Private Secondary Teacher

Thrive Education Partners • Village of The Hills, TX

17d • $75,000 - $95,000 • Onsite

About The Position

A family in Austin, Texas, is seeking a private secondary teacher to design and deliver a personalized, one-to-one educational program for a 15-year-old learner with dyslexia. The student has a UK educational background, listed by the family as 10th grade, and has had a period outside consistent formal schooling. The initial focus is to build trust, understand current skills, and establish a manageable routine that supports steady progress toward long-term goals while building on prior learning and keeping future options open.

The teacher will plan and deliver instruction across agreed subject areas, using the Educational Roadmap and baseline findings. Instruction should make reading, writing, materials, and lessons accessible for dyslexia while maintaining age-appropriate content and expectations. The program should include prepared lessons, clear goals, a predictable rhythm, appropriate flexibility in pace and materials, and purposeful assessment with practical evidence of growth.

The teacher will collaborate with Thrive’s Education Manager on curriculum, assessment, progress review, and course planning, and communicate proactively with the family and education team. The position is an in-person, full-time private teacher placement in Austin. Exact location, teaching space, schedule, instructional hours, planning allocation, employment classification, employer, benefits, and paid leave will be confirmed before an offer. The target start is early December 2026 for acclimation and relationship-building, with a fuller program launch in January 2027.

Requirements

• Approximately five to ten years of relevant teaching experience preferred, including substantial secondary-level experience.
• Demonstrated experience supporting students with dyslexia or comparable literacy-related learning needs.
• Ability to teach across multiple agreed subject areas and communicate clearly about areas requiring specialist support.
• Successful background screening and verifiable professional references.
• Reliability, discretion, appropriate boundaries, and respect for family privacy.
• Ability to work in person in Austin and meet the agreed schedule.
• Strong written and verbal communication, sound professional judgment, and comfort using digital planning and learning tools.
• Ability to provide a prepared program while responding constructively to student feedback and changing learning needs.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in education, a subject area, or a related field preferred.
• Relevant teaching certification or comparable professional credentials highly valued.
• Dyslexia or structured literacy training, special education credentials, or related advanced study are valuable.
• Experience with individualized instruction, private education, homeschooling, or UK secondary education is a plus.
• Ability to connect well with teenagers, combining warmth, patience, clear expectations, and respect for student independence.
• Thorough preparation and ability to explain the purpose behind lessons, materials, and instructional decisions.
• Ability to adjust pacing and methods thoughtfully while sustaining a clear direction and meaningful academic progress.
• Initiative, follow-through, professional discretion, and a collaborative approach to working with a family and Education Manager.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver individualized secondary instruction across agreed subject areas, drawing on the Educational Roadmap and baseline findings.
• Adapt reading, writing, materials, and lesson delivery to support dyslexia while maintaining age-appropriate content and expectations.
• Establish a predictable learning rhythm, clear goals, and prepared lessons that can be adjusted in response to student progress.
• Build a respectful working relationship with the student and incorporate meaningful choice within a well-planned program.
• Select and adapt resources with the Education Manager, building on prior UK learning and addressing identified needs.
• Use checks for understanding, work samples, projects, and other assessments to guide instruction and show growth.
• Maintain organized instructional records and provide evidence for the team’s academic record and course-planning processes.
• Communicate proactively with parents and the Education Manager about goals, progress, concerns, and upcoming needs.
• Identify when a subject specialist or additional intervention is needed and coordinate with the education team.

Benefits

• Dedicated placement coordination through the interview and hiring process.
• Ongoing Education Manager collaboration on the educational roadmap, curriculum guidance, assessment, and progress monitoring.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level