What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2026-2027 Adjunct High School Math Teacher (including ACT Prep) at Jefferson County Virtual Academy position at Virtual?
Role: Adjunct High School Math Teacher (including ACT Prep)
School: Jefferson County Virtual Academy (JCVA)
Supervisor: Deborah Scarlett, Jefferson County Virtual Academy Principal
Description: The Jefferson County Virtual Academy (JCVA) adjunct staff member will facilitate student learning utilizing JCVA’s digital platform, district curriculum, and supplemental material in a fully online setting. Adjunct staff members are expected to be excellent communicators to ensure parents and students understand student learning progressions throughout the semester. JCVA teachers are expected to complete these tasks outside of their regularly contracted hours.
Qualifications
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Valid Tennessee teacher’s license with endorsement to teach 6-12 English in Tennessee.
- Strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Advanced understanding of and skill with computer technology.
- Meets health and physical requirements.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Reviews modular lessons and/or prepares lesson plans for course(s) of study taught.
- Aligns course(s) curriculum(s) taught with state curriculum standards.
- Uses a variety of teaching strategies to personalize and/or differentiate student instruction.
- Prepares, administers, and records student assessments for subjects taught.
- Assigns lessons routinely and grades student work in a timely manner.
- Maintains order in the online classroom, breakout rooms, and during all in-person visits of students.
- Collaborates with other professionals to provide support and/or interventions for specific students.
- Communicates with parents and students consistently via verbal and email format.
- Schedules parent conferences as directed by the system and as individually needed.
- Keeps accurate attendance and academic performance records for assigned students.
- Reports to proper authorities and principal when knowledgeable or suspicious that a student’s health or welfare has been or appears to be at risk.
- Represents JCVA and the JCS system in a positive manner within the community.
- Participates in monthly Team faculty meetings, modular platform training/updates, new teacher orientation, and other workshops for teacher training specific to online facilitators.
- Assists in upholding JCS board policies, JCVA online school rules, and administrative regulations.
- Performs other work-related duties as assigned.
Additional Information
Additional information will be provided if selected for the position. Note that Jefferson County Virtual Academy (JCVA) adjunct members will not be allowed to teach more than 3 virtual courses during a semester. The only exception to this rule will be related arts classes including Art, Music, and Physical Education.
Jefferson County Virtual Academy (JCVA) adjunct faculty members are compensated based on course enrollment. All JCVA stipends are paid at the end of the school year. Student counts are collected the first week of September, for semester one, and the second full week, for semester two and the last week of the scheduled class. The higher student count is utilized to determine pay based on the scale below.
Semester Long Courses
(Full year courses will be compensated utilizing the following scale once for each semester.)
- The contract is only for teaching the courses during the term designated above. Any contract for future instructional assignments will be made at the sole discretion of the Jefferson County Virtual Academy administrator. In the event there is insufficient enrollment to warrant holding a class as determined by the Jefferson County Virtual Academy administrator, the course offering may be cancelled.
- Compensation for instruction of the above-referenced course(s) will be based on the terms and scale below and be paid on a semester basis.
Number of Student Enrollments Compensation
1 - 4 $150 per student
5 - 10 $1,250 per class
11 - 15 $1,775 per class
16 - 20 $2,100 per class
20 $125 /per student/above 20
Salary : $125 - $150