Permanent Elementary and Middle School Substitute Teacher-CASC

The Heron Institute; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Dental

Life insurance

Retirement through PEBA

Laptop provided by the school

Internet reimbursement

Job summary

The Heron Institute in South Carolina seeks a Permanent Elementary and Middle School Substitute Teacher (CASC). This exempt role supports virtual instruction for CASC students, travels for testing, and requires SC certification.

The position predominantly works from home with occasional in-person duties. Responsibilities include live teaching at least 15 hours weekly, asynchronous support, data-driven instruction, and collaboration with teachers, families, and Learning Coaches to ensure student

Qualifications

• Six months of student teaching experience.
• Valid South Carolina teaching certification.
• Pedagogical knowledge of content and ability to apply critical thinking.
• Ability to work independently, typically 40+ hours per week.
• Access to reliable high-speed internet.
• Experience with online platforms such as Canvas or similar is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Deliver online instruction for CASC students.
• Conduct live synchronous teaching – minimum 15 hours per week.
• Asynchronously support course objectives, plan objectives and use data to guide learning.
• Collaborate with teams and teacher trainers regarding instruction and data-driven decisions.
• Submit grades and maintain grade book, with reports on student progress.

Education

South Carolina teaching certification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Permanent Elementary and Middle School Substitute Teacher-CASC

You must be located in the state of South Carolina.

We know that every student’s journey is different. At Cyber Academy of South Carolina (CASC), we combine personalized learning with a safe, virtual environment, helping students achieve academic success on their own terms—whether they’re preparing for college, a career, or whatever comes next.

Job Description

Anticipated Salary: $50,000-$55,000 This is an exempt position.

The Substitute Teacher is a highly qualified, state certified educator responsible for delivering specific course content in an online environment. Substitute Teachers provide instruction, support, and guidance, manage the learning process, and focus on students’ individual needs while their assigned instructors are away. Substitute Teachers monitor student progress through K12’s learning management system. They may actively work closely with students and parents/Learning Coaches to advance each student’s learning toward established goals. Substitute Teachers typically work from home but must travel occasionally throughout the year to various school functions, such as state testing or as otherwise required by the school.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Instructional

• Takes ownership for students’ academic progress and attendance, communicating high expectations and showing active interest in students’ 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;
• Collaborates with local/regional/national teams and teacher trainers regarding instruction, resources, interventions and data-driven decision making; Comes prepared to data driven instruction meetings and actively participates in professional learning communities.
• Makes self open and available to be coached on a regular basis with administrators and teacher trainers;
• Under guidance from principal and coach, 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, alerts administrators to concerns about student performance and progress.

Relationship Building

• Establishes and maintains positive rapport with families and regularly communicates with students and learning coaches/parents;
• Elementary, Middle and High School Teachers support learning coaches/parents with student curricular and instructional issues in a virtual classroom environment that is in line with academy policies and procedures;
• 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 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 a timely manner.

Other Essential Functions

• When not actively substituting, other school duties may be assigned.
• Travels to testing sites to proctor state exams.

Required Education and Experience

• Six (6) months of student teaching experience
• Valid South Carolina teaching certification
• Pedagogical knowledge of content being taught and ability to apply critical thinking
• Knowledge of state content standards and ability to align those with the K12 curriculum
• Ability to embrace change and 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 workday, typically 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 clear required background check

Preferred Education and/or Experience

• Experience working with proposed age group
• Experience supporting adults and children in the use of technology
• Experience working in a virtual environment
• Experience teaching in an online (virtual) and/or in a brick and mortar environment
• Experience with Canvas, Enageli, or other online platforms

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This position has 0 direct reports.

As a staff member at The Heron Institute, you’ll enjoy:

• Benefits: Health care, dental, life insurance, and retirement through PEBA - Keep your service credit!
• Work from home 8am-4pm - no car or lunch duty!
• Laptop provided by the school and eligibility for internet reimbursement

Location

All staff must reside in the state of South Carolina.

This position is remote with the following travel expectations:

• Attend local student outing 1-2 times per semester
• Attend in-person professional development 1-3 times per semester
• Attend back-to-school professional development in July (1-3 consecutive days)
• Participate in in-person student testing

Additional details on travel will be provided in the interview process

Additional Information

We offer state health benefits and retirement through PEBA as well as deferred compensation through Empower and supplemental plans through Colonial Life. Learn more: Working at CASC/HVASC

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 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, typical 8-4 or as defined by the school.

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.

This is an annual contract position.

The Heron Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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.