E-Teacher - Online

Description

Location - Colorado (Hybrid)

FLSA Status - Exempt, Full-Time

Zero Dropouts exists to deliver innovative student development opportunities in a way that invites school districts, communities, and students to co-create unique solutions that recognize, foster, and unleash students’ unrealized potential so that their lives are transformed as they thrive in their education and work.

Our Next GED Plus Online (Next Online) program is designed for learners whose lives do not align with traditional school structures, pacing, or attendance expectations. Many of our students are highly mobile, balancing work, family responsibilities, housing instability, or other complex life circumstances that make consistent participation in brick-and-mortar settings difficult.

We design for flexibility without lowering expectations—creating responsive, relationship-based learning environments where students can engage, re-engage, and make meaningful progress on pathways that adapt to their lives.

Our foundational beliefs guide every aspect of our work:

We Believe Mysteries are Opportunities

We are inspired to solve the deeply complex mysteries that face our world. Our innovative approach drives us to uncover hidden truths and create tailored solutions that address the unique challenges of our clients and communities.

We Believe in Anti-Deficit Ideology

Anti-deficit ideology focuses on recognizing and valuing the strengths, abilities, and potential of individuals and communities, rather than highlighting their shortcomings or deficiencies.

We Believe in a Sociocultural Model for Learning

People develop knowledge and skills through an active learning process that encourages interactions with teachers, peers, and their communities. We meet people where they are in their learning journeys, centering their experiences and identities in the process to foster both independent learning and collaboration.

We Believe in a ‘Power With’ Approach to Relationships

We use a ‘power with’ approach that emphasizes collaboration, mutual support, and collective empowerment in our relationships with youth, partners, and each other. Instead of hierarchical or competitive dynamics, it focuses on sharing power, fostering partnerships, and working together to achieve common goals.

We Believe Organizations are Living Systems

We believe that organizations and groups operate as dynamic living systems. This perspective emphasizes interdependence and collaboration, fostering resilience and adaptability. By nurturing supportive relationships and collective growth, we create conditions and environments where all members can thrive.

The e-Teacher provides live online instruction to students working toward earning their GED and preparing for postsecondary pathways. This role is responsible for creating a supportive and engaging virtual classroom environment where students can build academic skills, gain confidence, and make progress toward their goals. e-Teachers lead synchronous online classes, support students through challenges, monitor academic progress, and help students stay connected and motivated throughout their educational journey.

This position works closely with other members of the Next Online team to ensure students receive the instruction, encouragement, and support needed to persist and succeed.

You are an educator who knows that learning happens in relationship. In an online environment, you don’t just deliver content—you design for connection, belonging, and forward momentum.

You meet students where they are and build with them. You understand that consistency, pacing, and participation may look different for each student—and rather than expecting students to fit a system, you adapt the system to fit students. You are skilled at differentiating in real time, adjusting instruction, expectations, and supports to meet learners with varying schedules, skill levels, and life demands.

You understand that engagement is not compliance—it is something we intentionally design through purpose, agency, and meaningful work. You create opportunities for students to re-engage without penalty or…