HS Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher

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This position is a home based position. All teachers need to be Texas state certified and live within the state of Texas.

Join us as we expand our virtual learning schooling options in Texas, building upon the success of our more than 70 brick‑and‑mortar campuses across the state. Our school provides hope for students by offering an innovative, personalized environment where students are academically successful and develop into lifelong learners. Our leadership team, faculty, and staff are high‑performing, motivated individuals driven to provide exceptional programs for students in Texas.

Virtual teachers are content experts who instruct using only the best practices to ensure high levels of student success for our diverse student body. Our teachers persistently support and advocate for our students, are reflective practitioners with professional demeanors, and demonstrate leadership outside the classroom. They are committed to changing students’ lives and are among the best educators in the great state of Texas.

• Completed a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university
• Valid Texas Teacher Certification in your area of instruction

• Experience with mastery‑based or individualized learning approaches to student education (Preferred)
• 1-3 years of teaching experience in a Texas Public School
• 1-3 years of virtual teaching experience (Preferred)
• Have two or more years of documented experience teaching online courses for students in Grades 3‑12, AND successfully completed continuing professional development specific to online learning every three years (Preferred)

Please also upload an intro video and instruction recording, using this link:

• Exhibits passion and excitement about teaching
• Expects student performance to be nothing short of his/her best work
• Ability to produce significant output with minimal wasted effort
• Acts without being told what to do and brings new ideas to the faculty
• Demonstrates the ability to quickly and proficiently understand and absorb new information
• Demonstrates persistence and willingness to go the distance to get something done for a student
• Demonstrate the ability to be detail oriented
• Maintains stable performance under pressure
• Generates new and innovative approaches to the classroom or work‑related problems
• Possesses a track record of working hard or a willingness to work hard
• Possesses listening skills where one seeks to understand other viewpoints
• Speaks and writes clearly and articulately in all forms of communication including eMail
• Follows through with verbal and written agreements with students, colleagues, and administration
• Solicits feedback and reacts calmly to suggestions
• Reaches out to peers and cooperates with supervisors to establish an overall collaborative working relationship
• Adjust quickly to changing priorities or conditions
• Organizes and manages time wisely
• Uses varied communication vehicles and opportunities to promote classroom dialogue
• Proficient computer skills and comfort with technology are necessary as the virtual classroom requires the integration of seamlessly transitioning from multiple platforms and programs

• Take ownership of the knowledge of students and commit to stretching students’ cognitive capacities
• Use accomplished pedagogical expertise to execute lessons aligned to state standards while relating to and anticipating student needs through progress monitoring
• Use differentiated instruction to personalize learning and proactively minimize confusion or disengagement
• Deliver instruction to generate further student inquiry to promote problem‑solving, real‑world application, and high order thinking
• Establish an overwhelmingly positive class climate so regardless of what a student may be dealing with personally, your classroom is an emotional and social oasis
• Utilize analytical and reflective method for formal and informal student data
• Display mutual respect with students while maintaining an emotionally safe and…