Elementary School Teacher

General Education Elementary focuses on K12-powered virtual elementary schools with K-5 programs offering courses in English, history, math, science, music, art, and world languages. Responsible for relationship building with families, students, and learning coaches to ensures that all students are progressing successfully through the program. The Elementary Teacher is a highly qualified, state certified educator responsible for delivering specific course content in an online environment. Teachers provide instruction, support, and guidance, manage the learning process, and focus on students’ individual needs. Teachers monitor student progress through Stride K12’s learning management system. They actively work closely with students and parents/learning coaches to advance each student’s learning toward established goals. Teachers typically work from home but must travel occasionally throughout the year to various school functions, such as state testing or as otherwise required by the school. This is a full-time position. Ability to work independently, typically 40+ hours per week is required. Ability to maintain a professional home office without distraction during workday, typically 9-5 (or 8-4) or as defined by the school.

Responsibilities

Delivering specific course content in an online environment; Providing instruction, support, and guidance to students; Managing the learning process and focusing on students’ individual needs; Monitoring student progress through Stride K12’s learning management system; Working closely with students and parents/learning coaches to advance each student’s learning toward established goals; Providing rich and engaging synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences for students; Personalizing learning for all students; Demonstrating a belief in all students’ ability to succeed and meet high expectations; Differentiating instruction based on student level of mastery; Augmenting course content according to prescribed policies and procedures; Maintaining grade book ensuring student academic integrity, making student placement and promotion decisions, and alerting administrators to concerns; Preparing students for high stakes standardized tests; Establishing and maintaining positive rapport with families and communicating with students and learning coaches/parents in a timely manner; Supporting learning coaches/parents with curricular and instructional issues and basic troubleshooting in a virtual classroom; Traveling as required for professional development, student testing, and as required by school

Requirements

Bachelor's degree; Active state teaching license; Oklahoma Elementary Teaching Certification; Ability to clear required background check; Must reside in Oklahoma; 0-1 year of related professional experience; Ability to work independently, typically 40+ hours per week; Ability to maintain a professional home office without distraction during workday; Ability to travel 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

Nice to have

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; 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