SUMMARY: The Teacher is a highly qualified, state certified educator responsible for delivering specific course content in an online environment. This role provides an exemplary individualized and engaging educational experience for students by incorporating school and community/family partnerships, a rigorous curriculum along, and a data-driven and student-centered instructional model.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Implements instructional strategies that stimulate learning and increase student engagement;

• Creates instructional resources to meet the varying needs of students;

• Takes ownership for student’s academic progress and attendance, communicating high expectations and showing active interest in student’s achievement;

• Prepares students for high stakes standardized tests;

• Analyzes student data to prescribe remediation and enrichment as needed;

• Participates in data analysis meetings to monitor student growth;

• Open and available to being coached on a regular basis by administrators and instructional coaches;

• Adapts 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.

Relationship Building

• Collaborates with parents and colleagues to manage course goals, curriculum, and materials that enhance the learning experience;

• Actively participates in Professional Learning Communities (or professional development)

• Hosting live synchronous sessions that promote a positive learning environment

• Establishes and maintains positive rapport with families and regularly communicates with students and learning coaches/parents on an ongoing regular basis;

• 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 a timely manner.

Other Essential Functions

• 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;

• Participates in committees as required.

• Student success will be measured by valid and reliable assessment data, parent and student satisfaction, and continued institutional growth within the academic community.

Competencies: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Adaptability/Flexibility: Adapts to change, is open to new ideas, takes on new responsibilities, handles pressure, and adjusts plans to meet changing needs.

• Integrity/Ethics: Deals with others in a straightforward and honest manner, is accountable for actions, maintains confidentiality, supports company values, and conveys good news and bad.

• Teamwork: Meets all team deadlines and responsibilities, listens to others and values opinions, helps team leaders to meet goals, welcomes newcomers, and promotes a team atmosphere.

• Professionalism: Be professional at all times in communications, appearance, work product, and in representing Georgia Cyber Academy in a positive manner.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree AND

• Six (6) months of student teaching experience AND

• Meet requirements for Highly Qualified Teacher (HQT)

• Equivalent combination of education and experience

Certificates and Licenses:

• GAPSC Required Content Area Certification (Business)

• Clear Fingerprint/Background Check Required

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Pedagogical knowledge of content being taught and ability to apply critical thinking

• Knowledge of state content standards and ability to align those with the curriculum

• 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 work day, typically 8-5 or as defined by the school

• Ability to travel as required (on average once per month and/or approximately 10% 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 Office Suite and GSuite;

• Ability to rapidly learn and adapt to new technologies and teaching platforms

• Ability to maintain teacher certification/professional development hours and fluency in systems, programs and curriculum

• Ability to pass required background check

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 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 Infinite Campus, Zoom, Jigsaw, and other online platforms

• Gifted Endorsement

• AP Certification

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Primarily Remote (Home Based except for PD, Training, Conferences, In-Person Meetings or Evaluations, and In-Person Testing as required)

• Travel up to 25% of the time may be required.

• In-person attendance at professional development, training, conferences, job fairs, and testing sites will be required several times per year.

• Light lifting required.