Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

American Heritage Schools- Broward Campus is seeking a dedicated Chemisrty Teacher.  The ideal candidate will possess a strong academic background and proven experience delivering high-level instruction. Honors and Advanced Placement (AP) background is preferred. 

Benefits Include:

• 100% free tuition for all employees’ eligible children *

• 50% discount for Summer Education for employees’ eligible children

• Free Summer Day Camp for employees’ eligible children while working over the summer.

• Free early care & after-care for employees’ eligible children while working

• Yearly bonuses 

• 401K with partial employer match after a year of employment

• Health, Dental, and Vision insurance 

• Supplemental Insurance plans available 

• Pet Insurance options

• Short-term & Long-term Disability options

• Life Insurance at no cost to the employee

• Affordable Company housing when available

• Additional earnings available through Tutoring Department and Summer Education Programs

• Free Continuing Education available

* This benefit is based on space availability and child acceptance to the school.

POSITION OVERVIEW 

The classroom teacher is responsible for educating and supporting students to help them reach learning targets.  Teachers must be content area experts who make sound instructional decisions, create and maintain a learning environment where positive relationships are built and routines and procedures are in place to create collective responsibility.  Teachers are responsible for providing rich learning tasks for intellectual engagement, assessing formatively and summatively, and providing feedback to students for their academic achievement.

PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Demonstrate mastery of content knowledge

• Ensure a high-quality learning experience; plan and implement learning tasks with purpose and innovation:

  • Follow the AHS curriculum framework/scope and sequence

  • Articulate instructional purpose and learning outcomes

  • Design structured lessons and activities with a focus on student engagement and critical thinking

  • Curate and design resources and incorporate instructional technologies aligned with learning outcomes

  • Provide clear expectations for learning, clear explanations of content, and use academic language

  • Align activities, assignments, questions, and discussions with learning outcomes

  • Enter all lesson activities, assignments, and assessments into the school’s learning management system one week in advance by each Friday afternoon; include due dates for all assignments and assessments so that they are visible in student and parent calendars

• Ensure learning by all students by frequently monitoring student understanding

  • Assess learning in a variety of ways, using formative and summative measures including but not limited to traditional and alternative assessments; prepare and administer semester and/or final exams and standardized tests 

  • Provide timely and relevant feedback to students and parents; enter grades into the school learning management/student information systems weekly

  • Use assessment data to inform instructional decisions

• Differentiate and modify learning tasks according to student need; implement accommodations as directed

• Demonstrate caring and respect in interactions with students

• Establish routines and procedures for a productive physical environment

• Monitor student behavior so that students take ownership and contribute to a positive, productive learning environment

  • Maintain standards of appropriate discipline in accordance with school rules and the student handbook

  • Provide for students’ safety and general welfare

• Proactively communicate with parents, principals, and academic advisors

  • Prepare progress reports and provide comments as needed

  • Conduct parent/teacher conferences quarterly and as needed

• Be an active contributor to the school’s curriculum; p

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