Academic Support Teacher
Posted: 25-Apr-24
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Type: Full Time
Categories
Tutor
Position Summary
Asheville School is currently seeking a full-time Academic Support Center teacher, who will work with the Director to support student success and program completion. Teachers are expected to participate in all aspects of community life and co-curricular programming.
Asheville School is an intentionally small, coed 9-12 boarding school nestled on a beautiful 300-acre campus in Asheville, North Carolina. Surrounded by woods, our historic campus offers 350,000 total square feet of academic, athletic, residential, and specialty activity facilities along with athletic fields, outdoor learning areas, and hiking trails.
Asheville School is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding employees through a competitive total compensation package. Our full-time regular employees enjoy a salary that is commensurate with the successful candidate’s skills and experience. Faculty members also enjoy a generous benefits package, which includes a 403(b)-retirement plan with employer contribution plus match and a leave program that is aligned with student school breaks.
On-campus housing is provided with this position
Primary Responsibilities And Duties
- Work in the Learning Center during the academic day, as determined by the Director
- Support students who access the Learning Center
- Possibility to teach 1-2 sections of an academic class
- Participate in two of the three seasons of our afternoon activities program
- Serve as an advisor for up to eight students
- Serve as a member of a residential team, including the possibility of living in one of our residential halls
- Serve as an integral part of our campus community, enthusiastically helping where needed
- Stay abreast of changing pedagogies and technologies
- Participate in professional and personal growth opportunities
- Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field
- Experience working with middle and/or high school-age individuals/groups.
- Strong writing and communications skills.
- Self-motivated with attention to both tasks and people.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and persevere.
- Ability to engage learners in the subject being taught, offer sound advice, and serve as a role model.
- Demonstrate empathy, respect, and trustworthiness.
- Work effectively with a wide range of individuals in a diverse community.
- Willingness to collaborate with relevant stakeholders to support student achievement.
- Commitment to working with students of varied academic abilities.
Work Setting/Environmental Factors
The Faculty Member frequently works in a classroom setting where the noise level is usually moderate. Depending on the assigned/selected afternoon activities, this position may require work in a variety of indoor settings as well as outdoors and travel may be required on a seasonal basis.
Typical Physical Demands
The 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 accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to:
- Stand, sit, and move around the classroom.
- Move from place to place within the classroom building.
- Talk and hear.
- Use close vision, peripheral vision, and color vision, and be able to adjust focus.
- Use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls.
- Reach with hands and arms.
- Move between buildings on campus.
- Lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified applicants with disabilities to apply for this position and/or for qualified employees to perform the essential duties. To request a confidential application process or job accommodation evaluation, contact the Director of Human Resources at 828-254-6345 ext. 4097.
Asheville School is committed to enhancing workplace diversity and fostering a climate of equity and inclusion. In addition, the School makes employment decision based on objective criteria and does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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About Asheville School
Asheville School is a co-ed boarding high school of 300 students. Founded in 1900, we are located in the mountains of western North Carolina within minutes of the vibrant downtown of Asheville, NC.
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