Khan World School Guide

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Are you ready to find a career with a company whose mission, vision, and values align with yours? Our mission is to design new models for educational success and raise academic achievement for all learners.  Can you see yourself fitting into this mission with us?

POSITION SUMMARY:

As part of Arizona State University’s charter to provide access and excellence, ASU Preparatory Academy (ASU Prep) shares this commitment by demonstrating all students can achieve at the highest levels, regardless of their background. To scale our current impact, ASU Prep is advancing a major expansion program taking fundamental responsibility for the communities we serve.

Within ASU Prep Digital, Khan World School (KWS) Guides will work collaboratively with a team of other Guides to ensure the collective success of a roster of students in their KWS Cohorts. Further, KWS Guides will work closely with a cohort students and families, their Guide Group, to create true digital communities of practice. 

Khan World School Guides are responsible for making knowledge accessible to all students, developing student’s cognitive capacity, and respect for learning. Implementation of the unique KWS program differentiators include: seminars, peer tutoring, enhanced college preparations and advisement, and coordination of support for learners across several subject areas. In addition, KWS Guides foster students’ self-esteem, motivation, and sense of civic responsibility and leadership, ongoing professional growth, development of a variety of teaching and instruction materials and strategies, planning for community speakers and university experts, implementing school policies, and frequent communication with parents about students’ academic progress. 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in Education or Post Bachelors in Education from an accredited college or university, Master’s degree preferred. 
• State Aligned Teaching Certificate (appropriate endorsements may be required depending on the area of instruction or have passed appropriate AEPA or NES proficiency exams), AZ State Teaching Cert, preferred. 
• Three (3) years of classroom experience, 9-12 online teaching experience, preferred. 
• Must hold an active Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card.
• Any equivalent combination of experience, training and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities may be considered. 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Works collaboratively with a team of KWS Guides to design, develop, and deliver seminar instruction to support students in reading, writing, spelling, language and vocabulary, math, science, social studies, technology, college advising, and/or problem solving. 
• Delivers a uniquely student-centered approach. Primarily, the KWS Guide will:
  1. Focus on student motivation, unblocking academic or social-emotional hurdles, and guiding students through student-driven learning.
  2. Create the context and conditions for student independence.
  3. Question, prompt, or provide short explanations, but rarely lectures. 
• Determines instruction techniques, strategies, methods and adapts curriculum and learning styles to meet and assess student’s needs.
• Maintains open lines of communication with parents/guardians about academic and discipline issues through various mediums.
• Progress monitors Guide Group students’ Khan Academy and ASUPD systems’ data. 
• Design and implement successful planning, development, and delivery of professional development activities related to curriculum programs and initiatives.
• Liaises for coordination of student recruitment and enrollment management utilizing knowledge of admissions, registration criteria, and deadlines.
• Develops individualized learning plans for students in the Guide Group to maximize college course taking in high school and preparation for college and career. 
• Design, construct and outline lessons and seminar material. 
• Assesses and evaluates performance and progress of students in grades, progress reports and assessing comprehension of learning objectives.
• Participates in extra-curricular activities such as Meet the Teacher, evening performances, or preparations and coordinating of any other aspect of public demonstration of student learning.
• Maintains confidentiality of protected student and staff member information even after no longer employed or enrolled.
• Organizes and plans community events. 
• Assists in the well-being of students the fundamental value in all decision making.
• Contributes to professional growth of self and colleagues including sharing and planning curriculum, staying current with educational trends, and continuing professional growth to meet the state and school requirements including current teaching certificates.
• Works collaboratively to achieve the overall purposes of the school program.
• Maintains a classroom atmosphere conducive of learning.
• Additional duties may be assigned as necessary.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES 

• Ability to articulate, represent professional demeanor and ability to take initiative.
• Command of theoretical knowledge of human behavior and learning including motivation, reinforcement, evaluation, and feedback techniques.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to work with a wide-range of people including teachers, parents, students, alumni, corporate partners, vendors and admissions personnel.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing, along with strong presentation skills. 
• Ability to adapt to change in the workplace. 
• Demonstrated ability to work well with diverse student populations. 
• Ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Effective problem solver and self-motivated learner.
• Ability to use instructional adaptive technology tools in online courses.
• Proficiency in technology including Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).

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 and talk or hear and sometimes walk and sit. The employee must use hands, arms and fingers to input data, handle, feel or reach. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 15 lbs such as boxes, supplies, etc. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as to read handwritten or typed material, and the ability to adjust focus, close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

LOCATION:  

Digital 

TRAVEL: 

Occasional travel may be required for site visits, meetings, trainings and/or conferences. Locations may vary and may require overnight stays.

This job description is subject to change at any time.