Job Title: Math Teacher Evening School (YouthBuild Philly Flex)
Part-Time 10 month
Reports To: Evening School Principal
Supervisory Responsibilities: No
Hours of Operation:
The YouthBuild Evening School Program (YouthBuild Philly Flex) operates on an evening schedule designed for students who work during the day. This role is part-time and requires availability during evening instructional hours typically 4:00 PM 9:00 PM along with occasional additional time for planning professional development and student events.
New Staff Orientation is held August 13 2026 & August 14 2026.
YouthBuild Orientation (First Day of School) is August 24-27 2026.
Who We Are:
YouthBuild Philadelphia Charter School is a tuition free public charter high school serving young people ages 1720 who have been pushed out of traditional schools. Our program supports students in earning a high school diploma while gaining career exposure industry certifications and postsecondary pathways. YouthBuild operates within a restorative community centered culture grounded in respect excellence and perseverance. The Evening School (YouthBuild Philly Flex) is a new program designed for students who are working during the day and need a flexible pathway to earn their diploma and build a career path.
The Opportunity:
The YouthBuild Evening School Mathematics Teacher is dynamic supportive and innovative in supporting students who are balancing school work and adult responsibilities. This educator delivers engaging real-world mathematics instruction that helps students build confidence problem-solving skills and readiness for life beyond high school.
The mathematics curriculum includes algebra geometry statistics financial literacy and other applied math courses aligned to graduation requirements and real-world application. The Evening School Mathematics Teacher works with small groups of students in a part-time evening setting and serves as a mentor to a small cohort of students supporting their academic progress persistence and graduation goals.
Who You Are:
- Deeply aligned to YouthBuilds mission and believe in second chances and re engagement
- Thrive in fast paced evolving environments and enjoy building systems from the ground up
- Highly organized detail oriented and solutions driven
- Collaborative and relationship centered
- Comfortable managing multiple priorities and cross functional projects
- Bring a strong sense of ownership and initiative
- A current PA teaching certification in Mathematics 7-12
Highly preferred
- A Bachelors Degree from an accredited college or university; Masters Degree strongly preferred
- Three to five years teaching experience
Start-of-Year Planning & Orientation:
Prior to the start of the school year the Evening School Math Teacher will participate in onboarding orientation and collaborative planning to prepare for the launch of the Evening School Program.
This includes:
- Participating in new staff orientation and professional development
- Collaborating with school leadership and colleagues to understand program structures schedules and student supports
- Engaging in curriculum planning and unit preparation prior to the start of instruction
- Preparing classroom systems materials and expectations for the start of the school year
What You Will Do:
- Design learner-centered units that build transferable math competencies and culminate in applied projects that demonstrate real-world problem solving
- Build a classroom of culture rooted in respect high expectations and student voice
- Use instructional strategies where student voice and thinking are the primary focus and content coverage is secondary
- Develop learning experiences that emphasize professional skills (e.g. teamwork people skills motivation high quality work resilience and self-development)
- Collaborate with the specialized services team to ensure student success by providing teacher input attending IEP meetings and ensuring all students receive accommodations and modifications per their students IEPs and/or English language needs
- Track student progress give frequent actionable feedback to students and communicate student progress to the greater community through PowerSchool
- Facilitate one section of independent study hall per day providing a structured supportive environment where students can focus on academic tasks access guidance as needed and develop effective study habits while ensuring a quiet and productive atmosphere
- Provide mentorship to a cohort of 45 students offering consistent academic and personal support to help them stay on track toward meeting graduation requirements
- Work in inter-departmental teams to support the success of a group of students as they move through our rigorous program
- Contribute to a collaborative startup culture and continuous improvement of the Evening School program
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Evening School Principal
What We Offer You:
- Competitive hourly rate ($50.00 per hour)
- Option to enroll in our 401(k) savings plan
- Supportive and collaborative work environment
- Strong community support and involvement
- Generous time off
- Other part time employee hiring options and benefits are available and will be discussed during the hiring process
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee.All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race religion ancestry national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability marital status medical condition veteran status or any other basis as protected by federal state or local law.