Virtual Language Arts Instructor

About the Role

This is a part-time position offering Year-Round courses primarily in late afternoons to evenings, Monday through Friday, as an after-school and weekend enrichment option for students.

This role might be a good fit if you:

• Are a rock-star teacher with a passion for working with high-achieving students
• Are an engaging, enthusiastic instructor who can motivate gifted learners
• Have strong content knowledge in reading, writing, and grammar
• Aren’t afraid of student-led instruction, discussions, and allowing students to do the heavy lifting
• Foster a virtual classroom environment that encourages critical thinking and problem solving
• Have strong writing skills and can give thoughtful, thorough feedback on students’ writing assignments
• Are comfortable teaching in a live virtual classroom environment
• Have an interest in teaching elementary through middle school levels

For each lesson, you will:

• Teach enthusiastic elementary and/or middle school students in our online classrooms
• Use our curriculum to teach participation-oriented classes that focus on instruction and developing skills, not on rote memorization
• Work in small classes (average size 12) with top-performing students who are passionate about learning and motivated to succeed

Requirements

• Must have a solid academic background in English and language arts
• A bachelor’s degree in a humanities field is required, ideally related to language arts. A master’s degree or higher is preferred
• Must have some experience using Zoom or similar video conferencing software and be comfortable managing a classroom in a virtual setting
• Must have experience teaching or tutoring students at the K-12 level. Classroom teaching experience and some experience working with advanced students is preferred
• All functions of this role must be completed in the U.S.

At this time, we are only hiring instructors who are currently located in and authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to offer sponsorship, including STEM-OPT and H-1B.

Benefits

• Paid Sick Leave (not applicable to all states)
• 401K retirement plan
• Employee discount on classes and Beast Academy Online (BAO) yearly subscriptions

Pay

The instructor rate at the Virtual Campus is $30/hour for Year-Round classes. The class rates represent flexible work time, 15 minutes early arrival immediately before class, and actual class time.