What are the responsibilities and job description for the High School Math Teacher (FTE 1.0) position at West Hartford Public Schools?
High School Math Teacher (FTE 1.0) JobID: 2580
Position Type
Secondary Teaching/Mathematics
Date Posted
2/24/2025
Location
West Hartford Public Schools
Date Available
08/25/2025
Closing Date
03/10/2025
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West Hartford Public Schools seeks to fill positions for high school math teachers for the 2025-2026 school year. Are you passionate about helping students unlock the power of mathematics? We are looking for dynamic, dedicated, and engaging high school math teachers to join our team and inspire the next generation of problem solvers.
Qualifications
Please review this infographic for more information about what makes our math department special.
Apply today! Please include a current resume, transcripts, copy of certification, and 3 letters of recommendation dated within the last 365 days. We look forward to hearing from you soon.
WHPS Teachers: Broad Function
The teacher is responsible for performing the related responsibilities necessary to help pupils develop skills, attitude, and knowledge that will contribute to their development as mature, able, and responsible citizens.
WHPS Teachers: Duties and Responsibilities:
Salary: negotiable per the teacher's salary schedule.
Click here for a message from WHPS to our prospective employees!
Equity and Anti-Racism Vision
We, the members of West Hartford Public Schools, dedicate ourselves to the pursuit of equity. Equitable schools are those that value and honor ALL in our community as unique individuals capable of maximizing their true potential. We make a solemn promise to identify and dismantle all elements of systemic racism and historical inequities. We vow to clear paths, with a relentless duty to those in traditionally marginalized groups. We pledge to partner with ALL families in the service of the success of each child.
Position Type
Secondary Teaching/Mathematics
Date Posted
2/24/2025
Location
West Hartford Public Schools
Date Available
08/25/2025
Closing Date
03/10/2025
Additional Information: Show/Hide
West Hartford Public Schools seeks to fill positions for high school math teachers for the 2025-2026 school year. Are you passionate about helping students unlock the power of mathematics? We are looking for dynamic, dedicated, and engaging high school math teachers to join our team and inspire the next generation of problem solvers.
Qualifications
- Strong math background and understanding of student-centered learning in a mathematics classroom
- All candidates must possess a current appropriate Connecticut teaching certification with Mathematics endorsement (029) or be immediately eligible
- Interest in teaching a variety of math courses as well as expertise or interest in teaching statistics and/or computer science courses
Please review this infographic for more information about what makes our math department special.
Apply today! Please include a current resume, transcripts, copy of certification, and 3 letters of recommendation dated within the last 365 days. We look forward to hearing from you soon.
WHPS Teachers: Broad Function
The teacher is responsible for performing the related responsibilities necessary to help pupils develop skills, attitude, and knowledge that will contribute to their development as mature, able, and responsible citizens.
WHPS Teachers: Duties and Responsibilities:
- Management of Classroom Environment.
- Creating/maintaining a positive learning environment
- Provides a safe physical environment
- Encourages all students to achieve
- Develop rapport with students
- Maintaining appropriate standards of behavior
- Maintaining student involvement in lessons
- Managing non-instructional time
- Establishes classroom routines
- Manages movement between activities
- Other*
- Instruction
- Planning Instruction
- Develops instructional goals and objectives
- Selects content at appropriate level of difficulty
- Develops teaching strategies
- Organizes and requests materials
- Organize students for instructions
- Implementing instruction that reflects structure and a logical order
- Communicates purpose of lesson
- Teaches to intended objective(s)
- Assess level of student understanding during the lesson
- Adjusts lesson according to assessment
- Reviews lesson objective(s) with students
- Other*
- Professional Responsibilities
- Assessing and evaluating student progress
- Maintains records
- Uses data to diagnose student needs
- Communicating
- Confers with parents/caregivers and students
- Consults and cooperates with colleagues
- Cooperates with non-certified personnel
- Disseminates school information
- Other responsibilities as stated in the Agreement
- Other*
- Illustrative of such duties are:
- Be available to students and parents/caregivers;
- Participates in grade level, department, and faculty meetings;
- Participates in such activities for parents/caregivers and community as open houses, curriculum nights, etc.;
- Participates in system-level instructional improvement activities such as curriculum teams, etc.
- Professional Growth
- Continues to grow professionally through reading, research, conferring with colleagues and attendance at inservice activities
- Other*
- Other refers to additional sub categories which must be mutually agreed to and which do not establish a precedent for the system.
Salary: negotiable per the teacher's salary schedule.
Click here for a message from WHPS to our prospective employees!
Equity and Anti-Racism Vision
We, the members of West Hartford Public Schools, dedicate ourselves to the pursuit of equity. Equitable schools are those that value and honor ALL in our community as unique individuals capable of maximizing their true potential. We make a solemn promise to identify and dismantle all elements of systemic racism and historical inequities. We vow to clear paths, with a relentless duty to those in traditionally marginalized groups. We pledge to partner with ALL families in the service of the success of each child.
