What are the responsibilities and job description for the Math Teacher position at Westside High School?
Anderson School District Five
Anderson, South Carolina
TITLE: Math Teacher
LOCATION: Westside High School
SCHOOL YEAR: 2025-2026
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college
- Valid South Carolina teaching certificate for the courses and/or grade levels assigned
- Meets Highly Qualified requirements as defined by the ESEA legislation
- Documented successful teaching experience, preferred
- Proficiency in the use of technology
REPORTS TO: Principal
JOB GOAL: To teach students the content and skills as defined in the Anderson School District Five Approved Curriculum and develop proficiency in analytical thinking and problem solving, instill a love and appreciation for independent learning, and build ethical character and promote responsible citizenship.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Functions:
- Maintain an awareness of best practices and current research on instruction, instructional technology, and related research that enhances and improves instruction
- Plan and develop effective strategies to increase student achievement by addressing individual learning differences
- Carry out any other duties related to the instructional program as deemed necessary by the Superintendent or his/her designee
- Have knowledge regarding curriculum, subject content and developmental needs of students in order to offer appropriate learning experiences
- Use data to gauge student progress, and guide student instruction
- Communicate with students, faculty, and community
- Provide a safe, student-centered environment that is educationally stimulating and respectful
- Advocate a professional manner and participate in professional development opportunities that promote proficiency in your field
- Provide students with activities that deliver calculable results on recognized standards
- Ability to work with others
- Ability to accept individual differences among children
- Good physical and mental health
- Ability to pass the Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) requirements
- Ability to handle unforeseen situation in accordance with policy
- Ability to assist students boarding and departing from school buses
Responsibilities:
- Planning at the beginning of the school year for the organization and sequence of instructional content and preparing for establishing the classroom learning environment
- Supervising/monitoring students during lunch, assemblies, related arts, field trips, mainstream classes, recess, etc. as deemed appropriate by the teacher
- Insure correct implementation of the students’ IEP goals and objectives
- Prepare instructional objectives for lessons taking into consideration the individual students IEP goals and objectives
- Clarify the goals of instruction for students
- Present new content in a stimulating manner at the appropriate rate and level of difficulty
- Manage classroom time in a way to ensure success in goals
- Maintain confidentiality of students; especially regarding student IEP and record information
- Assist with discipline procedures for student behavior
- Maintain individual records for each student
- Guide students in developing positive relationships with peers and adults
- Organize instruction to provide a structured environment for learning
- Keep lesson plans updated in the case of the need for a substitute
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Building Administrator(s)
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: 190 days. Salary to be determined by the salary schedule established by the Board of Trustees.
EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated annually by the principal.