Math Teacher (Immediate Opening)

Job Title: Math Teacher

Department: Instruction

Reports to: Math Department Chair

FLSA Status: Exempt

Start Date: January 2021

Summary:

Blue Ridge School is an all-boys, all-boarding college preparatory school for 180 boys on a stunning 750-acre campus along the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Blue Ridge is only 20 miles from Charlottesville, Virginia, a vibrant community and home to the University of Virginia.

Blue Ridge educators gain the added satisfaction of working with students inside and outside the classroom which gives them a greater influence in shaping a student’s mind and character. Our teachers have the opportunity to lead athletic, outdoor, and other co-curricular activities based on their own passions.

The school provides an interactive learning environment in which teachers have a great amount of autonomy in their classrooms while enjoying the support of a collaborative faculty.  Using a college-preparatory curriculum with a high-degree of individual support, teachers can better prepare their students for college and careers in the 21st century. 

Most teachers live on campus in homes provided by the school. On-campus housing helps give our safe, family-oriented community the sense of a small village in which students and families live and work together.

The role of Math Teacher is a full-time, 9-month, position that has primary responsibilities to plan, organize and implement an appropriate instructional program in a learning environment that guides and encourages students to develop and fulfill their academic potential.  Our Math Teacher will teach 4 sections of Mathematics in a combination of upper level courses including, Statistics, Algebra II, Pre-Calculus, and Calculus.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plan, prepare and deliver instructional activities that facilitate active learning experiences
• Develop course syllabi and lesson plans
• Establish and communicate clear objectives for all learning activities
• Provide a variety of learning materials and resources for use in educational activities
• Identify and select different instructional resources and methods to meet students' varying learning styles
• Use relevant technology to support instruction
• Assign and grade class work, homework, tests and assignments to include regular constructive feedback on all work and assessments
• Observe, evaluate, and record each student's overall performance and development
• Encourage and monitor the progress of students
• Prepare reports and update all necessary records accurately, completely, and timely as required by school policies regarding students’ behavior and academic achievement
• Manage student behavior in the classroom by consistently enforcing rules and procedures
• Maintain discipline in accordance with the rules and disciplinary systems of the school
• Perform certain advisory duties including but not limited to student support, counseling students with academic problems and providing student encouragement
• Participate in department meetings, school meetings, and parent meetings
• Communicate necessary information regularly to students, colleagues and parents regarding student progress and student needs
• Keep up to date with developments in subject area, teaching resources and methods and make relevant changes to instructional plans and activities
• Work with students to make connections between mathematics and other disciplines in order to select the appropriate application of mathematics skills and concepts to solve problems
• Challenges students to think critically, communicate their understanding and problem solve
• Participate in extracurricular activities such as social activities, sporting activities, clubs and student organizations
• Participates on weekday and weekend duty teams
• Attends on-campus special events, such as Registration, Parents Weekend, Alumni Weekend, School sponsored mixers, etc.