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Middle School Social Studies Teacher

Stride, Inc. · Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Area · 3 wk ago
EducationFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings

for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections where there is 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. Also remove "Required Certificates and Licenses" maybe part of Requirements. Must include residency requirement, salary, start date, etc. We need to parse the job description. Key info: - Required Certificates and Licenses: South Carolina Department of Education Middle School (5-8) Social Studies Teaching Certification. - Residency Requirements: Must reside South Carolina. - Salary: $51,000 plus eligibility of a performance bonus. - Start Date: School Year 2026/2027. - Employer: K12, a Stride Company. - Mission etc. - Position: Middle School Social Studies Teacher at Carolus Online Academy (COA). - Responsibilities: Provide instruction, support, guidance, manage learning process, focus on individual needs, monitor progress via LMS, work with students and parents/learning coaches, travel occasionally (once per month ~20% of time) for face-to-face PD, student testing, etc. Full-time, work from home, 40+ hours per week, maintain professional home office, typical 9-5 or 8-4. - Essential Functions list (bulleted). - Required Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree AND Active state teaching license AND Ability to clear required background check. - Desired Qualification: list of experiences/skills. - Compensation & Benefits: description about salary determination, anticipate salary range $51,000, eligible employees may receive a bonus, robust benefits package (health benefits, retirement contributions, paid time off). - Work Environment: virtual, reasonable accommodations. - Job Type: Regular. - At-will employment statement etc (maybe boilerplate, but we can keep if substantive? It's legal boilerplate; we should remove EEO/equal-opportunity etc. The at-will statement might be considered legal boilerplate; but instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. So we should remove the at-will and EEO statements. Also remove "If you are a job seeker with a disability..." etc. Also remove "Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals With Disabilities" etc. We need to keep substantive info: responsibilities, qualifications, desired qualifications, compensation & benefits, work environment, start date, residency, certification. We need to structure into sections: maybe About the role (mission, description), Responsibilities (essential functions), Requirements (required certificates, residency, background check, degree, license), Qualifications (desired qualifications), Skills (maybe from desired qualification list), Benefits (health, retirement, PTO), Pay (salary + bonus), Schedule (full-time, 40+ hours, 9-5, work from home, travel). Ensure we don't create sections with placeholder text. We must not repeat job title as heading. So no

Middle School Social Studies Teacher

. Use headings for sections. We must output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown fences. Let's craft. First, maybe a short paragraph about the role/mission: combine mission and description. We'll have:

About the role

... mission ...

Then Responsibilities:

Responsibilities

  • Provides rich and engaging synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences for students
  • ... etc. We need to include all essential functions bullet points. Let's extract essential functions list from text: - 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 Also mention full-time, work from home, 40+ hours, maintain professional home office, typical 9-5 or 8-4. We could include those under Responsibilities or Schedule. Better to put work schedule under Schedule section. Now Requirements: - South Carolina Department of Education Middle School (5-8) Social Studies Teaching Certification - Must reside South Carolina - Bachelor's degree - Active state teaching license - Ability to clear required background check Also maybe start date? Could be under About the role or separate. Qualifications (desired): - 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. Skills could be overlapping; maybe we put desired qualifications under Qualifications, and Skills under Skills (like proficiency in MS Office, ability to learn tech, etc). But we can combine. We need to avoid thin sections. Let's decide: Sections: - About the role (mission, description, start date) - Responsibilities (essential functions + work from home, hours) - Requirements (certification, residency, degree, license, background check) - Qualifications (desired experience) - Skills (technical proficiencies) - Benefits (health, retirement, PTO) - Pay (salary + bonus) - Schedule (full-time, 40+ hours, typical hours, travel) Check each for substantive content. About the role: include mission statement, description of COA, start date. Responsibilities: essential functions list plus mention of full-time, work from home, 40+ hours, maintain professional home office. Requirements: certification, residency, degree, license, background check. Qualifications: desired qualification list (experience with age group, tech support, online/brick-and-mortar teaching, online platforms, collaborative data work, coaching receptivity, adaptability). Skills: proficiency in MS Office, ability to learn new tech, maintain certification/professional development, fluency in K12 systems. Benefits: robust benefits package including health benefits, retirement contributions, paid time off. Pay: salary $51,000 plus eligibility of performance bonus; note that salary is not guaranteed etc but we can keep the substantive: salary $51,000 plus bonus eligibility. Schedule: full-time, 40+ hours per week, typical 9-5 or 8-4, work from home, travel ~once per month (20% time). We must not include boilerplate like "Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range." That's maybe part of Pay but it's still substantive? It's about salary determination. Could include but it's not a specific number; but it's still info. However instruction: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD"). The phrase "Offers will typically be in the bottom half of the range." is not filler but it's still somewhat vague. Might be okay but we can keep. But we also have "Stride offers a robust benefits package for eligible employees that can include health benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off." That's substantive. Now we need to ensure we don't duplicate lines. Let's craft HTML. We'll need to escape any special characters? Not needed. We'll produce:

    About the role

    Carolus Online Academy (COA), a Stride K12 partner school, provides an exemplary individualized and engaging educational experience through school and community/family partnerships, a rigorous curriculum, and a data‑driven, student‑centered instructional model. Student success is measured by valid assessment data, parent and student satisfaction, and continued institutional growth. The Middle School Social Studies Teacher delivers specific course content in an online environment, providing instruction, support, and guidance while focusing on individual student needs. The position begins with the School Year 2026/2027.

    Then Responsibilities:

    Responsibilities

    • Provides rich and engaging synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences for students
    • Commits to personalizing learning for all students
    • Demonstrates 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, regularly communicating with and responding to students and learning coaches/parents in a timely manner
    • Supports learning coaches/parents with curricular and instructional issues and basic troubleshooting in the virtual classroom, in line with academy policies
    • Travels as required (on average once per month, approximately 20% of time) for face‑to‑face professional development, student testing, and as directed by the school
    • Works full‑time from a professional home office, typically 40+ hours per week (9‑5 or 8‑4 schedule)
    Requirements:

    Requirements

    • South Carolina Department of Education Middle School (5‑8) Social Studies Teaching Certification
    • Must reside in South Carolina
    • Bachelor’s degree
    • Active state teaching license
    • Ability to clear required background check
    Qualifications:

    Qualifications

    • Experience working with the proposed age group (middle school)
    • Experience supporting adults and children in the use of technology
    • Experience teaching in an online (virtual) and/or 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 regular coaching from administrators and teacher trainers
    • Ability to embrace change and adapt to ensure excellent student outcomes
    Skills:

    Skills

    • 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

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