[Hiring] Asynchronous Secondary Virtual Instructor - Honors Calculus 3 @Parkway School District

Role Description

The secondary virtual instructor will deliver and provide support to the instructional program with specific responsibility for ensuring student learning in academics and/or skills; supervising students in online settings; collaborating with teachers, professional staff and administrators to deliver pre-designed curriculum and coursework; and responding to a wide range of inquiries from students, parents or guardians regarding instructional program and student progress. Virtual teachers are expected to be positive promoters of online learning opportunities to internal and external stakeholders.

Essential Functions

• Utilizes Schoology as the learning management system for St. Louis Virtual Campus virtual courses.
• Administers subject specific assignments for the purpose of assessing student competency levels.
• Advises parents and/or legal guardians of student progress for the purpose of communicating expectations and students' achievements and developing methods for improvement.
• Analyzes performance data for the purpose of enhancing student achievement.
• Assesses student progress towards course standards, expectations and/or goals for the purpose of providing regular, high-quality feedback to students, parents and administration.
• Facilitates face-to-face meetings at a mutually agreeable time that does not conflict with in-person or synchronous virtual instruction (and within the parameters of the St. Louis Virtual Campus program).
• Collaborates with St. Louis Virtual Campus staff and other school personnel and parents for the purpose of improving the overall quality of student outcomes and achieving established objectives.
• Demonstrates methods required to perform classroom and/or subject-specific assignments for the purpose of providing an effective education that addresses individual student learning needs.
• Facilitates student learning (e.g., creating a learning environment, successfully integrating technology, encouraging learning environment, fosters collaboration) in pre-designed course.
• Maintains a variety of confidential and non-confidential files and records (e.g., grades, test scores, anecdotal records, etc.) to document student progress in accordance with established guidelines and legal requirements.
• Monitors students and manages student behavior in the asynchronous online environment for the purpose of providing a safe and positive learning environment.
• Participates in a variety of trainings and professional development related to teaching and learning in an online environment.

Qualifications

• Content related teaching experience, required.
• Online teaching experience, preferred.
• Curriculum writing experience, preferred.
• Experience using a Learning Management System, preferred.
• Experience using instructional technology tools, preferred.
• Advanced skills in Google Docs, preferred.

Compensation Information

• Base Pay per section: $800.00.
• Per Student Pay Rate: $172.95 (based on number of students enrolled on the first day after the deadline to drop semester courses).
• Course maximums will be set at 28 students/section.
• When/if a course hits 28 students, a second section would be created.
• The teacher would decide whether or not he/she wanted to pick up the additional section.
• If the teacher does not want an additional section, the students will be split evenly across two sections and an additional teacher will be hired.