26/27 Virtual Science Teacher

About the Opportunity

PLA Teachers are passionate and devoted leaders bringing creativity and rigor to our classrooms to support an improved learning experience for our scholars. Our teachers are compassionate and committed to building a caring environment that nurtures the success of our school community. As a Teacher at Phalen Leadership Academies, you are responsible for ensuring that all scholars master both the academic and social skills necessary to succeed. You will set ambitious goals for student achievement and hold our scholars accountable for accomplishing those goals. As a PLA teacher, you will be empowered to create a powerful learning environment, plan and deliver rigorous instruction, and assess for mastery tracking scholar progress and intervening and/or pivoting as necessary to support our scholars’ success.

Key Deliverables

• 100% of scholars meet their projected growth goals for both Science
• 85% scholar satisfaction on classroom surveys
• 90% of scholars persist through the academic year
• 95% average daily scholar attendance
• 1.5 years growth for each scholar not performing on grade level

Experience and Education Requirements

• A passion for working with students and families in under-served communities
• Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university; with appropriate endorsements, if applicable
• Valid State Teacher License
• Effective pedagogical skills driven by standards and data-driven assessment
• Experience tracking and using data to drive instruction

The Network

PLA is a transformative education nonprofit changing communities across the country by providing a depth of resources not found in the traditional education model. In addition to serving as one of the country’s best turnaround school operators and successfully launching charter school start-ups, PLA also provides our school communities with a successful, research-based summer learning program (Summer Advantage), a successful Reading and Math Intervention program (Reading and Math Advantage), and a workforce development program (PLA University) that provides expanded opportunities for our high school graduates, along with the family members of our current staff and students. This menu of programs and services is unique to our network, sets us apart from other organizations, and provides expanded opportunities for our staff through career advancement opportunities, and expanded income opportunities.

The Campus

Phalen Virtual Leadership Academy (PVLA) is a tuition-free online school supporting Indiana families from Grades K-12. PVLA was founded in 2020 with the mission of empowering our scholars through high quality education from the comfort of their own safe space. PVLA provides a 100% live teaching structure on a daily basis while also following a traditional academic school year calendar. While also providing a quality education, the campus’ mission is catering to our scholars' social emotional learning. PVLA also offers Summer Advantage USA for Grades K-8 and PLA University, a free job training program for our PLA families.

Compensation and Benefits

PLA School Teachers receive a base salary that is competitively aligned with the market. In addition to a base salary, PLA School Teachers receive:

• Competitive Compensation
• Benefits – Healthcare, vision, and dental insurance
• Professional development opportunities, coaching and mentoring, and being a part of professional communities within the school
• Incentive and bonus opportunities