Part-Time Teacher

Educational Harbor Christian School is looking for two part time teachers (about 28 hours - 24 with students, and then more with lesson planning, staff meetings, and conferences)

- One class would be upper elementary: Math and Language Arts for 5th and 6th graders,  and History, Science, and an Enrichment of your choice for a mixed class of grades 3-6 

- One class would be middle school: Math and Language arts for 8th graders, and history, science, and an enrichment of your choice for a mixed class of grades 7-8

Hours: 8:45AM to 2:45PM (staff meetings Mondays from 2:45-3:30 with additional stipend) + lesson planning (has a stipend)

Days: Monday-Thursday

Job duties: 

- Write and implement lesson plans for five subjects: Math, Language Arts, History, Science, and Enrichment of your choice

- Create rubrics to show how students will be graded

- Update grades on a bi-weekly basis 

- Contact parents by phone, in person, and over emails or messages regularly, creating positive partnership relationships with parents

- Attend at least two in-person parent-teacher conferences per year for each family that you teach

- Attending professional development and staff meetings 

- Keeping your classroom and assigned school areas clean and neat (with student help - the students do the majority of cleaning)

- Illicit help from administration for behavioral or academic issues 

- Write Purchase orders for curriculum or materials needed for your class 

- Bringing students to and attending Chapel on Tuesdays during the school day (between math and lunch) 

Administrative support includes: 

- Assistance in writing lesson plans for mixed-age classes

- Trainings in behavior management, engaging lessons, and topics of your choices 

- Assistance in behavior management (even repeated classroom disruption)

- Assistance in organization and cleaning delegation and techniques with students 

- Assistance in rubric writing, assessments, and grading techniques 

FAQs: 

- Do I need to be certified in the state of Florida? No, not necessarily. 

- What are the requirements? 5 years of previous experience teaching in any of the following scenarios: Paraprofessional, tutoring, VBS / church teaching, classroom teaching, regular and frequent substitute teaching, various homeschool teaching, camps, teaching in another state or subject.

- Will you take someone fresh out of college? We would prefer that you have experience teaching on your own such as VBS, camps, and tutoring as well. We would be willing to consider someone out of college. 

- What else would I need to do as part of the application process? You will need to come in for a tour and preliminary interview, and if you are interested and appear to be a good fit, a second time to teach a lesson to some of your potential students, and a third formal interview with administration and student ambassadors. 

- What paperwork would you need if I continue through the application process? Your educational transcripts and diplomas, resume and references. You would also need to do a livescan background check (but don't do this until instructed to).

- Why is the pay range so great? Uncertified teachers who do not tutor or take on extra duties would be on the lower end. Certified teachers with current certfications and classroom experiences would be on the upper range. There are potential additional stipends or duties such as tutoring, Fridays, teaching additional enrichments.