DESCRIPTION

The Secondary School Mathematics Teacher is responsible for teaching various levels of Math for grades 7^th-12^th. The Math teacher will collaborate with other members of the department on implementing curriculum and assessments.  Other responsibilities include attending department and faculty meetings, other meetings as needed for student support, and additional roles outside of the classroom for campus involvement.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plans, prepares, and executes developmentally supportive math lessons in accordance with Oakwood’s Math department learning outcomes.
• Collaborates with fellow Math teachers in designing and developing curriculum.
• Commitment to our DEIB values and goals, as stated in our DEIB mission statement.
• Maintains regular communication with student-support team members: parents, teachers, student services, deans, and other administrators and updates an organized assignment calendar and gradebook in Oakwood School’s learning management system.
• Serves in our Study Center twice a week to provide assistance to students.
• Constructively contributes to department and faculty meetings, as well as parent conferences; engages in regular communication with parents and administrators; and performs occasional supervisory duties.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the essential functions of this job, the incumbent must be able to do the following:

• Stand for extended periods
• Sit for extended periods
• Bend and reach for filing and other job-related functions
• Climb up and down stairs
• Bend, stoop, and lift to move and retrieve materials
• Pull, push, and lift
• Reach both above and below shoulder height.  

Specific visual abilities include the following:

• Close vision
• Color vision
• Depth perception, and
• The ability to adjust focus.
• Must be able to visually inspect work.
• Manual dexterity to operate computer and other office equipment required.

The physical demands described above are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 3+ years of Math teaching experience required
• Maintains high quality standards and pays rigorous attention to details
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, possess curiosity and has an enthusiasm for learning
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and social justice both in and out of the classroom
• Positive attitude, flexible approach, and ability to develop close working relationships with students and colleagues
• Proficient calculator skills with the TI-84 Plus series
• Proficient computer skills with Google Drive and Microsoft Windows Office products

About Oakwood School

Oakwood School is a K-12 coeducational day school in North Hollywood, California that opened its doors in 1951. The school has remained faithful to its original mission ever since: to create a diverse educational environment where young people are partners with the adults who teach them and learn from them; where the best means of preparing students for the future is to immerse them in the present; where a healthy learning environment requires joy and humor as well as rigorous intensity; and where students’ intellectual and aesthetic depth – along with their capacity for empathy and moral courage – emerge out of authentic engagement with their teachers, one another, and the world around them.

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