Texas Online - Teacher

Position: (2025-2026) Great Hearts Texas Online - Teacher
JOB SPECIFICATION

Position:
Online Teacher

Reports to:

Headmaster

Dept. /School:
Great Hearts Texas;
Remote
* EEO Classification:
Professional

FLSA STATUS:
Exempt, Full-time

* Great Hearts is not able to hire employees from the following:
California, Connecticut, D.C., Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington, Wyoming;
International

All items below apply to full-time and part-time teachers, unless otherwise indicated. The Headmaster/designate is the direct supervisor of each teacher/faculty member. Great Hearts and Academy administration may modify, assign, or reassign duties and responsibilities at any time, for any reason.

Position Summary:

Teachers are the most important daily leaders and shapers of intellectual and ethical culture on our campuses. Every teacher is a role model and must always act and speak as one. Great Hearts Texas Online faculty will design and develop best-in-class, classical virtual courses and become expert online facilitators of instruction, discourse, and community.

Duties & Responsibilities:

* Create an educational experience that will feel safe for all students to learn and reach their fullest potential.

* Create thoughtful and well-planned lessons, adhering to the curriculum, across synchronous and asynchronous environments with clear, intentional connections to independent work and rigorous assignments

* Record, edit, and post video course material

* Provide timely and meaningful evaluation/correction of student work (quick return is critical in the online setting)

* Timely response to student questions posted online

* Engage students utilizing the Socratic method.

* Lead students through intelligence, charisma, humor, moral integrity, and example.

* Fully embrace the school's vision of community, of learning, and of leadership.

* Perform additional assigned campus duties.

* Read, know, and support the philosophy, policies, procedures, and other pertinent data of the school as published in the Faculty Handbook and most current Family Handbook.

* Provide reasonable assistance to those students in need of individual help and assist students to make-up work after approved absences.

* Communicate regularly and as needed with parents and respond to parental inquiries by the end of the next school day.

* Attend virtual events that may occur outside of normal hours. Events may include (but are not limited to):
Open Houses, special school events and staff meetings.

* Attend all Great Hearts professional development opportunities and participate in faculty development.

* Support and enforce the school dress and behavior codes and makes reasonable efforts to promote the orderly behavior of all students.

* Keep accurate records and makes reports as required by the Headmaster.

* Evaluate and document the student's day-to-day work, prepare the quarter report, and prepare and participate in the formal semester evaluation and conference.

* Attend and participate in review meetings with the Headmaster and/or Assistant Headmaster.

* Be an active member of the community of learners and continues to pursue his or her own professional growth and development.

* Pursue excellence in teaching and continues to develop his or her own knowledge of the great ideas and works of Western Civilization.

* Maintain regular consistent and professional attendance, punctuality, personal appearance, and adherence to relevant health and safety procedures.

* Maintain positive supervision and an orderly online classroom.

Profile of an ideal Great Hearts Online faculty member:

* You hold a deep love for your students and their formation as learning and people

* You love your academic content, and your sense of wonder and depth of inquiry is contagious

* You admire and appreciate the classical, liberal arts tradition of education

* You believe that your job is to ensure students learn and master the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviors

* You actively reflect, learn, and strive to close the gap between "I taught it" and "students learned it"

* You are genuinely enthusiastic and optimistic about online education and yearn for this job as the next step in your…