English Language Learner Teacher

Role Overview

• Delivering specific course content in an online environment.
• Provide instruction, support, and guidance.
• Manage the learning process, and focus on students’ individual needs.
• Monitor student progress through Stride K12’s learning management system.
• Actively work closely with students and parents/learning coaches to advance each student’s learning toward established goals.
• Work from home but must travel occasionally throughout the year to various school functions, such as state testing or as otherwise required by the school.
• Provide rich and engaging synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences for students.
• Commitment to personalizing learning for all students.
• Demonstrate a belief in all students’ ability to succeed and meet high expectations.
• Differentiate instruction based on student level of mastery.
• Augment course content according to prescribed policies and procedures using appropriate asynchronous and synchronous tools under guidance from principal and coach.
• Maintain grade book ensuring student academic integrity, makes student placement and promotion decisions, and alerts administrators to concerns about student performance and progress.
• Prepare students for high stakes standardized tests.
• Establish and maintain positive rapport with families and regularly communicate with and respond to students and learning coaches/parents in a timely manner.
• Support learning coaches/parents with student curricular and instructional issues, as well as basic troubleshooting in a virtual classroom environment that is in line with academy policies and procedures.
• Travel as required (on average once per month and/or approximately 20% of the time) for face-to-face professional development, student testing, and as required by school.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Active state teaching license
• Ability to clear required background check
• Experience working with proposed age group.
• Experience supporting adults and children in the use of technology.
• Experience teaching in an online (virtual) and/or in a brick-and-mortar environment.
• Experience with online learning platforms.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other teachers to interpret and produce numeric, tabular, and graphic representations of student data, and use it to drive instructional decisions.
• Receptive to receiving coaching regularly with administrators and teacher trainers.
• Ability to embrace change and adapt to ensure excellent student outcomes.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint.
• Ability to rapidly learn and adapt to new technologies and teaching platforms.
• Ability to maintain teacher certification/professional development hours and fluency in K12 systems, programs and curriculum.

Benefits

• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.