Upper-Level Ft English Teacher

Position Overview/Summary

The Hudson Global Scholars Teacher is a highly qualified and experienced educator responsible for delivering specific course content in an online learning environment. Teachers provide both live, interactive instructional sessions (via Zoom), and as well as facilitative, asynchronous instructional support to students enrolled in K-12 courses. Hudson Global Scholars administers several different types of academic programs and models (secular and faith-based), both domestically and internationally. As a result, teachers have a unique opportunity to work and interact with students across the globe within a completely virtual setting!

Full-time teachers at Hudson Global Scholars collaborate within a collegial network of full and part-time colleagues that collectively meet the dynamic needs of the organization by managing caseloads of courses/sections (live and/or asynchronous) and serving as substitutes to fulfill internal teaching vacancies (planned and on-demand) throughout the year. Full-time teachers maintain a full caseload but also work with Academic Managers and department leaders to complete special projects upon request, as schedules permit (varies based on seasonal needs). It is also expected that full-time teachers serve as the content and instructional expert/point-person for their given area of subject expertise, and supply, share, and demonstrate best practices of instructional application within the field.

Responsibilities

• Ensure student success by providing regular feedback and supporting learning needs
• Provide asynchronous, facilitative, instructional support for students enrolled in virtual English courses
• Other duties and special projects, as assigned by department leaders
• Plan instructional lesson plans and deliver live, interactive, synchronous instruction via Zoom
• Participate in mandatory initial and ongoing training and professional development programs
• Monitor student performance data, identify concerns, implement interventions, escalate concerns
• Serve as an ambassador for Hudson Global Scholars by providing prompt and informative responses to students and families, demonstrating punctuality with on-time and prepared arrivals for live sessions, honoring schedules, meeting deadlines, and providing advance notification and escalation of issues that may interfere with the high-quality delivery of instructional programs
• Demonstrate high levels of professionalism when interacting with students, colleagues, and clients
• Serve as subject-area instructional expert; support the implementation of instruction best practices within the assigned area of expertise; coach and support colleagues to improve overall quality and execution of Hudson Global Scholars programs
• Complete special projects, as assigned, and adhere to project deadlines
• Ability to support Catholic faith-based programming for which instructors deliver regular faith-based instructional components. A personal commitment to the Catholic faith is not required, but HGS instructors may be asked to learn and deliver essential elements of Catholicism to facilitate student-teacher relationships and promote optimal learning outcomes for clients
• Communicate with administrators and parents, as necessary, to ensure a cooperative learning partnership
• Adhere to established program service quality standards, including 24-hour grading and communication responses
• Evaluate student work; award course grades
• Substitute for live classes, as needed
• Adhere to high ethical standards and a heightened cultural awareness in order to effectively serve the Hudson Global Scholars network of schools, programs, families, and students

Qualifications and Requirements

• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to develop and execute strategies to support self-guided, web-based learning
• Experience in developing lesson plans and implementing instructional strategies for English students
• Flexibility for early morning or late evening synchronous classes to meet the needs of international students, preferred
• Interpersonal skills necessary to work cooperatively and effectively with individuals and groups
• High level of comfort with technology; skilled at developing and presenting content, using email and the internet, analyzing data, hosting virtual sessions, use of online learning tools and platforms
• State teaching certification (any state), and/or relevant credential in English, preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Minimum one year of online teaching experience with demonstrated success promoting student achievement
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited US university
• Effective organizational and time management skills

If teaching Catholic religion classes:

• Catechist Certification, preferred
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Theology from a Catholic University, required
• Minimum two years of grade-appropriate subject-matter knowledge and teaching experience in a Catholic school, preferred
• Practicing Catholic in good standing, as evidenced by a letter from a Pastor or other Parish Official, required

Technical Requirements:

• Firefox (74+)
• Some courses may require Adobe Flash and Adobe Acrobat Reader
• High speed internet (5Mb+)
• 4GB PC (Windows 10, 11) or 4GB Mac (OS 10.7.5+) (We do not currently support Chromebook.)