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7th Grade Math Teacher

Universal Companies·Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

$59,000 - $82,000/yr·Full Time·On Site·2-5 yrs·Posted 12 days ago
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About the role

The teacher delivers data-driven math lessons to 7th-grade students focusing on algebra, geometry, and statistics. They are responsible for modifying lessons for diverse learners and analyzing performance data to adjust teaching strategies.

The management services offered to our family of charter schools allows us to collectively become a change agent and national leader in urban education as evidenced by student awareness of self, high academic achievement, positive school culture and community transformation wherever we serve.

Essential Functions

The 7th Grade Math Teacher instructs middle school students in foundational algebraic concepts, proportional reasoning, and geometric principles. This role requires an educator who can translate abstract math into real-world applications while managing the unique social-emotional needs of early adolescents. The ideal candidate creates an inclusive, structured environment where students build both mathematical confidence and critical thinking skills.

Key Responsibilities • Direct Instruction

  • Deliver engaging, data-driven math lessons to diverse classes of 7th-grade students.
  • Curriculum
  • Alignment: Implement a rigorous curriculum aligned with state standards, focusing on rational numbers, equations, and statistics.
  • Differentiation: Modify lessons to support students with IEPs/504 plans while providing extension activities for advanced learners.
  • Assessment &
  • Analysis: Design formative and summative assessments, analyze performance data, and adjust teaching strategies accordingly.
  • Participate in ongoing training to stay updated on best practices and educational trends

Qualifications

  • Teaching students how to analyze texts, improve writing skills (essays, narratives, research projects and expressing themselves effectively
  • Helping students develop critical thinking, analytical abilities, and a deeper understanding of literature and language.
  • Evaluating student work through assignments, quizzes, and essays to assess progress and provide feedback.
  • Physical Demands
  • Speak, stand, talk, walk, see, hear and, sometimes, to sit.
  • Occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
  • Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to read small print.
  • Frequently bend, reach above the head, as well as forward, and use fine motor skills.

Salary

Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications, falling within a competitive band for this role. We offer comprehensive total compensation packages tailored to the ideal candidate.

The Universal Family of Charter Schools adheres to the policy of providing equal employment opportunities to all job applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, or sexual orientation.

Requirements

Candidates must be able to translate abstract mathematical concepts into real-world applications and manage the social-emotional needs of early adolescents. The role requires the physical ability to stand, walk, and occasionally lift up to 50 pounds.

  • Critical Thinking
  • Classroom Management
  • Differentiation
  • Curriculum Alignment
  • Direct Instruction
  • Social-Emotional Learning
  • Data-Driven Instruction
  • Algebraic Concepts
  • Geometric Principles
  • IEP/504 Implementation
  • Proportional Reasoning
  • Assessment & Analysis

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Compensation Packages

Posting details

Employment type
Full Time
Work arrangement
On Site
Experience
2-5 yrs
Salary
$59,000 - $82,000/yr
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Posted
Jul 31, 2026
Application
Employer website
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Hiring organization

Universal Companies

Universal Companies is in the business of helping people. Our mission is to create educational, cultural and entrepreneurial opportunities that will stimulate the development of wealth within historically disenfranchised communities. To accomplish this, Universal Companies...

Salary listed on 34 jobs
IndustryNon-profit Organization Management
TypePublic Company
Size51-200 employees
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