Math Teacher at Mill Creek Middle School (26-27 SY)

Catawba County Schools • Claremont, NC

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of this role is to plan, organize, and present instruction and instructional environments that help students learn subject matter and skills that will contribute to their educational and social development. This includes managing instructional time, student behavior, instructional presentation, monitoring student performance, providing feedback, facilitating instruction, and interacting effectively within the educational environment. The teacher will also perform non-instructional duties as assigned and adhere to established laws, policies, rules, and regulations, while also following a plan for professional development and demonstrating evidence of growth.

Requirements

• Degree in education or in a related area that will qualify for licensure as a teacher by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
• Ability to constantly monitor the safety and well-being of students, particularly when a student is participating in an inclusive activity.
• Ability to motivate students.
• Ability to maintain a clean and orderly environment.
• Ability to perform general clerical duties.
• Ability to maintain order and discipline in a classroom.
• Ability to operate common office machines.
• Ability to maintain basic files and records.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.
• Must be able to use a variety of equipment and classroom tools such as computers, copiers, typewriters, calculators, pencils, scissors, and equipment for children with special needs.
• Must be able to exert a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
• Physical requirements are consistent with Light Work due to amount of time spent standing and/or walking.
• Data Conception: Ability to compare and/or judge the characteristics of data, people or things.
• Interpersonal Communication: Ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information, including receiving instructions, assignments and/or directions from superiors.
• Language Ability: Ability to read various correspondence, reports, handbooks, forms, lists, etc. Ability to prepare correspondence, simple reports, forms, instructional materials, etc., using a prescribed format.
• Intelligence: Ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; interpret extensive technical instructions; and deal with abstract and concrete variables.
• Verbal Aptitude: Ability to record and deliver information, explain procedures, and follow oral and written instructions. Must be able to communicate effectively and efficiently in a variety of technical or professional languages.
• Numerical Aptitude: Ability to utilize mathematical formulas; perform basic arithmetic operations; utilize decimals and percentages; and apply principles of descriptive statistics, statistical inference and statistical theory.
• Form/Spatial Aptitude: Ability to inspect items for proper length, width and shape.
• Motor Coordination: Ability to coordinate hands and eyes rapidly and accurately in using office equipment.
• Manual Dexterity: Ability to handle a variety of items such as office equipment and hand tools. Minimal levels of eye/hand/foot coordination.
• Color Discrimination: Ability to differentiate between colors and shades of color.
• Interpersonal Temperament: Ability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions. Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations.
• Physical Communication: Ability to talk and hear. Must be able to communicate via telephone.

Responsibilities

• Management of Instructional Time: Ensure materials, supplies, and equipment are ready for each lesson, get the class started quickly, get students on task quickly, and maintain a high level of student time-on-task.
• Management of Student Behavior: Establish rules and procedures for routine matters, student participation, and movement within the classroom. Frequently monitor student behavior and address inappropriate behavior promptly and consistently while maintaining student dignity.
• Instructional Presentation: Begin lessons with a review of previous materials, introduce new lessons and objectives, speak fluently and precisely, use understandable concepts and language, provide relevant examples and demonstrations, assign tasks with a high success rate, ask appropriate questions, conduct lessons at a brisk pace while adjusting for understanding, make efficient transitions, ensure assignments are clear, and summarize main points at the end of the lesson.
• Instructional Monitoring of Student Performance: Maintain clear, firm, and reasonable work standards and due dates. Circulate during class work to check all students’ performance. Routinely use oral, written, and other work products to check student progress. Pose questions clearly and one at a time.
• Instructional Feedback: Provide feedback on the correctness or incorrectness of in-class work to encourage student growth. Regularly provide prompt feedback on assigned out-of-class work. Affirm correct oral responses appropriately and provide sustaining feedback after incorrect responses or no response by probing, repeating the question, giving a clue, or allowing more time.
• Facilitating Instruction: Have an instructional plan compatible with school and system-wide curricular goals. Use diagnostic information to develop and revise objectives and/or tasks. Maintain accurate records of student performance. Ensure the instructional plan aligns objectives, learning strategies, assessment, and student needs. Use available human and material resources to support the instructional program.
• Interacting Within the Educational Environment: Treat all students fairly and equitably. Interact effectively with students, co-workers, parents, and the community.
• Performing Non-Instructional Duties: Carry out assigned non-instructional duties, adhere to established laws, policies, rules, and regulations, and follow a plan for professional development.
• Perform other related work as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level