Teacher - English

Pace Center for Girls • Fort Myers, FL

3d

About The Position

The English Teacher educates girls in grades 6–12, helping them master state standards and achieve academic success. The role is part of a year-round program with small class sizes and wraparound education and social services. Instruction is grounded in a girl-centered, strength-based, and trauma-informed approach that supports a safe classroom where students can learn, process, heal, and develop.

The position is part-time, scheduled Monday through Friday from 12:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., with a starting pay rate of $26.44 per hour. The teacher works collaboratively with learners and colleagues, maintains required student records and progress documentation, and supports college and career readiness. Occasional after-hours events may be required.

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.
• Ability to oversee students visually and audibly to ensure their safety and well-being.
• Align with Pace Center for Girls’ mission, values, and guiding principles; maintain ethical standards; and comply with its policies and procedures.
• Pass a Level II pre-employment background screening pursuant to the cited Florida statutes and Department of Juvenile Justice policies and procedures.

Nice To Haves

• Comfort teaching across multiple, possibly mixed, grade levels.
• Experience teaching in a trauma-informed youth environment.
• Education degree.
• Valid Florida Driver’s License.

Responsibilities

• Design standards-based lesson plans and align instruction for multiple, possibly mixed, grade-level classes.
• Use formal and informal assessments to monitor progress and plan instruction around students’ individual needs.
• Use differentiated instructional techniques and strategies to create engaging lessons.
• Create a safe, supportive, girl-centered, trauma-informed, and strength-based classroom environment.
• Use effective classroom management strategies to encourage engagement, respect, and adherence to 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.
• Apply knowledge of 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 all required trainings and drills.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries.
• Ongoing learning and development opportunities and subject-specific instructional coaching.
• 20 paid time off days, 14 paid national holidays, and 5 additional wellness week days.
• Balanced center-based 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 a 403(b) retirement plan.
• Team members working fewer than 30 hours per week are eligible for a 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
• Career Level: Mid Level