High School Credit Recovery Teacher
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High School/Credit Recovery Teacher
Date Posted:
6/23/2025
Location:
High School
Insight PA believes in Education for ANY ONE. We provide families an online option for a high-quality, personalized education experience. Students can thrive, find their passion, and learn in an environment that encourages discovery at their own pace. In support of this, we are committed to creating and maintaining a culture of inclusion and diversity where our employees are passionate about serving students and families, treat one another and customers with respect, challenge each other to innovate and always strive to do better.
The mission of Insight Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School is to provide an exemplary individualized and engaging educational experience for students by incorporating school and community/family partnerships coupled with a rigorous curriculum along with a data-driven and student-centered instructional model. Student success will be measured by valid and reliable assessment data, parent and student satisfaction, and continued institutional growth within the academic community. Join us!
The High School Credit Recovery Teacher is a highly qualified, PA state-certified educator responsible for delivering specific course content in an online environment. Teachers provide instruction, support and guidance, manage the learning process, and focus on students' individual needs. Teachers monitor student progress through Insight PA's learning management system, and they actively work closely with students and parents/Learning Coaches to advance each student's learning toward established goals.
This is a full-time position. Ability to work independently, typically 40 hours per week is required. Ability to maintain a professional home office without distraction during workday, typically 8-4 or as defined by the school.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
Instructional
- Takes ownership for student's academic progress and attendance, communicating high expectations and showing active interest in student's achievement
- Prepares students for high-stakes standardized tests
- Conducts live Synchronous Teaching - minimum of 15 hours per week
- Asynchronously supports objectives, including composing/sending emails, planning course objectives, preparing learning plans, and using data to determine student needs
- Maintains a growth mindset around improvement and is open to coaching on a regular basis by administrators or instructional coaches
- Under guidance from the principal, augments course content according to prescribed policies and procedures using appropriate asynchronous and synchronous tools
- Submits grades and required student work ensuring student academic honesty and integrity
- Maintains grade book; Makes placement and promotion decisions by generating formal and informal reports regarding student progress
- Identifies concerns and alerts administrators about student performance and progress
Relationship Building
- Establishes and maintains positive rapport with families and regularly communicates with students and learning coaches/parents on an ongoing regular basis
- Provides support to learning coaches/parents with student curricular and instructional issues
- Supports students and learning coaches with the set-up and maintenance of their learning environment including basic computer troubleshooting
- Understands how both diverse and unique characteristics of students and their families impact required support
- Works collaboratively with other teachers to ensure that all students are successfully progressing through the program, that parents have a central point of contact, and that tasks are distributed among the stakeholders
- Responds to students, parents and colleagues in timely manner
Other Essential Functions
- Organizes social and educational activities for students and families such as virtual clubs or extracurricular activities as required
- Travels to testing sites to proctor state exams
- Travels for occasional professional development and/or school functions
Supervisory Responsibilities
This position has no regular supervisory responsibilities.
Minimum Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree AND
- Six (6) months of student teaching experience
Endorsement: English
Residency Requirement: Preferred resident of Pennsylvania; open to candidates located in DE, MD, NC, NJ, PA, SC, VA, and WV
Minimum Required Skill Set
- Pedagogical knowledge of the content being taught and the ability to apply critical thinking
- Knowledge of state content standards and ability to align those with the K12 curriculum
- Ability to embrace change/ adapt to ensure excellent student outcomes
- Ability to problem-solve independently and have a high level of organization
- Understanding of interdependency of deadlines on multiple projects and able to act to preserve integrity on other people's deadlines
- Ability to work independently typically 40+ hours per week
- Ability to maintain a professional home office without distraction during work day, typically 9-5 (or 8-4) or as defined by the school
- Ability to travel as required (on average once per month and/or approximately 10% of the time) for face-to-face professional development, student testing, and as required by school
- Access to reliable high-speed internet
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word; PowerPoint;
- Ability to rapidly learn and adapt to new technologies and teaching platforms
- Ability to maintain teacher certification/professional development hours and fluency in K12 systems, programs and curriculum
- Ability to pass a required background check
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in a virtual environment
- 1-3 years of experience teaching in an online (virtual) and/or in a brick-and-mortar environment
- Experience with Blackboard Collaborative or other online platforms (i.e., Zoom, Newrow)
- Experience with student assessments such as STAR 360, NWEA and Easy CBM
- Master's Degree and Level 2 Certification preferred
Certificates and Licenses
- Appropriate PA state teaching certification for the grade level/subject content required
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- This is an office-based position. The noise level in the office is usually moderate (computers, printers, light foot traffic).
- This position could include limited travel and could include limited overnight travel. This is estimated to be less than 10% of the time.
Job Performance Requirements
The mental and physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
- Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time.
- Ability to exhibit mental dexterity to "dial" a telephone, to enter data into a computer, to read a computer screen and printed material, to hear and understand speech at normal office/workplace levels, and on the telephone, and to speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in the workplace and on the telephone.
- Ability to physically lift up to 10 pounds.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret workplace documents, technical procedures, research studies, and governmental regulations.
- Ability to write reports with clarity.
- Ability to interface diplomatically with all members of the school community - administrators, teachers, parents, students, Board members, support staff, colleagues, and outside professional contacts.
- Ability to coordinate and use technology for a variety of workplace purposes and communications.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
The above job is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor. All employment is "at-will" as governed by the law of the state where the employee works. It is further understood that the "at-will" nature of employment is one aspect of employment that cannot be changed except in writing and signed by an authorized officer.
Insight PA is a Federal Contractor, an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status age, or genetics, or any other characteristic protected by law.
- Location:
- Exton
- Job Type:
- FullTime