9-11th Math Associate Instructor

Title: Part-Time Associate Instructor, Math
Reports To: Senior Manager of Teaching and Learning
FLSA: Part-time, Seasonal
Compensation: $32 hourly 
Location: Guilford County, North Carolina (Remote)
Spring Semester Dates:

• Pre-Semester Orientation: Wed, Feb 12 (5:30-8:30pm)
• Programming Dates: Feb 22-May 17
  • This includes Saturday programming & some weekday evenings. Please see the full schedule below.

POSITION OVERVIEW

 Associate Instructors will join SEO’s community of passionate educators to implement a rigorous college prep curriculum for motivated and driven high school students. Associate Instructors co-teach alongside Instructors to facilitate classroom instruction, teach mini lessons, organize small group and one-on-one instruction, and provide additional Scholar support. Associate Instructors are the first to cover when there is an instructor absence and do not have grading responsibilities. Associate Instructors co-teach Math for 9th or 10th grade Scholars as well as co-teach one block of Identity & Empowerment.

SEO North Carolina is a bichronous program for Scholar with lesson instruction is held 100% online, facilitated through Zoom.

COURSES

Instructors will be placed depending on their self-reported proficiency and demo lesson.

The math courses offered at SEO include:

• 9TH Math: Numbers and Operations, Graphs and Relationships, and Algebra/Pattern and Structure Courses
  • Skills include: properties of numbers; expressions, equations, and identities; ratio and rate; percentages; proportional reasoning; irrational numbers; linear, quadratic, and exponential functions (including compound growth formula); algebraic representation of functions; graphing functions and identifying key characteristics; modeling real-world situations with functions; systems of equations and inequalities; algebra with exponents; fractional exponents and roots; algebra with rational expressions and equations; properties 2D and 3D geometric figures; introduction to coordinate geometry.
    
    
• 10th Math: Trigonometry, Precalculus, and SAT Math Courses
  • Skills include: triangle geometry and special triangles; trigonometric functions; inverse trig functions; radian measure; the unit circle; graphing and modeling with sine and cosine functions; unit analysis; function notation, including function composition and inverse functions; characteristics of graphs; transformations of graphs; average rate of change; introduction to limits; introduction to the derivative and the power rule; and content covered on the new digital SAT.

Math Associate Instructors will also co-teach 1 period of our Identity & Empowerment (IE) class. SEO’s IE classes are designed to prepare Scholars for academic and social success. Throughout their time in the High School Scholars program, Scholars will be engaged with content in IE that will position them to develop as innovative leaders, ones who use their knowledge and experience to both challenge and inform suppositions about the world. Based on which grade level Associate Instructors are placed, they will co-facilitate one of the following IE courses:

• The 9th Grade IE course is “Personal and Social Identities”
• The 10th Grade IE course is “Identity and Mental Health”
• The 11th Grade IE course is “Supplemental Statement Writing”

PROGRAMMING DATES, TIMES, AND HOURS

• Self-guided Asynchronous Instructor Training: New Instructional staff will complete Asynchronous Training that equates to 10 hours of work. This can be completed on your own time and will be completed prior to the start of programming.
• Instructor Orientations: Wednesday, February 12, 5:30-8:30pm on Zoom
• Meet the Instructors: 9th Grade Instructors meet incoming SEO Scholars: Wednesday, February 19, 5:30-6:30pm
• Instruction: February 22-May 17:
• Synchronous Online Instruction
  • Saturday Academy programming,  9:35am-2:15pm
  • 02/22, 03/01, 03/08, 03/22, 04/05, 04/12, 04/19, 05/03, 05/10, 05/17
• Asynchronous Academic Support
  • Hold office hours, meet with Student Advisor, and engage with Scholars’ work asynchronously
  • Thursdays from 5:30-7:30pm on select weeks
  • 02/24-02/28, 03/10-03/14, 03/24-03/28, 04/07-04/11, 04/21-04/25, 05/12-05/16

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