Salary Schedule

FLSA Status
:
Exempt

Reports to: Principal

This position is responsible for providing support to the instructional process by serving as a teacher with specific responsibility for ensuring secondary age students' success in academics, interpersonal skills and activities of daily living. Supervising students within the classroom and other assigned areas; developing lesson plans and delivering group and individual student instruction within established curriculum guidelines; collaborating with other teachers, other professional staff, and administrators in addressing instructional and/or classroom issues;

and responding to a wide range of inquiries from students' parents or guardians regarding instructional program and student progress.

• Instructs students improving their success in academic, interpersonal and daily living skills through a defined course of language study.
• Monitors students in a variety of educational environments providing a safe and positive learning environment.
• Manages student behavior providing a safe and optimal learning environment.
• Assesses student progress towards objectives, expectations, and/or goals providing feedback to students, parents and administration.
• Collaborates with instructional staff, other school personnel, parents and a variety of community resources improving the overall quality of student outcomes, achieving established classroom objectives in support of the school improvement plan.
• Advises parents and/or legal guardians of student progress for the purpose of communicating expectations; student's achievements; developing methods for improvement and/or reinforcing classroom goals in the home environment.
• Administers developmental testing programs, subject specific assessments, etc. for the purpose of assessing student competency levels and/or developing individual learning plans.
• Counsels students improving performance, health status, problem solving techniques and a variety of personal issues.
• Demonstrates methods required to perform classroom and/or subject specific assignments providing an effective program that address individual student requirements.
• Directs student teachers, paraprofessionals, volunteers and/or student workers providing an effective classroom program and addressing the needs of individual students.
• Facilitates student learning achieving success in academic, interpersonal and daily living skills through defined lesson plans.

• Maintains a variety of manual and electronic documents files and records providing up-to-date information and/or historical reference in accordance with established administrative guidelines and legal requirements.

• Participates in a variety of meetings and workshops conveying and/or gathering
  information required to perform functions.
• Prepares a variety of materials documenting student progress and meeting mandated
  requirements.
• Reports health and safety issues to assigned administrator and appropriate agencies maintaining students’ personal safety, a positive learning environment and complying with regulatory requirements and established guidelines.
• Responds to emergency situations resolving immediate safety concerns and/or directing to appropriate personnel for resolution.
• Responds to inquiries from a variety of sources resolving issues, providing information and/or direction.
• Performs other related duties as required/assigned.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university.
• Job related experience with increasing levels of responsibility is required.

• Missouri9-12 Math Teaching Certification, required.
• Must pass a Criminal Background Clearance, the results of which must be satisfactory tothe District, required.

• Knowledge of basic math, including calculations using fractions, percentages, and/or ratios; read technical information, compose a variety of documents, and/or facilitate group discussions; and analyze situations to define issues, draw conclusions and…