High School Math Teacher - View Park High School

Position Overview: Math Teacher Location: Los Angeles, CA Reports to: Principal Direct Reports: None Category: Certificated Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA) Status: Exempt Pay Cycle: 11 months Salary Range: Starting at $68,000, commensurate with experience Benefits: Full-time employees of ICEF Public Schools are entitled to Medical, Life Insurance, Dental and Vision plans, and various retirement programs offered by ICEF Public Schools. About ICEF ICEF Public Schools is a nonprofit charter school network committed to educating and empowering courageous leaders who embrace their full potential for college, career, and life. Our work is rooted in five mission-aligned pillars: Educating and Empowering Courageous Leaders Providing a Diverse Community that Honors Each Student’s Uniqueness Fostering Academic Excellence Nurturing Healthy Minds Inspiring Critical Thinkers To learn more, visit Position Overview Our belief that teachers and school leaders are the most significant factor in whether or not a child is successful in school drives our culture and our commitment to our staff. Working at ICEF provides a unique opportunity to work with others who share the same purpose, and a chance to grow as a professional with the multiple layers of support we provide. This is an on-site position based at a school site; remote work is not available for this role. Essential Functions Teaching Methods Teachers are expected to employ a wide variety of teaching methods designed to create opportunities for deep understanding and differentiated instruction for all levels of ability within a class, including serving students identified with special needs. Teachers are expected to use ICEF Common Assessments and Unit Assessment results to determine differentiated instruction needed for low and high performing students. Teachers are expected to implement ICEF’s Essential Elements and Core Values: Instructional Model College-Going Culture, College Style Discourse, College Level Analytical Writing, College Style Study Habits, and Backward Mapping to College Standards, and the use of technology through Blended learning. Learning Environment Teachers will create and maintain a nurturing, structured, and engaging classroom environment. Teachers are expected to have a coherent plan for classroom discipline and to keep clear and specific documentation of all interventions taken to correct student behavior before referring a student out of class. Performance and Grading Teachers are expected to aspire to effective performance in all areas of the ICEF core values, principles, and instructional strategies as described in the ICEF Teacher Effectiveness Framework. Teachers will provide clear information to students and parents regarding class objectives, weekly assignments, homework requirements, grading rubrics, and grading scale. Teachers are expected to use Illuminate to maintain accurate and up-to-date records of attendance, and coursework, and to submit student report cards and school-wide assessment records on time. Collaboration Teachers are expected to collaborate with Special Education Team and ELL Support Staff to ensure that students with additional needs are able to access the curriculum. Teachers are expected to attend and participate in monthly Parent Engagement Meetings, Back-to-School Nights, Parent Conferences, and office hours/tutoring as communicated by the administration and track all efforts to create consistent and meaningful communication with parents. Curriculum Teachers will create a powerfully engaging curriculum designed to move students toward meeting the proficient performance of the high priority standards identified in ICEF Instructional Guides and California Common Core Standards. Teachers will regularly provide lesson plans to the Principal as requested. Professional Responsibilities Teachers are expected to participate actively in all professional development sessions. Teachers will work required school hours (half an hour before the school day begins to 4:00 p.m.), dress professionally, and adhere professional code of conducts. Teachers will perform other duties as assigned by the school Principal. Additional Duties Performs other duties as assigned. Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; frequently required to talk or hear; and occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms, and/or use hands to finger, handle, or feel. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to move and/or lift up to twenty-five (25) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Minimum Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree – required, Master’s - preferred Possession of a valid Multiple/Single Subject (internship, preliminary, or clear) California Teaching Credential Possession of either a Bilingual, Cross-Cultural, Language or Academic Development (BCLAD) certificate; a Cross-Cultural, Language and Academic Development (CLAD) certificate; a Bilingual Certificate of Competence (BCC); or a Language Development Specialist (LDS) certificate is desirable; EL Authorization Desire to teach in an urban school environment Confident in managing student behavior Ability to work under pressure and adapt to change easily Demonstrated success working with students from educationally underserved areas ICEF is an Equal Opportunity Employer ICEF Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, association with a member of a protected class, bereavement leave, color, disability (physical, intellectual/developmental, or mental health/psychiatric.), exercising the right to family care and medical leave related to serious health condition of employee or family member, child bonding, or military exigencies, engaging in protected activity, gender identity or expression, genetic information or characteristic, marital status, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristic), military and veteran status, national origin (includes language restrictions), pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions, Pregnancy Disability Leave (PDL), race (includes hairstyle and hair texture, religious creed (including dress and grooming practices), reproductive health decision making, sex/gender, and sexual orientation. #J-18808-Ljbffr ICEF Public Schools