High School English Language Teacher

Job Title: High School English Language Teacher

Reports To: Principal/Program Lead

Status, Full-Time, Exempt

Salary Range: See current salary schedule

Overall Description:
Oregon Virtual Academy provides families 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. In support of this, we are committed to creating and maintaining a culture of inclusion and diversity where our employees are passionate about serving students and families, treat one another and customers with respect, challenge each other to innovate and always strive to do better.

The mission of ORVA is to provide a safe, inclusive and collaborative environment that values individual growth and achievement. Student success will be measured by valid and reliable assessment data, parent and student satisfaction, and continued institutional growth within the academic community.

The Teacher is a highly qualified, state certified educator which is responsible for delivering specific course content in an online environment partnership. Teacher provides instruction, support, and guidance, manages the learning process, and focus on students’ individual needs. Teacher monitors student progress through 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 works from home but must travel occasionally throughout the year to various school functions, such as state testing or as otherwise required by the school.

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The successful candidate will be issued a Temporary contract for the remainder of the 2021-2022 school year. Continued employment is a possibility for the 2022-2023 school year.

Vaccination Mandate

OAR 333-019-1030
RULE TITLE: COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Teachers and School Staff

RULE SUMMARY: The intention of OAR 333-019-1030 is to help prevent and slow the spread of COVID-19 by requiring teachers, school staff, volunteers, and school-based program staff and volunteers who work in schools to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or request a medical or religious exception.

Effective, October 19, 2021 teachers, school staff, volunteers, and school-based program staff and volunteers must provide the school or school-based program with either:

• Proof of vaccination showing they are fully vaccinated; or
• Documentation of a medical or religious exception

The successful candidate will be asked to provide the documentation during the on-boarding process.

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Essential Functions: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties:

Instructional:

• Takes ownership for students’ academic progress and attendance, communicating high
  expectations, and showing active interest in students’ achievement.
• Conducts live synchronous whole group instruction and small group teaching, as needed.
• Asynchronously supports objectives, including composing/sending emails, planning course
  objectives, preparing learning plans and using data to determine student needs.
• Collaborates with local/regional/national teams and teacher trainers regarding instruction, resources, interventions, and data-driven decisions making.
• Makes self-available to be coached on a regular basis with administrators and teacher trainers.
• Under guidance from principal and coach, augments course content according to prescribed policies and procedures using appropriate asynchronous and synchronous tools.
• Assess students for the purpose of providing feedback to students, parents, and administration regarding students’ progress, expectations, goals, etc. and maintaining a fair and consistent gradebook.
• Makes placement and promotion decisions by generating formal and informal reports regardingstudent progress, alerts administrators to concerns about student performance and progress.
• Ability to promote high levels of achievement in relation to individual student abilities.
• Select teaching strategies emphasizing student involvement and engagement.
• Participates on IEP and pre-referral teams for students with special needs.
• Provides classroom accommodations and modifications as outlined in 504 plans or IEPs.
• Plans differentiated instruction to support all levels of learners.

Communication and Relationship Building:

• Communicate course goals and academic expectations to all stakeholders.
• Responds to students, parents/Learning Coaches and colleagues in timely manner.
• Works collaboratively with other teachers to ensure that all students are successfully progressing through the program, that parents have a central point of contact, and those tasks are distributed among the stakeholders.
• Establishes and maintains positive rapport with families and regularly communicates with students and learning coaches/parents on an ongoing regular basis.
• Conduct regular conferences with parents/responsible adults and students to assess each child’s progress, learning style, and any other academic, social or developmental issues.
• Conduct regular conferencing sessions for students and/or teaching adults on academic topics of need or interest.
• Organize service-learning opportunities that support student development.
• Facilitates student clubs, monthly community and social events as needed.
• The teacher actively participates in PLCs, required meetings, assessments, ORventures and other school outings to generate solutions to concerns and to support students, families, the school mission and vision.
• Elementary and Middle School Teachers support learning coaches/parents with student curricular and instructional issues in a virtual classroom environment, in line with academy policies and procedures.
• Communicate regularly with parents, seeking their support and advice, to create a cooperative relationship to support the student in the school.
• Attend regular staff meetings and serve, as appropriate, on staff committees.
• Represent the school and district at community, State, and professional meetings and conferences.
• Maintain appropriate levels of communication with the Special Programs staff in regard to shared students and comply with accommodations and modifications of student plans.
• Collaborate with Special Programs staff regarding development and planning of lessons to ensure scaffolding, including instructional strategies, for student learning styles and skills.
• Supports students and learning coaches with the set-up and maintenance of their learning environment including basic computer troubleshooting.
• Demonstrates understanding of how both diverse and unique characteristics of students and their families impact required support.
• Support ORVA administrators with school information sessions.

Other Duties & Responsibilities:

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications:
Minimum Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree AND
• Six (6) months of student teaching experience AND
• Meet requirements for Highly Qualified Teacher (HQT) in subject area under No Child Left Behind
  (NCLB)

Certificates and Licenses:
Appropriate state teaching certification.

Other Required Qualifications:

• Pedagogical knowledge of content being taught and ability to apply critical thinking.
• Knowledge of state content standards and ability to align those with the K12 curriculum.
• Ability to embrace change and adapt to ensure excellent student outcomes.
• Ability to problem solve independently and have a high level of organization.
• Understanding of interdependency of deadlines on multiple projects and able to act to preserve integrity on other people's deadlines.
• Ability to work independently, typically 40 hours per week.
• Ability to maintain a professional home office without distraction during workday, as defined by the school.
• Ability to travel as required (on average once per month and/or approximately 10% of the time) for face-to-face professional development, student testing, and as required by school.
• Access to reliable high-speed internet.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word; PowerPoint, etc.
• 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.
• Ability to clear required background check.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience working with proposed age group.
• Experience working in a virtual environment and all the technology that is used in this setting.
• Experience with Blackboard Collaborative, Newrow, or other online platforms.

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 is a home-based position.

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 45 pounds and regularly life up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.

NOTE: The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties or projects, as assigned by their supervisor and based on program needs and targeted teacher workload.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is “at-will” as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the “at-will” nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.