Teacher - English

Pace Center for Girls I Do Matter • Ft. Myers, FL

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The English teacher is responsible for helping girls master state standards and achieve academic success in grades 6–12 English/language arts. The role is part of Pace Center for Girls’ year-round program, which features small class sizes and provides educational and social-service support. Teachers work within a girl-centered, strength-based, and trauma-informed framework to create a safe, supportive learning environment.

This part-time position is scheduled Monday through Friday from 12:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The starting salary is $26.44 per hour. The teacher collaborates with students and colleagues, maintains academic records, supports student progress and post-secondary planning, and participates in required training and occasional after-hours events.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher.
• Active Statement of Eligibility, Temporary, or Professional Teaching Certificate from the Florida Department of Education (FLDOE).
• Knowledge of the subject area and comfort teaching English language arts to grades 6–12.
• Valid Florida driver’s license.
• Ability to oversee students visually and audibly to ensure their safety and well-being.
• Ability to complete and participate in required trainings and drills.
• Alignment with Pace Center for Girls’ mission, values, and guiding principles, and compliance with its ethical standards, policies, and procedures.
• Successful completion of a Level II pre-employment background screening pursuant to Chapters 435, 984, 985, and 943, Florida Statutes, and Department of Juvenile Justice policy and procedures.

Nice To Haves

• Comfort teaching across multiple, potentially mixed-grade levels.
• Experience teaching in a trauma-informed youth environment.
• Education degree.

Responsibilities

• Design standards-based lesson plans and align instruction across multiple, potentially mixed-grade-level classes.
• Use formal and informal assessments to monitor progress and plan instruction around individual student needs.
• Use differentiated instructional techniques and strategies to foster an engaging learning environment.
• Create a safe, supportive, girl-centered, trauma-informed, and strength-based classroom.
• Use classroom management strategies that support engagement, respect, and compliance with center policies.
• Develop, monitor, and update Progress Monitoring Plans in collaboration with learners.
• Conduct academic advising sessions, use data to assess academic growth, and document progress in the student data platform.
• Complete daily and weekly documentation for attendance, IEPs, RTIs, and other assigned requirements.
• Maintain accurate gradebooks and regular progress reports for all learners.
• Understand Florida graduation requirements and promote college and career readiness and post-secondary planning.
• Collaborate with colleagues to meet student, organizational, state, and local requirements.
• Cultivate positive relationships and demonstrate appreciation for others.
• Attain or maintain certifications and endorsements by required deadlines.
• Participate in occasional after-hours events, such as family nights, prom, or community outreach.
• Complete and participate in required trainings and drills.
• Follow Pace Center for Girls’ mission, values, guiding principles, ethical standards, policies, and procedures.
• Oversee students visually and audibly to support their safety and well-being.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries and ongoing learning and development opportunities.
• Subject-specific instructional coaching.
• 20 paid time off days, 14 paid national holidays, and 5 additional wellness-week days.
• Center-based team members observe a schedule with 230 academic days and 20 dedicated in-service planning days.
• Teachers become eligible for an additional 2 weeks of paid time off after one year of employment.
• Full-time team members are eligible for medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, critical illness and accident coverage, legal and identity theft protection, and a 403(b) retirement plan.
• Team members working 30 or more hours per week are eligible for medical, dental, FSA, HSA, and the 403(b) retirement plan.
• Team members working fewer than 30 hours per week are eligible for the 403(b) retirement plan.
• Wellness resources for all team members, including wellness rewards, counseling sessions, leadership coaching, and mindfulness resources.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time