Hybrid Elementary/Middle School Math Teacher

Friendship Public Charter School; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Friendship Public Charter School in Washington seeks dedicated educators to create a classroom culture of high achievement and foster students’ intellectual, social, and emotional development. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to providing a world-class education to historically underserved communities.

This role involves daily instruction aligned with Friendship’s curriculum and active collaboration with staff to enhance student learning experiences. Experience and certifications in teaching are preferred.

Qualifications

• Commitment to providing a world-class education to historically underserved communities.
• Experience in the role preferred.
• Undergraduate GPA of 3.0 and above.

Responsibilities

• Create a classroom culture of high achievement.
• Provide daily instruction with learning outcomes and assessments.
• Collaborate with staff to enhance students' learning experience.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment

Education

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university

Job description

Responsibilities

• Create a classroom culture of high achievement and student ownership of their learning that helps foster students’ intellectual, social and emotional development.
• Provide daily instruction, including clear learning outcomes, well‑designed lessons and high‑quality assessments that align to Friendship’s curriculum and standards.
• Incorporate into lessons creative, hands‑on learning experiences that broaden students’ exposure and interests, help foster student ingenuity and require application of knowledge and skills acquired through daily instruction.
• Provide a classroom environment that is visually appealing, rich with resources aligned to curriculum and standards and honors student’s achievement with current and accurate displays of exemplary student work.
• Communicate to students to understand their talents, interests and needs and to convey learning expectations and their progress toward meeting those expectations.
• Communicate regularly with families to identify students’ talents, interests and needs and update parents regarding students’ achievements and progress.
• Collaborate with school-based staff and throughout the Friendship network in staff meetings, regular analysis sessions and professional learning designed to enhance students’ learning experience and increase student achievement.
• Team members working at one of Friendship’s Online Academies will work in a hybrid capacity, with a potential of 3 days a week in person and 2 days a week virtually in collaboration with other team members, scholars, and learning coaches. Throughout the year, there will also be times when team members will report in‑person to support testing, participate in check and connect sessions, field trips, in‑person tutoring, professional development, etc. Friendship’s Online Academy Team Members are required to participate in all in‑person activities. The number of in‑person days varies from month to month depending on scheduled activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
• Commitment to providing a world‑class education to students from historically underserved communities
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced and rapidly changing environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the role
• Identified as "in field"
• Has a university degree in their field of teaching;
• Has an active certification in their field of teaching; and/or
• Has demonstrated at least one year of effective teaching in their field as measured by the LEA’s teacher evaluation system.
• Undergraduate GPA of 3.0 and above
• Evidence of ongoing professional development and/or continuing education

Praxis Certification Information

• For upcoming Praxis test date please visit the website at www.ets.org/praxis
• For HQ requirements visit http://osse.dc.gov

Curriculum Information

• Math - https://greatminds.org/math/eurekamath

Equal Employment Opportunity

FPCS’s policy is to provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, veteran status, status as a special disabled veteran, or any other protected criteria as established by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to recruitment and hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, transfer, layoff, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment. Employment decisions at FPCS are based solely upon relevant criteria, including an individual’s capabilities, qualifications, training, experience and suitability.

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