Middle School Reading Teacher – JR108597-7698 Position Available In Pulaski, Arkansas

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• Job Description

• Required Certificates and Licenses:

• Appropriate and current Arkansas Department of Education Middle School Reading teaching licensure

• Residency Requirement:

• Must reside in ArkansasK12, a Stride Company, believes in Education for ANYONE.

We providefamilies with an online option for a high-quality, personalizededucation experience. Students can thrive, find their passion, and learnin an environment that encourages discovery at their own pace.

Passionate educators are needed at the Stride K12 partner school,

• Arkansas Virtual Academy (ARVA)

•. We want you to be a part of ourtalented team!

The mission of Arkansas Virtual Academy (ARVA) is to provide anexemplary individualized and engaging educational experience forstudents by incorporating school and community/family partnershipscoupled with a rigorous curriculum along with a data-driven andstudent-centered instructional model. Student success will be measuredby valid and reliable assessment data, parent and student satisfaction,and continued institutional growth within the academic community. Joinus!

The Middle School Reading Teacher is a highly qualified, state certifiededucator responsible for delivering specific course content in an onlineenvironment. Middle School Reading Teachers provide instruction,support, and guidance, manage the learning process, and focus onstudents’ individual needs. Middle School Reading monitor studentprogress through Stride K12’s learning management system. They activelywork closely with students and parents/learning coaches to advance eachstudent’s learning toward established goals. Middle School Readingtypically work from home but must travel occasionally throughout theyear to various school functions, such as state testing or as otherwiserequired by the school.

• This is a full-time position. Ability to work independently, typically40+ hours per week is required. Ability to maintain a professional homeoffice without distraction during workday, typically 9-5 (or 8-4) or asdefined by the school.

• ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enableindividuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties
• 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
• Understands that a primary responsibility is to establish and maintain 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, as well as basic troubleshooting in a virtual classroom environment that is in line with academy policies and procedures
• Travels as required (on average once per month and/or approximately 20% of the time) for face-to-face professional development, student testing, and as required by school

• REQUIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree AND
• Active state teaching license AND
• Ability to clear required background check

• OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFIC TIONS

• 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 new technologies and teaching platforms
• Ability to maintain teacher certification/professional development hours and fluency in K12 systems, programs and curriculum.

• DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 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.

• Work Environment:

• The work environment characteristics describedhere are representative of those an employee encounters while performingthe essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may bemade to enable individual