Middle School Teachers (Math and/or Science) - 2024-25 School Year
Wissahickon Charter School
- Philadelphia, PA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Establish and maintain a learning environment that excites, invests, and motivates students to achieve academic and behavioral expectations
- Design and implement organized, differentiated unit and lesson plans aligned with WCS' curriculum
- Work collaboratively with grade team, learning specialists, teaching assistants, and other staff to support student growth
- Build classroom community through the development of CARES values (CARES stands for Collaboration, Academic Excellence, Responsibility, Empathy and Self-Reflection)
- Consistently implement WCS' student management practices within the classroom and throughout school
- Establish and maintain relationships with families through regular communication, updates and opportunities for involvement
- Track student performance and use data from Wissahickon Charter School's internal assessments to drive instruction and behavior interventions
- Exemplify WCS' CARES values in all interactions with students, families and colleagues
- Seek out and be receptive to feedback from the school's administrators and peers with the goal of improving instructional and culture-building skills
- Participate in all professional development, team planning and data analysis meetings
- Assume other duties as assigned by the administrative team
- Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred
- Current or pending relevant teaching certification highly preferred
- Teaching experience in an urban setting
- Strong instructional and classroom management skills, with a record of increasing students' academic and behavioral growth
- Knowledge of Pennsylvania and Common Core Standards
- Receptiveness to feedback, positive attitude, and a desire to continuously improve
- Flexible and able to adjust instructional strategies in order to reach goals
- High level of personal organization, planning, and follow-through
- Strong oral and written communication skills and the ability to effectively communicate with students, families, supervisors and colleagues
- Collaborative work style; including maturity, humility, and a sense of humor
- All required clearances
- A commitment to honest and open dialogue about race, equity and bias in our school systems and relationship
- Belief in Wissahickon Charter Schools' mission and environmental education model, and the belief that all children can learn and succeed