High School CTE Teacher: Medical Coding

About the Role

Career Readiness Education focuses on developing, facilitating and managing Career Readiness Education programs that support career pathways and integrated academics by providing instructional leadership, community building and human and financial resources management. Responsible for carrying out the mission of the school to ensure a quality educational experience by preparing students with specific technical skills, employability skills and integrated academics for advancement along a career path and lifelong learning.

Passionate educators are needed at the Stride K12 partner school, Insight School of Oklahoma (ISOK). This position is remote and requires candidates who reside in Oklahoma. The High School Medical Coding Electives teacher is a highly qualified, state certified educator responsible for delivering specific course content in an online environment.

Responsibilities

• Provides rich and engaging synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences for students
• Commitment to personalizing learning for all students
• Demonstrates a belief in all students' ability to succeed and meet high expectations
• Differentiates instruction based on student level of mastery
• Augments course content according to prescribed policies and procedures using appropriate asynchronous and synchronous tools under guidance from principal and coach
• Maintains grade book ensuring student academic integrity, makes student placement and promotion decisions, and alerts administrators to concerns about student performance and progress
• Prepares students for high stakes standardized tests
• Establishes and maintains positive rapport with families and regularly communicates with and responds to students and learning coaches/parents in a timely manner
• Supports learning coaches/parents with student curricular and instructional issues, as well as basic troubleshooting in a virtual classroom environment that is in line with academy policies and procedures
• Travels as required (on average once per month and/or approximately 20% of the time) for face-to-face professional development, student testing, and as required by school

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Active state teaching license
• Current Middle School Electives certification
• Must reside in Oklahoma
• Ability to clear required background check
• Ability to work independently, typically 40+ hours per week
• Ability to maintain a professional home office without distraction during workday, from 8a – 5p

Qualifications

• Ability to work collaboratively with other teachers to interpret and produce numeric, tabular, and graphic representations of student data, and use it to drive instructional decisions
• Receptive to receiving coaching regularly with administrators and teacher trainers
• Ability to embrace change and adapt to ensure excellent student outcomes
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint
• Ability to rapidly learn and adapt to new technologies and teaching platforms
• Ability to maintain teacher certification/professional development hours and fluency in K12 systems, programs and curriculum

Preferred Skills

• Experience working with proposed age group
• Experience supporting adults and children in the use of technology
• Experience teaching in an online (virtual) and/or in a brick-and-mortar environment
• Experience with online learning platforms

This is a full-time position. The work environment is virtual. High School teachers typically work from home but must travel occasionally throughout the year to various school functions, such as state testing or as otherwise required by the school.