Foreign Language Teacher

Stride, Inc.•Reston, TX

1d•Remote

About The Position

Stride K12 program is seeking passionate educators for their Teacher Pool Program. The mission is to provide an exemplary, individualized, and engaging educational experience for students through school and community partnerships, a rigorous curriculum, and a data-driven, student-centered instructional model. Student success is measured by assessment data, parent/student satisfaction, and institutional growth. The Foreign Language Teacher is a highly qualified, state-certified educator responsible for delivering specific course content in an online environment. They provide instruction, support, and guidance, manage the learning process, and focus on students’ individual needs, monitoring progress through Stride K12’s learning management system. Teachers actively work with students and parents/learning coaches to advance student learning. While typically working from home, occasional travel for school functions like state testing may be required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree
Active state teaching license
Ability to clear required background check
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 modern technologies and teaching platforms.
Ability to maintain teacher certification/professional development hours and fluency in K12 systems, programs, and curriculum.
Appropriate state Department of Education Foreign Language Teaching Certification
Residency in the 50 states and Washington, D.C.

Nice To Haves

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.

Responsibilities

Provides rich and engaging synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences for students.
Commitment to personalizing learning for all students.
Demonstrates a belief in all students’ ability to succeed and meet high expectations.
Differentiates instruction based on student level of mastery.
Augments course content according to prescribed policies and procedures using appropriate asynchronous and synchronous tools under guidance from principal and coach.
Maintains grade book ensuring student academic integrity, makes student placement and promotion decisions, and alerts administrators to concerns about student performance and progress.
Prepares students for high stakes standardized tests.
Establishes and maintains positive rapport with families and regularly communicates with and responds to students and learning coaches/parents in a timely manner.
Supports learning coaches/parents with student curricular and instructional issues and basic troubleshooting in a virtual classroom environment in line with academy policies and procedures.
Ability to travel up to 20% of the time for face-to-face professional development, student testing, and/or as required by the school.