Rising Tide Charter Public School is seeking a Grade 5 Mathematics Teacher for the 2024-2025 school year. Applicants must have a strong background in mathematics (a degree with a concentration in the subject area), a passion for working with middle school-aged students, as well as an interest in taking an inquiry- and skills-based approach to teaching and learning. School Profile:Rising Tide Charter Public School (Rising Tide) is a free charter public school in Massachusetts. Rising Tide serves approximately 620 students in grades 5-12 from 20 towns in the school’s designated region; the majority of the students are residents of Plymouth. Rising Tide provides an academically challenging environment with high standards for all in a safe, small, and rewarding setting. Teachers develop the curriculum based upon the schoolwide objectives, benchmark skills, and subject area essential questions; the curriculum is aligned with the Massachusetts State Frameworks. Teachers are encouraged to utilize an inquiry-based approach for building skills, content knowledge and understanding within the classroom. At Rising Tide, full-time teachers are a part of grade-level and curricular teams, are advisors for students, and are given opportunities for leadership within the school. Teachers also design and implement elective courses in addition to the courses in their primary discipline.To learn more about the school, please visit our website: www.risingtide.orgRising Tide Goals:•To foster in each student a love of learning and high achievement through encouragement to continuously improve in the acquisition of basic skills through work on integrated projects that reflect life’s real challenges.•To create a safe, supportive environment where each person treats others with respect and where a student can try new things and take risks without fearing teasing or failure.•To encourage each student to grow and take increasing responsibility, both academically and socially.•To create and develop in each student an awareness of the diversity both within and outside of the Rising Tide community and encourage tolerance, acceptance, and celebration of differences.•To create a close community of students, teachers, parents and community members who work together to encourage all students to develop into successful students, and later, into successful members of their local communities.Responsibilities:Responsibilities include designing and implementing curriculum, assessing student progress, and working together with grade-level and curricular teams in teaching and learning to build a supportive school environment.