Middle School Math Teacher (Remote)

Job Description:

Laurel Springs School seeks an experienced, energetic, flexible, and passionate online educator for our Upper School Math program. This educator must love working with pre-teen-aged middle school students, have excellent communication and relationship-building skills, be nurturing and responsive to support these students' transition from Lower School to Middle School, and be highly skilled in teaching 6th through 9th grade mathematical concepts, including 6th, 7th, 8th grade math, Pre-algebra, Algebra 1, as well as be adept at accommodating students with special needs. Middle School Computer Science teaching experience is a plus. A successful candidate must be licensed and certified to teach middle school math courses. Laurel Springs curriculum is primarily asynchronous with frequent opportunities for live virtual interactions, so the educator should be comfortable with both modalities, be enthusiastic about designing new ways to connect with students in a virtual environment, and love virtual/remote work. This educator must be highly collaborative since they will work closely with other Math Department teachers, LSS teachers and staff, Student Support Services, and the Academic Department Chair. In addition to teaching remotely full-time, the teacher will be expected to sponsor the Middle School Math Club, which meets weekly from September through May. This is a full-time, 12-month remote position that requires educators to be available during business hours (Eastern Time) and occasional evenings, to perform grading/feedback and curriculum project work, and attend meetings, office hours, and appointments as well as participate in live, synchronous events.

Job Duties:

Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Advance the mission of the school by providing high-quality, positive, proactive asynchronous and synchronous student learning through the LSS online learning management system and other learning platforms.
• Actively monitor the academic progress of each assigned student and intervene as needed to ensure mastery and timely completion of enrollments.
• Provide substantive, motivating, personalized, timely, and constructive feedback for all student assignments.
• Support the curriculum team with content creation and course reviews as assigned.
• Communicate proactively and responsively with students, parents, counselors, staff, and administrators via email, phone, video conference, and any other communication tools provided by LSS.
• Be readily and proactively accessible to students and parents via virtual office hours, individual live instruction and appointments, and parent-teacher conferences.
• Teach Workshop courses (asynchronous courses with weekly live lessons) as assigned.
• Participate collaboratively and professionally in school-wide meetings, events, communications and activities, both online and in person, with some required evening virtual events.
• Engage in ongoing professional development (internal and external), practice self-assessment, and strive for continuous improvement.
• Maintain confidentiality regarding students, families, and staff as well as  LSS management and operations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education/Credentials:

• Bachelor’s degree in applicable field required; Master’s degree strongly preferred
• Active education certification and commitment to ongoing compliance with state and local regulations relating to background checks and credentials.
• Demonstrated experience in 6-12 teaching; experience in online learning, asynchronous learning, and/or blended learning strongly preferred.

Essential Skills:

• Excellent skills with word processing, productivity, communication, and educational technology tools; expertise with G-Suite, Learning Management Systems, and Student Information Systems strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical, interpretive, evaluative, and constructive thinking and organizational skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Access to dependable and high-quality internet and a quiet work space that allows the Student Support Manager to be fully present and available to students, parents, and colleagues as needed during work hours (Monday through Friday from 8:30am - 5pm ET).
• TRAVEL: Employees in this role may be required to periodically travel by air or motor vehicle for required training or in-person events.

Additional Requirements:

• This is a full-time, year-round, salaried position in which the employee may be required to work more than 40 hours a week.