Location
Company Name: St Agnes Academy
Position Title: Math Teacher 2025-2026
Job Location: Houston, Texas, 77036 United States
Duration: 12 month contract – 10-month school/work year schedule
Reporting to: Academic Dean
FLSA: exempt/contract
Schedule: Monday through Friday (plus scheduled events)
Hours: FT (7:50 – 3:20)
Mission: Rooted in the Catholic, Dominican tradition, St. Agnes Academy challenges young women through exceptional academic preparation and transformational experiences to lead with integrity, joy, and a commitment to social justice.
Job Purpose:
St. Agnes Academy teachers educate within the high school-college preparatory academic level. They teach, inspire, advise, critique, question and counsel to bring out the best in our Academy women.
Faith, Community, and Dominican Charism
· Ensure that the four pillars of a Dominican education (prayer, study, community, preaching) are developed and promoted among the school community.
· Develop an active faith community and model Christian values.
· Support prayer and spiritual formation within the student, faculty/staff, and parent communities.
· Uphold and implement the Dominican charism and the Houston Dominican Sisters' congregational goals.
· Demonstrate a commitment to equity and inclusion by honoring the dignity of each member of the St. Agnes Academy community.
The main responsibilities will include:
· Plan, prepare and deliver lesson plans and instructional materials that facilitate active learning.
· Follow the faculty expectations outlined in faculty handbook.
· Manage student behavior in the classroom by establishing and enforcing rules and procedures.
· Be familiar with and enforce student handbook policies.
· Encourage and monitor the progress of individual students and use information to adjust strategies.
· Prepare required reports on students and activities.
· Participate in department, school and parent meetings.
· Communicate necessary information regularly to students, colleagues and parents regarding student progress and needs.
· Establish and communicate clear objectives for all learning activities.
· Provide a variety of learning materials and resources for use in educational activities.
· Assign and grade class work, homework, tests and assignments in a timely fashion and update systems accordingly.
· Communicate and partner with parents in a timely manner.
· Participate in student/faculty activities (Examples include: retreats, lunch duties, faculty meetings, in-service activities).
· Follow school emergency procedures.
· Other duties as deemed necessary by the Department Chair, Academic Dean, Principal, Head
of School.
Requirements:
Qualifications:
· Commitment to embrace the mission of St. Agnes Academy
· Minimum of a four-year B.A./B.S. degree in a STEM related field (preferably math)
· Teaching certificate or twelve credit hours in education courses
· Experience teaching mathematics courses in an independent school and/or an all-girls environment a plus
· Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others
· Proficiency in Microsoft Office and basic technology needed for teaching, learning, and communication
· Professional attitude, behavior, and appearance
· Completion of Safe Haven training
Specific Academic Area Requirements:
· Proficiency in TI-84 Graphing Calculator.
· Be familiar and teach using math related technologies, examples: TI graphing calculator, Desmos, Geogebra, etc.
· Assist in grading Incoming 9th grade and Transfer Student placement tests.
· Work with students in terms of appropriate math placement for following year.
· Collect and submit names for underclass, junior book and senior awards.
· Work cooperatively with your course team to plan lessons and assessments. As well as meet with your vertical team to ensure alignment of skill sets and methodologies.
· Course Team Leader (if applicable):
o Host course team meetings as needed
o Upload yearly and monthly plans onto school's shared system
o Lead discussions on course plan, lessons, quizzes, and tests
o Lead selection of new textbook – if applicable
o Turn in a copy of semester exams to department chair
o Lead discussions regarding course policies and procedures (like test corrections, placement, etc.)
Work Environment:
St. Agnes Academy is committed to hiring, developing, and retaining a diverse and highly competent faculty and staff. This job operates in a professional/educational environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit at a desk, move about the classroom, communicate via phone/face to face, manually input data into a computer, walk to different office areas, reach with hands and arms, and minimal lifting.
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