Science Teacher

About Hyde Leadership Charter School:

Hyde is built on the belief that every person has a unique potential and larger purpose in life, and character growth is key to exposing that potential and purpose. Hyde maintains a student-centered culture that motivates character development and emphasizes curiosity, courage, concern, integrity, and leadership. Our goal is to prepare children for college and beyond, and to live their lives according to standards of personal excellence. We believe in order to provide the best possible education for our young leaders, we as educators need to be in a continuous growth process. Working at Hyde-Brooklyn is a unique and rewarding experience because our staff receives both professional development and participates in their own self- discovery process through the Hyde process of journaling, facilitated discussion, workshops, and seminars.

Summary

The Science Teacher instructs students in Middle School in various scientific topics through hands on experimental activities. Through excellent communication, organizational skills and great energy the Science Teacher supports the academic and personal growth of our students, while making sure all students are successful and develop strong characters. The Science Teacher will make sure the students understand the school wide expectations and policies while consistently asking the students to follow the outlined expectations for common areas with in the school.  In addition, the Science Teacher supports staff in the scheduled arrival, mealtime and dismissal duties.

Job Duties

• Encourage student to learn about scientific topics through hands-on, experimental activities
• Provide students with a report card each quarter for performance and behavior
• Submit lessons plan on a weekly basis
• Plan, organize and execute annual
• Plan lessons and manage classroom in an inspiring, rigorous and urgent way
• Plan, organize and replenish lesson plans for substitute teachers in case of absence
• Meet all test and data and reporting deadlines
• Maintain anecdotal and formal evaluative records (checklists, anecdotal notes, quiz/test, etc.
• Integrate core subjects such as Math and ELA, but remains focused on new technological techniques
• Participate actively in weekly grade level team planning meeting by planning units of study and weekly lessons collaboratively with team teacher(s), specialist and administrators
• Attend all faculty meetings

Skills and Characteristics

• Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with colleagues, families and students
• Be a team player
• Display maturity, humility, strong work ethic, follow-through, sense of humor, willingness to respond positively to feedback and a “roll-up-my-sleeves” attitude.
• Strong instructional and classroom management skills.
• Mastery of and enthusiasm for subject matter
• Show commitment to character development and family partnerships 

Requirements

• Attend the annual Hyde 101 Training
• Demonstrated success working in an urban school setting
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
• A Master’s degree in Education or relevant content area (preferred)
• New York State Certification (preferred)