生物老师

Laurel Springs School, a subsidiary of Spring Education Group, a WASC-accredited school, is a pioneer in online private school education since 1991. Laurel Springs provides flexible and personalized learning experiences online for students in kindergarten through 12th grade and beyond.
About the Role:
Laurel Springs School is seeking an experienced, passionate, and innovative Biology educator to join our dynamic Science Department. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Biology and the capability to teach standard Biology courses to students in grades 9–12. This individual will lead weekly, engaging, synchronous lessons for Biology students, provide targeted academic support, and actively contribute to curriculum review and development. The successful candidate will also create meaningful enrichment opportunities to deepen student understanding and engagement with Biology concepts. A commitment to academic excellence, student-centered instruction, and creative online teaching strategies is essential. Candidates must have exceptional communication skills and the ability to build strong relationships with students and guardians in a fully online, asynchronous learning environment that includes regular opportunities for live interaction. This full-time, 12-month remote position requires collaboration with the Science Academic Department Chair and fellow educators to ensure a cohesive and rigorous science program. Educators must be available during business hours (Eastern Time) to grade assignments, provide feedback, support students, contribute to curriculum projects, share ideas to enhance the program, and participate in meetings, office hours, and one-on-one student sessions.
General Description of Position:
A full-time teacher (grades 6-12) at Laurel Springs is a full-time, 12-month position that reports to an Academic Department Chair. Full-time teachers are responsible for direct academic support of a roster of students who are engaged in primarily asynchronous academic courses. Teachers grade and provide responsive feedback to students in the Learning Management System, meet individually with students and families, and provide warm encouragement, coaching, tutoring, and enhanced learning opportunities to students as needed. Teachers also participate in curriculum and program development, live virtual Workshops, virtual clubs/activities, and other duties as needed. This is a highly collaborative role since teachers work closely with their departments and other LSS teachers and staff. Teachers must be available during business hours (Eastern Time) to support students, collaborate with colleagues, attend meetings, and offer individual student appointments. The information in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Individuals may perform other duties as assigned, including work in other areas to cover absences or relief to equalize peak work periods or otherwise balance the workload.
Job Duties:
Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Advance the mission of the school by providing high-quality, positive, proactive asynchronous and synchronous student learning through the LSS online learning management system and other learning platforms.

• Actively monitor the academic progress of each assigned student and intervene as needed to ensure mastery and timely completion of enrollments.

• Provide substantive, motivating, personalized, timely, and constructive feedback for all student assignments.

• Support the curriculum team with content creation and course reviews as assigned.

• Communicate proactively and responsively with students, parents, counselors, staff, and administrators via email, phone, video conference, and any other communication tools provided by LSS.

• Be readily and proactively accessible to students and parents via individual live instruction and appointments, and parent-teacher conferences.

• Teach Workshop courses (asynchronous courses with weekly live lessons) as assigned.

• Participate collaboratively and professionally in school-wide meetings, events, communications and activities, both online and in person, with some required evening virtual events.

• Engage in ongoing professional development (internal and external), practice self-assessment, and strive for continuous improvement.

• Maintain confidentiality regarding students, families, and staff as well as LSS management and operations.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education/Credentials:

• Bachelor’s degree in applicable field required; Master’s degree strongly preferred

• Active education certification and commitment to ongoing compliance with state and local regulations relating to background checks and credentials.

Essential Skills:

• Excellent skills with word processing, productivity, communication, and educational technology tools; expertise with G-Suite, Learning Management Systems, and Student Information Systems strongly preferred.

• Strong analytical, interpretive, evaluative, and constructive thinking, and organizational skills.

• Exceptional interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.

• Access to dependable and high-quality internet and a quiet work space that allows the Student Support Manager to be fully present and available to students, parents, and colleagues as needed during work hours (Monday through Friday from 8:30am - 5pm ET).

Physical Requirements:

• Frequent speaking and listening (50-75%).

• Must be proficient in speaking, writing and reading English to include reading and comprehending policies and procedures, and being able to correspond in English.

• Frequent use of computer keyboard and mouse (50-75%).

• Frequent repetitive or fine hand movements (50-75%).

• Often walking and standing (25-50%).

• Occasional climbing of stairs or ladders (10-25%).

• Limited bending, squatting, stooping, and kneeling (5-10%).

• Limited carrying and lifting 25 pounds or less (5-I0%).

• Limited operation of vehicles (5-10%).

• Employee is regularly required to speak, hear and use clear vision with or without correction. This may include viewing small numbers.

• Travel: Employees in this role may be required to periodically travel by air or motor vehicle for required training or in-person events.

Additional Requirements:
· This is a full-time, year-round, salaried position in which the employee may be required to work more than 40 hours a week.
Safety:
You are expected to perform your position according to SEG safety policies and procedures, as well as, federal, state and local regulations. All safety concerns and incidents are to be reported immediately to your direct supervisor.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. In general, this position requires an individual to frequently walk, stand, sit, squat, stoop, reach, kneel, rise from the floor, twist, listen, read, write, and speak the English language. In addition, this position often requires an individual to carry, lift, use repetitive or fine hand movements, and occasionally push, pull, or bend. This position is regularly required to hear and use clear vision with or without correction. Spring Education Group, including, but not limited to SEG Inc., and their affiliates (collectively “Company”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants for employment and employees are provided equal employment opportunities, including in recruitment, hiring, and assignment, without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion and religious creed, sex (including pregnancy and related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital or familial status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, genetic information, military/veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. The Company expressly prohibits any form of unlawful employee or student harassment or discrimination.
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