Middle School Math Teacher
NorthPointe Christian Schools · Grand Rapids, MI · 1 wk ago
EducationFull-time
Position Summary
Serve as a Middle School Math Teacher at NorthPointe Christian High School and actively engage in NorthPointe Christian’s mission of “Equipping students to impact their world for Jesus Christ.” This is a full-time position for the 2026-2027 school year.
Teacher Responsibilities And Duties
- Teach and support the School’s Foundational Statements and mission through word and deed.
- Minister to students through prayer, encouragement, and wise counsel.
- Create and submit daily lesson plans every week.
- Create and assign assessments and assignments for students.
- Define responsible Christian behavior for students, including guidelines and consequences for good and bad behavior in the classroom.
- Create and model an environment of respect and care.
- Communicate positively and regularly with parents and guardians about their child’s progress, needs, grades, successes, and challenges via phone call, email, or in person.
- Remain professional in attire and behavior.
- Set up the classroom and regularly clean and maintain it as a safe and effective learning environment.
- Provide supervision to students in the classroom, and hallways.
- Follow safety protocols for where students can be and how to secure the building.
- Be timely in reporting to work and when at work, assure students are also timely when going to and from specials and other school activities.
- Participate in required meetings, school-wide training, and events as requested by the administration and required by the State.
- Maintain open communication with leadership regarding questions, concerns, and needs.
- Collaborate with grade level team in areas such as sharing field trips, lessons, theme ideas, etc.
- Collaborate closely with ESS and MTSS teams regarding student needs and interventions.
- Participate in a staff committee.
- Carry out the procedures and protocols in the employee handbook and respect decisions made by leadership.
Qualifications
- Active Christian in agreement with and willing to sign the NorthPointe Christian School’s Foundational statements.
- Valid Teaching Certificate.
- Bachelor’s Degree, minimum.
- Reliable transportation to and from work.
- Able to pass required background checks and fingerprint screening.
Skills
- Successfully work with a variety of students, individually and in small groups.
- Adapt classroom work for the purpose of providing students with instructional materials that address individualized learning plans.
- Be equipped for a 1:1 MacBook system, well-versed in differentiated instruction and project-based learning.
- Adapt to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency.
- Exhibit the verbal ability to understand the meaning of words, the ideas associated with them, and the ability to convey them to others clearly using oral expression and comprehension.