Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cloverport Independent Schools is seeking a full-time high school English-Language Arts teacher for the Kentucky Virtual Academy. The role involves delivering course content in an online environment, supporting students' academic progress, and collaborating with families and other educators.
Responsibilities
- Takes ownership for students’ academic progress and attendance, communicating high expectations and showing active interest in students’ achievement
- Prepares students for high stakes standardized tests
- Conducts live synchronous teaching – minimum of 15 hours per week
- Asynchronously supports objectives, including composing/sending emails, planning course objectives, preparing learning plans, and using data to determine student needs
- Collaborates with local/regional/national teams and teacher trainers regarding instruction, resources, interventions and data-driven decision making
- Makes self open and available to be coached on a regular basis with administrators and teacher trainers
- Under guidance from principal and coach, augments course content according to prescribed policies and procedures using appropriate asynchronous and synchronous tools
- Submits grades and required student work ensuring student academic honesty and integrity; Maintains grade book; makes placement and promotion decisions by generating formal and informal reports regarding student progress, alerts administrators to concerns about student performance and progress
- Establishes and maintains positive rapport with families and regularly communicates with students and learning coaches/parents
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers support learning coaches/parents with student curricular and instructional issues in a virtual classroom environment that is in line with academy policies and procedures
- Supports students and learning coaches with the set-up and maintenance of their learning environment including basic computer troubleshooting
- Understands how both diverse and unique characteristics of students and their families impact required support
- Works collaboratively with other teachers to ensure that all students are successfully progressing through the program, that parents have a central point of contact, and that tasks are distributed among the stakeholders
- Responds to students, parents, and colleagues in timely manner
- Organizes social and educational activities for students and families, including sponsorship of virtual clubs, outings, marketing events or other extracurricular activities as required
- Travels to testing sites to proctor state exams
Skills
- Bachelor's degree
- Six (6) months of student teaching experience
- Meet requirements for Highly Qualified Teacher (HQT) in subject area under No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
- Appropriate state teaching certification
- Pedagogical knowledge of content being taught and ability to apply critical thinking
- Knowledge of state content standards and ability to align those with the division curriculum
- Ability to embrace change and adapt to ensure excellent student outcomes
- Ability to problem solve independently and have a high level of organization
- Understanding of interdependency of deadlines on multiple projects and able to act to preserve integrity on other people's deadlines
- Ability to work independently, typically 40+ hours per week
- Ability to maintain a professional home office without distraction during workday, typically 9-5 (or 8-4) or as defined by the school
- Ability to 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
- Access to reliable high-speed internet
- 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 the division systems, programs and curriculum
- Ability to clear required background check
- Experience working with proposed age group
- Experience supporting adults and children in the use of technology
- Experience working in a virtual environment
- Experience teaching in an online (virtual) and/or in a brick and mortar environment
- Experience with Blackboard Collaborative, Newrow, or other online platforms
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