Compass Midtown- High School Math Teacher (Statistics)

About Us

If your skills, experience, and qualifications match those in this job overview, do not delay your application.

In July 2019, Compass Community Schools opened six high-quality charter schools (five elementary and one middle / high) in the Memphis communities of Binghampton, Berclair, Frayser, Hickory Hill, Midtown, and Orange Mound.

We focus intently on three pillars academic excellence, values-based character education, and service learning in the community as we prepare our students for college and life-long success.

Our vision is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s ideal of education : Intelligence plus character that is the goal of true education.

This true education provided within a supportive, joyful, and hopeful school culture will prepare our students to be positive agents of change in our communities.

Position Overview

Compass Midtown High School seeks high school Math teachers for the upcoming school year. We seek teachers who know their content backwards and forwards and are passionate about preparing Memphis youth academically and in character for college and life-long success.

Our teachers will enjoy and benefit from our intentionally small school setting, which will help them to develop trusting, positive relationships with their students and colleagues.

Compass Midtown High School is located at a prominent, historic school facility in a highly visible and central location.

The school’s unique programming will include a robust work-based learning program, which will provide year-long internships with established community partners for eleventh- and twelfth-grade students, thus equipping them with the soft skills critical to postsecondary success as well as powerful business connections in the community.

Primary Responsibilities

Support and contribute to a school-wide focus on three pillars : academic excellence, values-based character education, and service learning in the community.

Claim ownership of the privilege and responsibility to ensure high levels of student learning.

Establish a supportive, joyful, and hopeful classroom culture that has high expectations for students’ individual and collective success.

Consistently teach with purpose, clarity, and urgency.

Carefully monitor data regarding student progress and make necessary instructional adjustments to ensure student success.

Communicate regularly with families as partners in the education of their children.

Welcome opportunities to develop professionally.

Qualifications

Affinity with, and passion for, the compelling vision of Compass Community Schools

Strong content knowledge

Driving commitment to advance student learning

Ability to lead students toward a joyful and productive learning environment

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Excellent interpersonal skills, with ability to build productive relationships with students and colleagues

Desire to work hard in a balanced, extended school calendar

Utmost personal and professional integrity

Tennessee teaching licensing or eligibility to obtain one

What We Offer

Mission-driven, joyful, respectful working environments

Intentionally small school settings

Opportunity to positively impact the lives of Memphis youth

Competitive compensation and benefits package

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