Middle School History Teacher
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. Must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate (cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions). Must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Must not create Pay/Schedule/Benefits unless posting actually states them. The posting includes compensation & benefits: salary range $45k-$50k, bonus, benefits package includes health benefits, retirement contributions, paid time off. So we can have a Benefits section (maybe also Pay). The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Also "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text". So we need to decide which sections to include.
We have content about: Required Certificates and Licenses (state Dept of Ed Middle School History Teaching Certification). Residency Requirements (virtual, open to residents of 50 states and DC). About K12 Private Academy mission etc. Role description: Teacher responsibilities: delivering course content, instruction, support, guidance, manage learning process, focus on individual needs, monitor progress via LMS, work with students/parents, travel occasionally, full-time, ability to work independently 40+ hours, maintain professional home office 9-5 etc. Essential functions list (many bullet points). Required Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree AND Active state teaching license AND Ability to clear required background check. Desired Qualification list (experience with age group, supporting adults/children with tech, experience teaching online or brick-and-mortar, experience with online learning platforms, ability to work collaboratively to interpret data, receptive to coaching, ability to embrace change, proficient in MS Office, ability to learn new tech, ability to maintain certification etc). Compensation & Benefits: salary range, bonus, benefits package. Work Environment: virtual. Job Type Regular. Also some legal statements about at-will, EEO etc which we should remove as boilerplate.
We need to produce sections: maybe "About the role", "Responsibilities", "Requirements", "Qualifications", "Skills", "Benefits", "Pay", "Schedule". But we should not create sections that are thin or filler. Let's map content:
- About the role: could include mission statement, description of K12 Private Academy, virtual nature, full-time, etc. That's substantive.
- Responsibilities: essential functions list (provides rich experiences, personalizing learning, belief in all students, differentiate instruction, augment course content, maintain grade book, prepare for tests, maintain rapport with families, support learning coaches, travel as required). That's substantive.
- Requirements: Required Minimum Qualifications (Bachelor's degree, active state teaching license, background check). Also maybe residency requirements? Could be part of Requirements.
- Qualifications: Desired Qualification list (experience with age group, tech support, online/brick-and-mortar teaching, online platforms, collaborative data interpretation, coaching receptivity, adaptability, MS Office proficiency, learn new tech, maintain certification). That's substantive.
- Skills: maybe we could combine some of desired qualifications into Skills, but we already have Qualifications. Could also have Skills section for proficient in MS Office, ability to learn new tech, etc. But we might avoid duplication.
- Benefits: health benefits, retirement contributions, paid time off. That's substantive.
- Pay: salary range $45k-$50k, bonus potential. That's substantive.
- Schedule: mention ability to work independently 40+ hours per week, maintain professional home office without distraction during workday, typically 9-5 (or 8-4) or as defined by the school. That's substantive.
Thus we can include all sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Possibly also "Work Environment" but that's covered by Schedule? Could be separate but maybe not needed.
We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must not include boilerplate like EEO, at-will, accommodation request, etc. Must remove duplicated lines.
We need to use for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can condense into lists but must keep the substance. For example, essential functions list includes many bullet points; we need to keep each as list items.
We must not include filler like "Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties." That's boilerplate (EEO/accommodation). Should remove.
Also remove lines like "The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list..." etc. That's boilerplate.
Also remove "All employment is “at-will”..." etc.
Also remove "If you are a job seeker with a disability..." etc.
Also remove "Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals With Disabilities" etc.
Also remove "Stride, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer..." etc.
Also remove "Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative..." maybe keep? It says "This position is virtual." That's substantive. Could keep as a short sentence in About the role or Schedule.
We need to ensure we don't accidentally include boilerplate.
Let's extract substantive content:
- Required Certificates and Licenses: Appropriate state Department of Education Middle School (5-8) History Teaching Certification.
- Residency Requirements: This position is virtual and open to residents of the 50 states and Washington, D.C.
- K12, a Stride Company, believes in Education for ANY ONE. We provide families with an online option for a high-quality, personalized education experience. Students can thrive, find their passion, and learn in an environment that encourages discovery at their own pace. Passionate Educators are needed at the Stride K12 private school, K12 Private Academy. We want you to be a part of our talented team! The mission of K12 Private Academy is to provide an exemplary individualized and engaging educational experience for students by incorporating school and community/family partnerships coupled with a rigorous curriculum along with a data-driven and student-centered instructional model. Student success will be measured by valid and reliable assessment data, parent and student satisfaction, and continued institutional growth within the academic community. Join us!
- The Teacher is a highly qualified, state certified educator responsible for delivering specific course content in an online environment. Teachers provide instruction, support, and guidance, manage the learning process, and focus on students’ individual needs. Teachers monitor student progress through Stride K12’s learning management system. They actively work closely with students and parents/learning coaches to advance each student’s learning toward established goals. 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. This is a full-time position. Ability to work independently, typically 40+ hours per week is required. Ability to maintain a professional home office without distraction during workday, typically 9-5 (or 8-4) or as defined by the school.
- ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: (list)
* 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
* Understands that a primary responsibility is to establish and maintain 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
- Required Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree AND Active state teaching license AND Ability to clear required background check
- Desired Qualification: 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. 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.
- Compensation & Benefits: Stride, Inc. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee’s salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position’s level and expected contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections. Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range. We anticipate the salary range to be $45,000.00 - $50,000.00. Eligible employees may receive a bonus. This salary is not guaranteed, as an individual’s compensation can vary based on several factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off.
- Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This position is virtual.
- Job Type Regular
We need to remove boilerplate like "Reasonable accommodations may be made..." (accommodation). Also "Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative..." maybe we can keep "This position is virtual." but the preceding sentence is generic; we could keep just "This position is virtual." as a short statement.
Also "Job Type Regular" maybe not needed as heading; could be included in About the role or Schedule? But it's minor; we could drop as it's not substantive? It's just classification; maybe we can drop.
We must not create sections with filler. So we need to decide which sections to include.
Potential sections:
- About the role: includes mission statement, description of K12 Private Academy, virtual nature, full-time, etc.
- Responsibilities: essential functions list.
- Requirements: Required Minimum Qualifications (Bachelor's degree, active state teaching license, background check) plus residency requirements? Could be separate but we can include in Requirements.
- Qualifications: Desired Qualification list.
- Benefits: health benefits, retirement contributions, paid time off.
- Pay: salary range $45k-$50k, bonus potential.
- Schedule: ability to work independently 40+ hours/week, maintain professional home office 9-5 or 8-4, travel occasionally (once per month/20% time). Could also include virtual nature.
We must not repeat content across sections unnecessarily but must preserve all substantive info. Some info appears in multiple places (e.g., virtual nature appears in Residency Requirements and Work Environment). We need to preserve it
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can condense into lists but must keep the substance. For example, essential functions list includes many bullet points; we need to keep each as list items. We must not include filler like "Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties." That's boilerplate (EEO/accommodation). Should remove. Also remove lines like "The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list..." etc. That's boilerplate. Also remove "All employment is “at-will”..." etc. Also remove "If you are a job seeker with a disability..." etc. Also remove "Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals With Disabilities" etc. Also remove "Stride, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer..." etc. Also remove "Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative..." maybe keep? It says "This position is virtual." That's substantive. Could keep as a short sentence in About the role or Schedule. We need to ensure we don't accidentally include boilerplate. Let's extract substantive content: - Required Certificates and Licenses: Appropriate state Department of Education Middle School (5-8) History Teaching Certification. - Residency Requirements: This position is virtual and open to residents of the 50 states and Washington, D.C. - K12, a Stride Company, believes in Education for ANY ONE. We provide families with an online option for a high-quality, personalized education experience. Students can thrive, find their passion, and learn in an environment that encourages discovery at their own pace. Passionate Educators are needed at the Stride K12 private school, K12 Private Academy. We want you to be a part of our talented team! The mission of K12 Private Academy is to provide an exemplary individualized and engaging educational experience for students by incorporating school and community/family partnerships coupled with a rigorous curriculum along with a data-driven and student-centered instructional model. Student success will be measured by valid and reliable assessment data, parent and student satisfaction, and continued institutional growth within the academic community. Join us! - The Teacher is a highly qualified, state certified educator responsible for delivering specific course content in an online environment. Teachers provide instruction, support, and guidance, manage the learning process, and focus on students’ individual needs. Teachers monitor student progress through Stride K12’s learning management system. They actively work closely with students and parents/learning coaches to advance each student’s learning toward established goals. 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. This is a full-time position. Ability to work independently, typically 40+ hours per week is required. Ability to maintain a professional home office without distraction during workday, typically 9-5 (or 8-4) or as defined by the school. - ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: (list) * 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 * Understands that a primary responsibility is to establish and maintain 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 - Required Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree AND Active state teaching license AND Ability to clear required background check - Desired Qualification: 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. 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. - Compensation & Benefits: Stride, Inc. considers a person’s education, experience, and qualifications, as well as the position’s work location, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value when determining a new employee’s salary level. Salaries will differ based on these factors, the position’s level and expected contribution, and the employee’s benefits elections. Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range. We anticipate the salary range to be $45,000.00 - $50,000.00. Eligible employees may receive a bonus. This salary is not guaranteed, as an individual’s compensation can vary based on several factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, geographic location, experience, training, education, and local market conditions. Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off. - Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This position is virtual. - Job Type Regular We need to remove boilerplate like "Reasonable accommodations may be made..." (accommodation). Also "Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative..." maybe we can keep "This position is virtual." but the preceding sentence is generic; we could keep just "This position is virtual." as a short statement. Also "Job Type Regular" maybe not needed as heading; could be included in About the role or Schedule? But it's minor; we could drop as it's not substantive? It's just classification; maybe we can drop. We must not create sections with filler. So we need to decide which sections to include. Potential sections: - About the role: includes mission statement, description of K12 Private Academy, virtual nature, full-time, etc. - Responsibilities: essential functions list. - Requirements: Required Minimum Qualifications (Bachelor's degree, active state teaching license, background check) plus residency requirements? Could be separate but we can include in Requirements. - Qualifications: Desired Qualification list. - Benefits: health benefits, retirement contributions, paid time off. - Pay: salary range $45k-$50k, bonus potential. - Schedule: ability to work independently 40+ hours/week, maintain professional home office 9-5 or 8-4, travel occasionally (once per month/20% time). Could also include virtual nature. We must not repeat content across sections unnecessarily but must preserve all substantive info. Some info appears in multiple places (e.g., virtual nature appears in Residency Requirements and Work Environment). We need to preserve it