WAY Michigan Math Teacher

Position Type:

High School Teaching

Date Posted:

7/17/2023

Location:

Online

Date Available:

Immediately

Closing Date:

Until Filled

District:

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Job Description

Find Your WAY Join WAY's Teaching Team

Welcome to an educational experience that encourages collaboration, achieving excellence, and a clear path to college and careers. Welcome to a place where every student is provided with a personalized, project based student-centered learning experience, unique in-school, and online environments with 24/7 live access to educators.

WAY provides young people with a world-class education so that he/she is prepared with the tools for success in life after graduating with a high school diploma. WAY is changing the way students are being taught by embracing the way they already learn.

Starting with one school in 2012 on Detroit's southwest side, the WAY Network of Charter Schools has grown to serve over 650 students from different communities at 3 separate locations in Detroit and Flint.

As WAY continues to grow in size and impact, we are always looking for great people to join our team and mission.

WAY Non-Negotiables:

• A history of achieving excellence
• A strong desire to work as part of a collaborative team
• Belief in WAY's approach to student-centered learning
• A professional history of over-delivery

Purpose of Job

An expert is a certified teacher in a specific content area and is in charge of creating engaging projects and learning opportunities for students. They work with a cohort of students as a part of a multidisciplinary team to ensure academic growth and development.

Qualifications: Michigan Math Teaching Certification

Salary and Benefits

Highly competitive

Special Knowledge/Skills:

• Deep understanding of multidisciplinary project-based learning and experienced in engaging students in hands-on learning while maintaining academic rigor
• Skilled in interdisciplinary planning, collaboration, and able to work well with a wide range of stakeholders (colleagues, parents, students, community members, etc.)
• Able to teach diverse learners and well-versed in instructional strategies for serving students of different skill levels in the same instructional setting
• Organized, reflective, participatory, and punctual
• Deep understanding of data-driven decision making and formative assessment used to plan and modify instructional practices
• Experienced in integrating technology into their teaching and can support student learning using technology
• Understanding and use of Professional Learning Community interactions in the collaboration and planning process

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

Teachers will be highly qualified in their endorsement area, be proficient in the use of technology, and work well with colleagues to meet the needs of our school and our students. In addition, staff will be responsible for the following:

• Engage students while maintaining rigor;

• Develop engaging, creative, and appropriate projects and resources

• Employ a variety of instructional strategies and media which meets students' needs and abilities

• Instructs students in making, building, doing, and presenting/talking about their work

• Sponsors students' field-based experiences

• Model and participate in the learning expectations that students are accomplishing

• Develop appropriate relationships with students and colleagues

• Develop interdisciplinary curriculum across the core team

• Be open-minded and participative in all aspects of the school

• Take time to get to know each other, encourage networking, collegiality, mutual support, and deep individual and collective reflection among the staff

• Personalize instruction

• Support struggling students and challenge strong students

• Set the expectation that all students participate in all classroom activities

• Be role models for student regarding life-long learning, student achievement, and professional behavior

• Assess student performance on a regular basis and provide frequent feedback & progress reports in accordance with policies

• Teach to the diversity of students in the lab

• Maintain accurate, complete and confidential records as required by law, district policy, and administrative requirements

• Promptly respond to parents' questions and concerns

• Encourage parent participation

• Provide meaningful, personalized comments.

• Act as the primary advocate for the student, both socially and academically

• Take all necessary and reasonable precautions to protect students, self, equipment, materials, and facilities in order to provide a safe learning environment.

• Maintain and improve competence through participation in professional development.

• Integrate parents and community partners into coursework and the school environment

• Act as an advisor for a group of students by planning and facilitating regularly scheduled meetings

• Support student recruitment, community outreach, and partnership creation

• Attend all required meetings and serve on committees as required

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

W-A-Y is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. No W-A-Y employee will discriminate unlawfully against an applicant for employment or fellow employee because of race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, height, weight, marital status, veteran status, physical or mental disability which is unrelated to the person's ability to do the job, or any other unlawful criteria.