Interim Innovation Director & Instructor

Southern Union Conference | Florida Conference

Forest Lake Academy (FLA) is one of the largest Adventist high schools in the North American Division and is located in Apopka, Florida, just eight miles north of Orlando. The school offers grades 9-12 to nearly 400 students and is on the same property as Forest Lake Education Center, a pre-k-8th grade school with over 600 students. Numerous Advent Health Hospitals and the Adventist Health System headquarters, as well as all of the attractions in Orlando (Disney, Universal, Sea World, etc.)

and the beaches, are only a short distance away from FLA. By this fall, the school will complete an extensive expansion project that is creating renewed energy and excitement on campus with the new facilities.

FLA has an immediate opening for a caring, dynamic, engaging, creative, and student-centered high school innovation instructor. The current position is for a full-time interim teacher but may become a regular full-time teaching position. The school has one of the most effective and comprehensive innovation programs in the denomination. The innovation candidate should be familiar with:

• Competency-based education
• Project-based learning
• Scrum
• The Lean Start Up method
• Design Thinking
• Robotics
• Physical programming and coding
• Experience with Python and Scratch preferred
• Laser cutters, 3D printers, graphic design software, microcontroller programming software, and 3D design software
• The ability to create lesson plans to meet the needs of a diverse student population

The ideal candidate should be able to work with a diverse range of students in a multicultural environment and be committed to developing and expanding innovation and creativity programs. They must prepare students to participate in competitions and other learning opportunities. Effective communication with colleagues, administration, and parents is vital.

For more information about Forest Lake Academy, visit the school's website at (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). or email either the STEM vice principal tinger or the principal, glen.baker.

Applicant must be a tithe-paying Seventh-day Adventist church member in good standing and have the legal right to work in the United States, providing evidence if employed. A minimum of a bachelor's degree with North American Division (Denominational) Teacher Certification is required and must be maintained (or must agree to work towards obtaining NAD Certification). A minimum of three years of successful classroom experience is preferred.

Forest Lake Academy is a college-preparatory Seventh-day Adventist Christian school dedicated to providing a challenging Christian education in an innovative, safe, and diverse environment.

Forest Lake Academy is a grade 9-12 college-prep high school, that provides a challenging curriculum and Christian education in a safe, innovative environment that values diversity.