Teacher, Secondary

Title: Teacher, Secondary (Art) (LX Required), Hybrid in Michigan

Location: Remote

Job Description:

MI RESIDENCY AND TEACHING CERTIFICATION INCLUDING LX ENDORSEMENT REQUIRED

 

Uplift Michigan Online School

 

Teacher, Secondary, Art

Summary/Objective
Uplift Michigan Online School must provide an excellent education to all our students consistent with the mission, vision, and goals of the school and with the core values of Summit Management Consulting. Your primary goal is to ensure that each of your students is learning subject matter identified in the State standards and the Uplift Michigan Online School curriculum.

Essential Functions

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Consistently plan and deliver lessons that are varied, interesting, engaging, and enjoyable for your students.
• Facilitate learning by creating lesson plans in harmony with students learning styles.
• Assign homework only in accordance with Uplift Michigan Online School’s homework philosophy and in alignment with Professional Learning Community (PLC) team guidelines.
• Offer assignments and assessments matching state standards for the associated content, providing frequent and timely feedback to your students.
• Consistently review and analyze student performance data to develop plans to meet the needs of all students.
• Maintain timely, complete, and accurate student records (i.e., Skyward and CAT).
• Assist in the development of curriculum that is aligned to the State standards, referring to these approved guidelines as often as necessary as you design and execute daily plans for teaching your students.
• Assist in the development and implementation of any educational plans such as IEP’s, 504 plans and behavior plans.
• Ensure that your classroom is conducive to learning – one that is safe and nurturing for all students. Provide consistency and balance for your students.
• Ensure that parents are frequently advised as to their child’s performance and progress.
• Communicated via all means available and necessary including phone, text, email, Skyward, face-to-face conferences, written correspondence or other means.
• Frequent communication will assist parents in playing a key role in their child’s education. This will prevent surprises with progress reports and report card results.
• Provide parents with encouraging news as well as items of concern.
• Return parent e-mail and voice mail messages within 24 hours.
• Conduct research, attend conferences, meetings, and pursue continuing education to ensure you are serving to model being a life-long learner and to ensure you are providing effective instruction. Keeping your teaching certification up to date is your professional responsibility.
• Perform other duties and tasks as directed by School Administration.

 

Schedule
This role requires work between 8am and 4pm, Monday through Friday and additional hours as needed. This is a full-time, salary position that requires 40 hours plus, if necessary to complete required tasks. This is a remote position, but the hours are not flexible. 

 

In person commitments are a requirement. These include: 

• State testing
• Field trips
• Professional development
• Graduation

Required Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree required and Michigan Teaching Certification in the assigned area as well as pre-service experience, as required for certification. LX endorsement minimum requirement. Dual certification highly preferred (LX, RX and MB or MA).

 

Offers benefits such as...

- Medical, dental, and vision benefits available.

- Volunteer Life Insurance

- Short Term Disability

- 401K and Roth 

- And more!

 

Summit Management Consulting, LLC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Summit Management Consulting, LLC complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Summit Management Consulting, LLC expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Summit Management Consulting, LLC’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.