Instructor & Digital Course Designer

Midland Flex Learning Center Instructor & Digital Course Designer

Reports To:

Midland Flex Learning Center Principal or Designee

Terms Of Employment: MCEA Bargaining Unit Member;
Full-time, 210-day position.

Anticipated Start Date of August 2026.

Come join Midland Public Schools as our Midland Flex Learning Center Instructor & Digital Course Designer. Midland Public Schools encompasses approximately 140 square miles and serves approximately 7,300 students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. The District is uniquely linked to and intertwined with the surrounding community and boasts a strong tradition and expectation of exceptional academics. Midland Public Schools holds a high concentration of STEM-degreed individuals and readily offers business needs for strong-skilled trades.

The district is located adjacent to the world headquarters of Dow Chemical as well as large employers, such as My Michigan Health, Dupont, and Corteva. Midland provides big-city amenities with a small-town feel and is the home to Midland Center for the Arts, Greater Midland Tennis Center, Great Lakes Loons/Dow Diamond, Dow Gardens/Whiting Forest and the nation's longest canopy walk.

The Midland Flex Learning Center serves as an innovative, adaptive program within Midland Public Schools, specifically designed to support students seeking a nontraditional educational journey. Housed in our new facility on Fast Ice Drive, the center provides a personalized, flexible approach to learning for secondary students. By balancing robust virtual instruction with vital in-person support, local lab experiences, and hands-on project-based learning, the Center ensures that every student—whether recovering credits, seeking an alternative schedule, or looking to re-engage with their education—can earn a distinct Midland diploma on a timeline that fits their life.

Through a supportive, relationship-driven environment, the Midland Flex Learning Center ensures every learner has a clear, customized pathway to graduation and future success.

Position Summary:

Serves as the certified teacher of record and mentor responsible for the development, customization, and academic delivery of virtual courses aligned with the Michigan Merit Curriculum. Provides day-to-day monitoring and mentoring of students attending the Midland Flex Learning Center, as well as assigned virtual students. Responsibilities include course content creation, tutoring, leading small-group instruction, delivering targeted academic interventions, and teaching a hybrid schedule of face-to-face and online coursework.

Maintains regular data-driven communication with students and families to facilitate academic achievement and progress toward graduation requirements.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor's Degree in the field of education is required
• Must possess valid teaching certification with appropriate endorsement for subject area, preferred: DI/DX, GQ, MC
• Virtual Education and course creation experience is preferred.
• Technical proficiency in utilizing systems such as an Online Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Google Workspace is required.
• Familiarity with student information systems is preferred.

Essential Functions:

• Successfully complete district-assigned training by established deadlines. Job-specific training will be provided as available.
• Organize and prioritize work to meet deadlines, maintain an organized work environment, and work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Maintain a high degree of professionalism and confidentiality with regard to all district-related matters and records.
• Create, customize, and maintain online courses aligned with Michigan Standards, including developing new course content and modifying digital curriculum to meet state requirements.
• Develop and administer subject-specific assessments to evaluate student competency and support individual learning plans.
• Teach face-to-face and online courses, including tutoring, small-group instruction, and targeted academic interventions to support student learning and course completion.
• Manage academic and behavioral expectations within the Midland Flex Learning Center academic environment to maintain a safe, professional, and productive classroom, testing, and study area.
• Evaluate student academic and social growth, grade assignments in a timely manner, provide constructive feedback through web conferencing, email, phone, or in person, and teach Success Skills to students under your supervision.
• Maintain weekly three-way communication with students and families to comply with Michigan pupil accounting requirements and participate in IEP and Section 504 meetings to support required accommodations.

• Work collaboratively with Midland Flex Learning Center administration to support student scheduling, Educational Development Plans (EDPs), graduation planning, pathway exploration, academic progress, and successful program completion.
• Establish a learning lab and classroom…