What are the responsibilities and job description for the Faculty Summer Support Staff - Math position at Portage Learning?
Description
Job Title: Faculty Summer Support Staff
Date: 07/18/2024
Reports to: Department Chair
Department: Academics
Duration: May 16th – September 15th
Status: Exempt – Professionals
General Summary
The mission of Portage Learning is to transform lives and communities by providing learning opportunities for all who aspire to thrive. We do this not only through superior online instruction, but with a deep commitment to expanding access to education. We believe service is the thread that binds our community and our team together. To that end, we choose to …
Key Responsibilities (Essential Functions)
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function(s).
Work Environment:
This job operates in a remote work environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, projectors, filing cabinets and fax machines.
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.
This is a part-time/contract position. Days and hours of work are typically based on student loads and facilitator availability.
Travel
This job requires occasional travel – less than 10%. Must be able to travel to the office located in Chippewa Township, PA and/or other suitable venues for mandatory training.
Other Duties Disclaimer
This is not an all-inclusive document. Additional duties, expectations, demands, etc. may be added or changed to this document on an as-needed basis in order to meet organizational goals.
Job Title: Faculty Summer Support Staff
Date: 07/18/2024
Reports to: Department Chair
Department: Academics
Duration: May 16th – September 15th
Status: Exempt – Professionals
General Summary
The mission of Portage Learning is to transform lives and communities by providing learning opportunities for all who aspire to thrive. We do this not only through superior online instruction, but with a deep commitment to expanding access to education. We believe service is the thread that binds our community and our team together. To that end, we choose to …
- Believe the best in our employees
- Invest in our people
- Collaborate with humility, respect, and appreciation
- Cultivate curiosity and encourage creativity.
Key Responsibilities (Essential Functions)
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential function(s).
- Assist the department with vacation coverage as needed and assigned.
- Participate in required trainings
- Attend in person faculty meetings (attendance at two is required; attendance at three is preferred.)
- Excellent working knowledge of field of work.
- Ability to work well with the administrative staff, faculty, and students.
- Ability to multi-task, set priorities and achieve desired results.
- Evidenced ability to evaluate and review curriculum in areas offered by Portage Learning.
- Effective at problem solving and conflict management with an ability to determine effective solutions.
- Excellent communication (written, verbal, listening and public speaking) skills.
- Must be service oriented with a focus on helping others.
- Post-Secondary degree in a field related to the subject matter for Portage Learning courses, with additional educational or industrial experience desired, and a Master’s degree required or Ph.D. preferred for Portage Learning courses.
- Current and/or ability to obtain the following clearances: Child Abuse, State Police, FBI Fingerprinting, and Mandated Reporter for Child Abuse.
- Demonstrated agreement with the stated mission, philosophy, values and goals of Portage Learning.
Work Environment:
This job operates in a remote work environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, projectors, filing cabinets and fax machines.
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.
- Regularly required to sit; talk and hear, use hands to type, file, handle or feel. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. Occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Visual acuity to use a keyboard, prepare and analyze data and figures; transcribing, viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.
- May require ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations; or the ability to stand, walk, lift, carry and move light to medium weight. Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and learn technical information.
- Light lifting is required. Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force to constantly move objects.
This is a part-time/contract position. Days and hours of work are typically based on student loads and facilitator availability.
Travel
This job requires occasional travel – less than 10%. Must be able to travel to the office located in Chippewa Township, PA and/or other suitable venues for mandatory training.
Other Duties Disclaimer
This is not an all-inclusive document. Additional duties, expectations, demands, etc. may be added or changed to this document on an as-needed basis in order to meet organizational goals.
