Saturday Academy Instructor, Math 9th & 10th grade (Spring 2026)

Title: Saturday Academy Instructor, Math

Reports To: Senior Manager of Teaching and Learning

FLSA: Part-time, Seasonal

Location: Guilford County, North Carolina (Remote)

Compensation: $40/hr

There will also be future Saturday opportunities for Fall and Summer semesters.

Position Overview

Instructors will join SEO’s community of passionate educators to implement a rigorous college prep curriculum for motivated and driven high school students.  Using our original curriculum and a student-centered approach to teaching and learning, instructors play an integral part in supporting our Scholars’ journeys to a competitive college and beyond. Instructors promote depth of understanding and skill acquisition by serving as a coach and facilitator of learning. 

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

The Courses

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

The math courses offered at SEO include:

• Numbers and Operations (9th Grade Spring), Graphs and Relationships (10th Summer), and Algebra/Pattern and Structure (10th Fall) 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. Trigonometry (10th Spring), Precalculus (11th Summer), and SAT Math (11th Fall) 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.

For Spring 2026, the following math courses will be offered: 

• 9th Math: Numbers and Operations
• 10th Math: Trigonometry

The Sites

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

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: 02/05, 5:30-8:00pm

Synchronous Online Instruction

• Saturday Academy programming,  8:45am-2:15pm
• 12th Grade Programming dates: 
• January: 10, 24, 31
• February: 14, 28
• March: 7, 14, 28
• April: 11, 18
• 9-11th Grade Programming dates: 
• February: 21, 28
• March: 7, 21, 28
• April: 11, 18
• May: 2, 9, 16

Asynchronous Academic Support

• Be available to host office hours, meet with Student Advisor, and engage with Scholars’ work asynchronously. 
• Wednesdays from 6-7pm on select weeks: 
• 12th Grade: 
• January 12-15
• January 26-29
• February 17-19
• March 9-12
• March 16-19
• April 13-16
• 9-11th Grade: 
• February 23-26
• March 9-12
• April 6-9
• April 13-16
• April 27-30
• May 11-14

Key Responsibilities:

• Instruction & Facilitation – Co-teach three to four periods including ELA and Advisory. When asked to cover for another instructor, lead the class on your own. Follow provided lesson plans and meet lesson objectives, abiding by SEO’s articulated criteria for rigorous instruction and student engagement. 

Navigate Instructional Technologies – Learn and efficiently utilize our instructional technologies such as  Brightspace (Learning Management System), Nearpod,  G-Suite applications, and Zoom chat (instant messaging tool