Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Archford is seeking applications for the Virtual Arkansas Math Teacher position. The role involves providing instruction to students in a virtual learning environment, leveraging digital tools to deliver lessons, assess student progress, and foster a positive learning environment while adapting to the unique challenges of digital education.
Responsibilities
- Effectively utilize the Virtual Arkansas technology systems, programs, software, and platforms to perform duties and deliver instruction
- Plan, prepare, and design live (synchronous) digital lessons and assignments
- Learn and utilize effective synchronous and asynchronous student engagement strategies
- Monitor and track student attendance to synchronous sessions
- Implement intervention and enrichment strategies, based on assessment data and mastery of standards
- Utilize effective and efficient student feedback tools and strategies
- Monitor student progress and respond appropriately to the needs of the students
- Implement effective/efficient communication strategies with students and local digital learning facilitators
- Attend and participate in required professional development, department-level collaborative teams, intervention meetings, and other required meetings
- Meet at least once weekly with the local facilitator(s) to coordinate upcoming lessons and strategies
- Maintain availability for students throughout each school week
- Deliver and respond to communications, including emails and messages, in a timely manner
- Collaborate with all stakeholders (e.g. students, parents, colleagues, local school facilitators, supervisors, etc.) for the purpose of establishing and maintaining effective professional communication and positive relationships
- Implement ELL, IEP, and 504 goals and accommodations into lessons and assessments
- Maintain a professional home office
- Make occasional site visits to schools to foster relationships with students and school staff
- Complete other duties as assigned consistent with online, digital teaching
- Monitor the digital curriculum and make recommendations for continuous curricular improvement through the established curriculum change/support process
- Assist design team members with the implementation of requested curriculum changes
- Make curriculum change recommendations based on standard revisions or misalignments between standards, content, and assessments
- Create and enhance online content, including the creation of focus and micro-topic videos
- Engage in bi-annual course blueprint maintenance initiatives
- Update course syllabi and pacing guides, and complete course alignment matrices
- Use various simple tools to create small, fun learning objects to improve the interactive aspect of courses (Learning Objects)
- If enrollment numbers do not meet the desired enrollment threshold, engage in more extensive course enhancement projects
- Utilize and/or design assessment items that are aligned to the Arkansas Curriculum Standards (or other learning outcomes) that reflect appropriate DOK levels for each course
- Align assessment items to learning outcomes
- Monitor assessment data and student mastery of standards to inform student learning, instruction, curriculum gaps, and assessment validity
Skills
- Science of Reading level required: Awareness
- Arkansas Teacher's License with Math 7-12
- Arkansas residency required
- Arkansas licensure in assigned area(s) (7-12 Math)
- Teaching license must indicate Science of Reading awareness
- Minimum of a B.A. or B.S. required
- Employee must earn the 115/4051 licensure code, Online Teaching K-12, within two academic years of being hired, if applicable. Virtual Arkansas will provide the prescribed program of study and will pay the initial exam fee required to meet the DESE licensure requirements
- Applicant must not be under contract with a school district for the 2026–2027 school year. If an applicant is currently under contract, they must provide a letter from the employing district confirming that the district is willing to release them from their contract before they will be considered for an interview
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines and prioritize tasks
- Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times, stressful environment
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal, teamwork, and customer service skills
- Proficiency in using digital tools and platforms
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to monitor, analyze, and interpret student data to then make informed decisions related to student progress and success
- Desire and ability to learn and adapt to new and emerging technologies and teaching strategies
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
- Periodic travel requirements
- Sit, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, or crouch
- Use hands to handle or feel, type, and pick up objects, and reach with hands and arms
- Speak and hear to communicate effectively
- Frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
Benefits
- Virtual Arkansas will provide the prescribed program of study and will pay the initial exam fee required to meet the DESE licensure requirements.
- Employee may reside and work remotely in an Arkansas location that has robust Internet connectivity, per the terms of the Virtual Arkansas Telework Agreement.
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