About us
Descartes Learning Club Corporation is a boutique provider of premium math after-school enrichment classes in San Francisco, Pacifica, Daly City, Menlo Park (fall 2025), Atherton (fall 2025), Palo Alto (fall 2025), Portola Valley (fall 2025), and Oakland (fall 2025). Our raison d'être is to deliver world-class math education to young minds so that they love to learn, learn to think, and achieve greatness in life. We offer individualized, social, and in-person after-school K-8 math classes through small classes of 1-6 students, expert instructors, customized curriculums, and convenient locations at school campuses.
Our work environment includes:
We would love to meet you if you have a mathematical background, love teaching math, and embody our values - excellence, curiosity, and compassion.
Responsibilities:
You will teach primarily at school campuses, but occasionally in offices and homes, to small classes of 1-6 students on weekdays for 1-2.5 hours on weekday late afternoons between 3 and 6pm and on weekends. Specific schedules may vary depending on your and students’ available days and times.
Responsibilities include:
- Prepare and deliver engaging and informative lessons using the course materials and framework provided by the company. Mentor and guide children to develop problem-solving minds and a love for learning.
- Review students’ self-graded homework and use reasonable efforts to address questions in the classes.
- Promptly share each lesson’s recap and homework assignments with all the parents of the students after each lesson.
- Conduct assessments and provide timely feedback to students. Record each student’s progress and report student performance to parents per semester which we compensate for.
- Use reasonable efforts to schedule and provide makeup classes for absences.
- Foster a positive and inclusive learning environment. Respond to parents’ messages in a timely manner.
We believe that the best teaching results from a marriage of quality curriculum, teaching best practices, genuine human connections, and individualized adaptation in response to students’ progress. You will not be limited by the curriculum we provide, as we encourage your knowledge and passion to shine through creativity in the classroom.
We are currently offering classes in the listed locations above but plan to expand into other cities in the San Francisco Bay Area in the near future. Whether you are available to teach now or would like to stay in touch, please apply if you meet the following qualifications.
Qualifications:
- Must have a solid background in mathematics. A bachelor's degree in math or a related field is preferred. Still, we also consider exceptionally talented and mature undergraduate students majoring in math or a related field who have math competition backgrounds and teaching experiences.
- Experience working with elementary and/or middle school students is strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of mathematical concepts and principles. Familiarity with math competitions is preferred.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Enjoy working with children.
- Ability to effectively manage a classroom and handle conflicts.
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