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Job Description - 9th Grade Science Teacher

Company Overview

FAME's mission is to educate, empower and embolden African American youth to become student ambassadors of today, leaders of tomorrow, and stewards of their communities by providing access to college preparatory education at participating independent schools in the Greater Pittsburgh area through the provision of need based financial assistance.

The FAME Academy honors the comprehensive needs of the talented African American student by offering a proven template of preparatory activities designed to cultivate success at an independent private high school and ultimately prepare them for college.FAME Academy provides middle school students an exceptional preparation for success in 9th grade at their high school of choice.

FAME Academy is looking foraWriting Teacher!

The Writing Teacher will explore the power of language to make meaning, to create identities for the writer, to shape communities, and to influence readers. Students will be given the chance to explore writing as a means of discovery and learning as well as a means of communication. Each class will help to analyze rhetorical situations: that is, to understand the conventions at work in various situations and the kinds of arguments and evidence that are persuasive in different contexts, including research. Students will have the chance to develop their strengths as writers of academic prose while working to identify and improve weaknesses. Students will also explore various modes of creative writing through weekly exercises and a final project.

The Writing Teacher will utilize the Writers Workshop model to create a community of writers and teach the writing process involving strategies for generating ideas, revising, and editing. The course will require a significant amount of writing, which may include informal writing such as journaling and personal reflections, as well as more formal papers. Students will write both in-class and take-home essays.

This specific course focuses on preparing students for writing at a high school level. Students will learn how to craft a thesis supported by specific evidence from texts to articulate a concise and coherent argument while simultaneously adhering to the grammatical guidelines expected in rigorous high school environments. These writings will be evaluated based on similar standards to high level tests including the ISEE, SAT, and ACT.

This is a contract position for the Summer of 2025 (six weeks from June 23 through August 1) that will require some preparation and orientation time during the month of June.

Qualifications to be considered for this in-person instructional role:

• Encouraging, thoughtful, dynamic personality
  
  
• Bachelors or Advanced degree
  
  
• Experience working with students in grades 6 thru 9
  
  
• Great communication skills and the ability to engage students
  
  
• Minimum 2 years teaching, instructing, or tutoring
  Prior classroom management experience
  
  
• Well versed at using technology to conduct effective remote instruction when needed

• Comfortable teaching in person as well as teaching virtually if required

Must be able to provide up-to-date clearances:

• Child Abuse
  
  
• Criminal Record
  
  
• FBI Fingerprinting
  
  

Must have a valid drivers license and reliable transportation.

Class Schedule:

Tuesdays and Fridays between 1:45 pm and 3:00 pm and Wednesdays between 10:30 am and 11:45 am

Location

4060 Allequippa St.

Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Department

FAME Academy

Employment Type

Contractor

Minimum Experience

Mid-level