Math Teacher - Chicago, United States - Instituto del Progreso Latino

Instituto del Progreso Latino

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Chicago, United States

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Math Teacher (IHSCA)

COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Instituto Health Science Career Academy along with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) has set ambitious goals to ensure that every child-in every school and every neighborhood—has access to a world-class learning experience from birth, resulting in graduation from high school college
- and career-ready. In alignment with CPS/ISBE, our school strives to provide high quality and specially designed instructional supports and services for all students with disabilities within the least restrictive environment. We work collaboratively with the goal of improving the academic achievement of all students with disabilities by ensuring they receive meaningful and relevant access to grade level core instruction within the school. Teachers provide appropriate, effective, and culturally relevant instruction for grades 9-12 aligned to SAT, AVID College Readiness, and state standards. IHSCA ensures that students are provided a safe learning environment that supports student social-emotional growth as well as academics.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

_Planning and Instruction_

Actively working with fellow the leadership team and department members to develop an appropriate and rigorous curriculum for 9th12th grade students
Using all resources made available by leadership team and actively seeking out new sources of material to share with other department members
Continually following bestpractices to create a safe and inviting classroom environment that fosters both academic and socialemotional learning for all students
Completing IHSCA weekly lesson plans based on course scope and sequence in a timely manner and making adjustments as recommended by leadership team and/or administration
Creating lesson plans for all grades and courses being taught by the teacher
Creating and maintaining a substitute folder with lesson plans and materials
Uses STAR, AVID and Khan Academy data to accurately track student progress on both large scale standardized tests and coursespecific tests and quizzes
Designing projects that are rubricbased, rigorous, culturally relevant, and challenging for students
Ensuring that all students, including students with disabilities, receive appropriate accommodations/modifications as stipulated on and the Students with Disabilities Act
Collaborating in a timely fashion with the special education department to create opportunities for coteaching and positive whole group interactions with the SPED teacher in the general education classroom, including scaffold and differentiated instruction for all students
Providing students with scheduled office hours on a regular basis in order to assist students in need of extra help; regularly holding student/teacher conferences and documenting conferences
Submitting daily attendance into PowerSchool
Inputting grades into PowerSchool on a timely basis
Completing all SPED paperwork in a timely fashion
Complying with all regulatory paperwork requirements in a timely fashion

_Building School Culture_

Including a schoolwide focus on the social/cultural domain of learning and student experience, with an emphasis on incorporating the No Non-Sense Nurturer framework and health sciences related materials into the classroom on a regular basis
Supporting the science components of IHSCA's curriculum with applied math skills
Knowledge of and a commitment to uphold the mission, vision, and values of IHSCA
Taking attendance and submitting it to registrar office as stipulated by the registrar
Participating in to discuss academic student progress
Willingness to sponsoring extracurricular activities
Following all IHSCA schoolwide standards regarding teacher behaviors
Adhering to all IHSCA electronic and webbased rules and restrictions
Follow all guidelines found in the Instituto and IHSCA employee handbooks
Other duties as assigned

_Professional Educator and Leadership_

Identifies and participates in conferences, workshops and Professional Development sessions to keep up to date with the best teaching practices and implementing best practices in the classroom.
Working collaboratively with other core instructors to develop lesson plans that address a variety of student learning styles and needs
Work collaboratively with social workers, special education staff, and deans of students to ensure the behavioral and educational abilities of students are developed for success after high school.
Continually assessing personal and professional growth and advancing professional skills through the use of reflective practices.

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree in mathematics, mathematics education, or a combination of a mathematics and education degree
Previous experience teaching mathematics
Professional educator's license to teach high school math; Reading and/or ESL/bilingual endorsement a plus
Technologically in the use of the Internet and M