9-10th Math Instructor

Title: Part-Time Instructor, Math
Reports To: Senior Manager of Teaching and Learning
FLSA: Part-time, Seasonal
Compensation: $40 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

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. Instructors teach Math for 9th or 10th grade Scholars.

SEO North Carolina is a bichronous program for Scholars 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.

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

The Instructors’ weekly hours are made up of standard and flex expectations, varying based on the programming weeks. Weekly hours will range from 10-18  hours/week based on asynchronous or synchronous weeks of programming.

• Standard Hours are when the instructor must be working synchronously with staff or students
  • Saturday Academy: 9:35am-2:15pm
  • Asynchronous Week Office Hours: Thursday evenings, 5:30-7:30pm on select weeks
• Flex Hours make up the additional “instructor work” educators know go into the job. This is time spent preparing for the lesson, grading, entering gradebook data, writing Scholar feedback, communicating with staff and Scholars, etc. These are hours put in outside of the required schedule and can be completed asynchronously throughout the week.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES