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9th Grade MathematicsTeacher

School Name: CICS Longwood (3-12)
Deadline: 09/15/09
Contact Name: Jacquie Burton
Phone: (618) 307-5074
Email: jacqueline.burton@edisonlearning.com
Website: http://longwood.chicagointl.org/

For more information and to apply online, please visit website at www.edisonlearning.com/join_our_team.

Full Description: Located on the South Side of Chicago, the Chicago International Longwood Academy campus is a partnership between EdisonLearning and Chicago International Charter School. Our mission is to ensure that every student receives a world-class education. We have high expectations that our students will reap the benefits of their dedication to learning. We want our students, staff, and families to realize the importance of bonding together to reach every goal we set in our lifelong learning pursuit. We are searching for a committed and motivated 9th grade Math teacher to help catapult our college bound high school students. CICS Longwood will provide a high quality education that respects, celebrates, and leverages the inherent strengths of our college aspiring students. Our mission is to create an excellent school for our community, one of academic rigor, and a passion for learning throughout life and for becoming creative, responsible, caring citizens. We seek to build on the community's many strengths without shying away from tackling problems that threaten to distract or impede our children's academic and social progress.

We are interested in speaking with you about teaching opportunities if you have the abilities and experience to

• Expect the best from students in their achievement, behavior, and social interaction
• Focus on maintaining and raising students' fluency in English, and also encouraging fluency in other languages;
• Use strong instructional methodologies and curriculum resources to communicate knowledge to students in a stimulating and effective manner
• Work as a team member, sharing common planning, professional development, curriculum design
• Reflect about your practice and participate in on-going professional development and training to improve your practice, as well as using feedback from others to guide your personal and professional growth
• Use data from different forms of student assessments to communicate with parents and other team members about student progress, and plan for further instruction
• Integrate technology into your teaching and professional activities

Qualifications: Bachelor Degree required Illinois State Certification required Subject and grade proficiency required Urban experience preferred Prealgebra and Algebra Experience