High School Level Core Subject Teachers

Averroes High School is seeking a highly professional and skilled teacher who is proficient in High School subjects (Math, English, Science, PE, etc).

Job Scope.

Job Summary

Core responsibilities of a subject teacher includes planning, developing, and compiling a comprehensive language based educational program for students and delivering quality instruction to students, resulting in their overall development.

Job Description:

1. Teach as a lead teacher in the main class, teach classes and as a secondary teacher in complimentary classes (TA, mentor, duties, lunch, salah etc). 
2. Collaborate with others teachers and their subjects using PBL and other strategies to integrate the teaching across the curriculum
3. Be a community member willing and able to commit to the development of each child, and engage in the greater parent community
4. Provide interactive and meaningful learning material to students, maintaining a positive learning environment for active participation of students, assigning homework, and conducting class tests for analyzing their progress
5. Further develop the existing curriculum that challenges the learning ability of students and ensures overall development of language and skill
6. Provide learning material and language reference books to the students, utilizing available resources in school curriculum to monitor, access, and evaluate students’ learning abilities
7. Optimize the use of grading LMS and SMS
8. Establish and maintain a healthy relationship with students, parents, and other working staff members, managing the students’ behavior in the classroom and the school premises, and implementing appropriate behavior management strategies
9. File and maintain all forms of physical and computerized documents, records, and reports of the students for general and academic records
10. Actively participate in all important departmental and parent meetings as well as other school related activities. About 2-4 evenings/weekends per month
11. Teach in a Project Based Learning environment that implements restorative practices and encourages student inquiry
12. Be a mentor/advisor to a group of students

Requirements:

1. Bachelor’s Degree or higher in subject or its equivalent from an accredited college or university. MA or PhD preferred
2. Teaching license or certificate, or at least 3+ years of teaching experience
3. Strong interpersonal skills for effectively transferring knowledge possessed
4. Teach classes in subject areas
5. Carry out professional duties and to maintain responsibility for an assigned class and students.
6. Be responsible for the day-to-day work and management of the class and the safety and welfare of the pupils, during on-site and off-site activities.
7. Promote the aims and objectives of the school and maintain its philosophy of education.
8. Improve on yourself personally and professionally while being a part of the Averroes team/community.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Create and maintain an environment of learning, growth, and development for students.
2. Plan for and teach classes as assigned in the subject area.
3. Maintain records including grades, disciplinary, appropriate growth, and change in students areas based on teacher goals and student goals.
4. Support students with IEPs and or special accommodations, as needed.
5. Present proper and regular communication amongst students, staff, parents, and the community around curriculum, student progress, grades, and narratives.
6. Be a subject matter expert.

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Contact

Name: Shabnem Lakhani

Title: Director of Operations

School Information

Averroes High School

43433 Mission Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539, USA

http://www.averroeshighschool.com

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