Distance Learning teachers in Los Angeles, CA. Teachers must be credentialed and available to teach from Downtown Los Angeles. Part-time positions only.

COMPENSATION

• Part-time
• $40/hr for teaching; $20/hr for planning

DUTIES

• Deliver content-based, student-centered English instruction to 5th to 8th-grade students in Taipei, Taiwan via video teleconferencing from our office in Downtown LA.
• Weekly lesson writing and/or administrative tasks (it’s a small staff and a startup, so we have constantly evolving needs).
• Attend required staff meetings.
• Correct all applicable student work in a timely manner.
• Occasional travel to Asia.

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS:

• Proof of US teaching credential (multi-subject or ESL elementary and/or junior high or high school humanities).
• Interest in educational technology and the prospect of working in an entrepreneurial, startup atmosphere.
• Strong writing skills for lesson planning.
• Avid user of technology in and out of the classroom.
• Solid classroom management skills and animated, engaging teaching style.
• Subscribe to the philosophy of progressive education while acknowledging the necessity of standardized student achievement.
• Availability for flexible working hours (4 nights per week and occasional weekends).
• Master’s Degree and/or 3+ years experience and/or degree(s) from elite institutions preferred.

CALENDAR

• Classes take place Monday through Thursday evenings, 4pm to 9:15pm.
• We operate mostly on the Taiwanese school calendar, so some US holidays (especially Mondays) are required workdays.
• The Taiwanese calendar has a monthlong break for Chinese New Year and two months break over summer vacation.