Science Teacher/Mentor Position Summary:

Our campus has an immediate opening for a STEM Teacher. This position provides a student-centered, supportive classroom that promotes compassion and tolerance, emotional security, resourcefulness, and independent critical thinking while addressing the individual academic and emotional needs of each student through Fusion's differentiated approach.

About Us:

Fusion Academy Buckhead is a revolutionary school where positive, constructive relationships unlock academic and personal potential. We're an accredited private school providing one-to-one education, providing personalized learning for kids from grades 6-12. But we're so much more than that. We're a community of learning dedicated to creating a supportive campus environment where every kid can flourish.

Our Buckhead campus's four fundamental values are social-emotional learning, executive functioning, sense of community, and achievement. Our campus eco-friendly school initiative is to create a campus urban green space with our partners, Trees of Atlanta and Livable Buckhead, for community service.

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Key Responsibilities Include:

Provide a one-to-one teaching experience in any of the areas of Math, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics at grade levels 6-12.

Show evidence of adapting and differentiated instruction for all students and a classroom forum for holistic growth.

Maintain complete and accurate records.

Develop and maintain genuine, positive and consistent communication with parents.

Contribute to and benefit from the campus community.

Practice professionalism through ongoing professional development, reflection and continuous improvement.

In addition to subject matter tutoring and teaching, this position includes significant student mentoring.

Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications Required:

A minimum of a Bachelor's Degree is required for consideration, as well as a higher level Science background.

Solid subject matter knowledge in a majority of these areas: Biology, Chemistry, and Physics at grade levels 6-12.

Teaching credentials are a plus but are not mandatory.

Experience with students with learning differences and ADHD is a plus as well as mentoring experience.

The ideal candidate is outgoing, well organized, competent in basic computer skills, and is an individual who is eager to work in a highly dynamic, energetic school setting.

Candidate must be prepared to teach and tutor material at a high school level immediately.

Competencies Desired:

Expertise in the relevant subject area.

Understand learning differences and emotional difficulties.

Ability to mentor as a positive role model.

Understand and support each student's Formal Education Plan (FEP).

Commitment to continuous improvement.

Self-directed, proactive, intelligent, knowledge of curriculum and assessment, multi-tasker, problem solving skills, professional written and verbal communication skills, ability to connect with students with patience and compassion.

Ability to manage stress, and self-regulate during chaos and crisis, consistently positive attitude, strong teamwork, passionate, genuine, organized, internally motivated, service orientation, ability to reserve judgment and respond with curiosity and compassion.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality or sex.

NUMBER OF OPENINGS 1
FULL-TIME/PART-TIME Full-Time and/or Part-Time
EXEMPT/NON-EXEMPT Non-Exempt
THIS POSITION IS CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $26.00 - $28.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person