Hawthorne
Job DescriptionSalary: $65,001 - $112,613 based on experience and schooling DA VINCI SCHOOLS TEACHER - HIGH SCHOOL MATHEMATICS DEFINITION Under direction, teach and instruct pupils in grades 9 through 12 in secondary academic subject matter, social, behavioral, and other educational skill areas; plan, develop, organize, and conduct a comprehensive educational program for secondary level pupils in mathematics instruction. Da Vinci Schools are project-based, college preparatory schools, each with a distinct focus which drives the curriculum students take in addition to their A-G college preparatory requirements. As a project-based school, class curricula are centered around projects, which teach students the essential skills and knowledge of a course. Da Vinci teachers use Mastery Based Grading and work with industry partners to provide real-world connections to their projects. Da Vinci Schools is looking for candidates who desire to: • Work closely with a grade level team to plan interdisciplinary projects and units, • Create and implement project-based curriculum, • Connect student work to the world outside the classroom, • Actively create space for diverse voices and points of view that reinforce each students identity, • Act as an advisor to a group of students, • Engage in self-reflection and a diversity of thinking, particularly related to the schools mission to support diversity, equity inclusion and anti-racism EXAMPLES OF DUTIES • Teach and instruct in subject matter areas commonly found in a comprehensive secondary education program., • Collaborate on a course of study, instructional program guidelines, and other materials in planning and developing lesson plans and teaching outlines., • Pursue a variety of methodology in teaching and instructing pupils, including lectures, demonstrations, discussions, lectures, and laboratory experiences., • Conduct teaching and instructional activities, using educational equipment, materials, books, and other learning aids., • Plan, develop, and utilize a variety of instructional materials and aids appropriate to the intellectual and instructional level of pupils from varied socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, and who possess a range of mental and emotional maturity., • Review, analyze, and evaluate the history, background, and assessment of pupils in designing instructional programs to meet individual educational needs., • Individualize and adapt educational processes and procedures to enhance pupil educational opportunities., • Provide group and individual instruction to motivate pupils, and effectively utilize the time available for instructional activities., • Maintain appropriate standards of pupil behavior, using behavioral management strategies and techniques, including positive reinforcement and behavior shaping procedures., • Review, analyze, evaluate, and report pupil academic, social, and emotional growth., • Select and requisition appropriate educational supplies, materials, books, equipment, and learning aids., • Perform a variety of non-instructional duties, including curriculum and instructional development activities, student supervision, and consultation activities. KNOWLEDGE OF: • A wide-range of effective teaching strategies and student assessment tools to ensure student learning and student goal achievement., • Working knowledge of technology and computer software applications relative to instruction, assessment and teacher recordkeeping., • Demonstrated sensitivity and support for diversity in student backgrounds, • California Standards for the Teaching Profession current version, • Current assessment methodologies, their use and efficacy, • Federal, state and local laws, policies and procedures related to duties as a teacher, • Correct English usage, grammar and spelling, punctuation and vocabulary, • Oral and written communication Interpersonal skills using tact, patience, diligence and courtesy ABILITY TO: • Work independently with appropriate direction., • Manage and prioritize multiple activities and work with frequent interruptions Communicate orally, in writing and through technology to express ideas, thoughts, lesson materials, and instructions to students, community, and staff., • Work in multi-ethnic community and be sensitive to those with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, • Perform problem-solving tasks requiring independent judgment, • Maintain accurate records and prepare reports, • Work confidentially with discretion, • Integrate technology into instruction, • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with others, • Meet personal and student schedules and timelines, • Understand and interpret rules and written directions and apply to specific situations, • Ability to operate office and classroom technology including, but not limited to: computer, webcam, LCD projector, copy machine, white board, document camera and use of related instructional software and hardware, • Work effectively as part of a school team. QUALIFICATIONS: • Hold a Bachelors Degree from an accredited university and a California Single Subject credential in Mathematics, including English Learner Authorization;, • Successful completion of interview, screen process and hiring requirements;