Language Arts Instructor

3 weeks ago

Mountain View, United States Art of Problem Solving Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description

AoPS Academy is a program of Art of Problem Solving (AoPS), a global leader in K–12 advanced education. AoPS is on a mission to discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. Since 2003, AoPS has trained hundreds of thousands of the country's top students through its online school, in-person academies, textbooks, and online learning systems. AoPS Academy offers unique problem solving curriculum at its in-person locations across the country as well as through the virtual campus.

The AoPS Academy in Mountain View, CA is hiring part-time English Language Arts (ELA) Instructors to teach next academic year. We are looking for professionals with strong writing and humanities backgrounds to teach our engaging Language Arts curriculum to small classes of high-achieving elementary, middle, or high school students.

Our instructors contribute greatly to the success of our students and are an integral part of our Academy family. This may be a great fit for you if you enjoy facilitating discussions in a collaborative and engaging student-led classroom, building relationships with students, and making a direct impact on how they learn and approach language arts.

Our classes challenge students to approach a variety of problem solving scenarios within different language arts contexts such as history, unsolved mysteries, investigative journalism, philosophy, business, and marketing. Visit our Course Catalog to see more details regarding all of our class offerings.

Job Duties:

You will use company-created materials to prepare for and teach advanced courses that focus on problem solving and critical thinking. This allows instructors to focus on the delivery of material. As an AoPS Academy Language Arts Instructor, you will:

  • Prepare for weekly lessons created by our curriculum team.
  • Actively engage students in the course material throughout each class.
  • Expertly manage a classroom of up to 16 students.
  • Regularly grade students' tests and provide comprehensive feedback on writing assignments to help students improve writing skills on unit projects.
  • Meet with students and families, as needed, during the 15 minutes before or after class.
  • Substitute for classes from time to time (optional).

Skills and Experience:

  • A Bachelor's degree in education or a humanities field, or equivalent experience, ideally related to language arts.
  • Must have experience teaching or tutoring students. Classroom teaching experience at the K-12 level is preferred. A formal teaching credential is not required.
  • Possess strong content knowledge in reading, writing, or grammar with the ability to help students navigate advanced concepts requiring critical thinking.
  • Skillfully provide clear, thoughtful, and thorough feedback on students' writing assignments.
  • Expertly motivate and challenge advanced learners.

Location and Schedule:

As this is an in-person position at our Mountain View campus location, candidates must be located in Mountain View or the greater area and must be able to commute to our campus.

This position requires a minimum initial commitment of 3 hours per week for each assigned class. Each course meets once per week for 1 hour 45 minutes. Please note that AoPS Academy is an afterschool program with classes in the evenings and on weekends, so candidates must be available to teach during weekday after-school hours and/or on weekends.

Benefits & Compensation:

The instructor rate at our Mountain View location is $37.50/hour. The rate includes flexible work time, 15 minutes early arrival immediately before class, actual class time, and the 15 minutes after class ends. Some benefits of the position include:

  • Paid Sick Leave
  • 401K retirement plan with company match
  • Employee discount on AoPS Academy classes, AoPS Online, and Beast Academy Online yearly subscriptions. Note that discounts for courses and online subscriptions only apply to active employees and children/dependents of the employee
  • Eligible for a pay increase after successfully teaching a full academic year at an AoPS Academy campus

In order to be considered for this position you must be legally authorized to work in the US. We are unable to offer sponsorship, including STEM-OPT and H-1B.

By clicking submit application you agree that we may contact you regarding your application via email, phone or SMS and to the terms of our data privacy policy.

  • Summer Language Arts Instructor

    1 month ago

    Mountain View, United States Art of Problem Solving Full time

    Job DescriptionJob DescriptionAoPS Academy is a program of Art of Problem Solving (AoPS), a global leader in K–12 advanced education. AoPS is on a mission to discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. Since 2003, AoPS has trained hundreds of thousands of the country's top students through its online school, in-person...

  • Martial Arts Instructor

    2 months ago

    Mountain View, United States Impact Kids Full time

    Job DescriptionJob DescriptionAbout Us:Impact Dojo is a young, innovative company revolutionizing the way martial arts is taught to children and adults. Founded in 2015 in the Chicagoland area, Impact Dojo has experienced tremendous growth and is looking for the right people to join its team. Who We Are Looking For: Impact Dojo is seeking a highly motivated,...

  • Martial Arts Instructor

    4 weeks ago

    Mountain View, United States Impact Kids Full time

    Job DescriptionJob DescriptionAbout Us:Impact Dojo is a young, innovative company revolutionizing the way martial arts is taught to children and adults. Founded in 2015 in the Chicagoland area, Impact Dojo has experienced tremendous growth and is looking for the right people to join its team. Who We Are Looking For: Impact Dojo is seeking a highly motivated,...

  • Martial Arts Instructor

    2 months ago

    Summit View, United States Impact Kids Full time

    Job DescriptionJob DescriptionAbout Us:Impact Dojo is a young, innovative company revolutionizing the way martial arts is taught to children and adults. Founded in 2015 in the Chicagoland area, Impact Dojo has experienced tremendous growth and is looking for the right people to join its team. Who We Are Looking For: Impact Dojo is seeking a highly motivated,...

  • Martial Arts Instructor

    4 weeks ago

    Summit View, United States Impact Kids Full time

    Job DescriptionJob DescriptionAbout Us:Impact Dojo is a young, innovative company revolutionizing the way martial arts is taught to children and adults. Founded in 2015 in the Chicagoland area, Impact Dojo has experienced tremendous growth and is looking for the right people to join its team. Who We Are Looking For: Impact Dojo is seeking a highly motivated,...

  • Physics Instructor

    1 month ago

    Mountain View, United States Art of Problem Solving Full time

    Job DescriptionJob DescriptionAoPS Academy is a program of Art of Problem Solving (AoPS), a global leader in K–12 advanced education. AoPS is on a mission to discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. Since 2003, AoPS has trained hundreds of thousands of the country's top students through its online school, in-person...

  • Physics Instructor

    4 weeks ago

    Mountain View, United States Art of Problem Solving Full time

    Job DescriptionJob DescriptionAoPS Academy is a program of Art of Problem Solving (AoPS), a global leader in K–12 advanced education. AoPS is on a mission to discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. Since 2003, AoPS has trained hundreds of thousands of the country's top students through its online school, in-person...

  • Math Instructor

    4 weeks ago

    Mountain View, United States Art of Problem Solving Full time

    Job DescriptionJob DescriptionAoPS Academy is a program of Art of Problem Solving (AoPS), a global leader in K–12 advanced education. AoPS is on a mission to discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation. Since 2003, AoPS has trained hundreds of thousands of the country's top students through its online school, in-person...

  • Summer Math Instructor

    1 month ago

    Mountain View, United States Art of Problem Solving Full time

    Job DescriptionJob DescriptionThe AoPS Academy in Mountain View, CA is hiring part-time summer Math Instructors. We are looking for outstanding professionals to teach our engaging Math curriculum to small classes of high-achieving elementary, middle, or high school students.Our instructors contribute greatly to the success of our students and are an integral...

  • Enterprise Account Executive

    2 months ago

    Mountain View, United States Codeium Full time

    About CodeiumIn just over a year, Codeium has risen to become a leader in the AI developer tools space, giving hundreds of thousands of users around the world code autocomplete, in-editor chat assistants, and search. Our IDE extensions span 70+ programming languages and 40+ editors. Our state-of-the-art proprietary language models and custom inference stack...

  • Enterprise Account Executive

    2 months ago

    Mountain View, United States Codeium Full time

    About Codeium In just over a year, Codeium has risen to become a leader in the AI developer tools space, giving hundreds of thousands of users around the world code autocomplete, in-editor chat assistants, and search. Our IDE extensions span 70+ programming languages and 40+ editors. Our state-of-the-art proprietary language models and custom inference stack...

  • Enterprise Account Executive

    2 months ago

    Mountain View, United States Codeium Full time

    About CodeiumIn just over a year, Codeium has risen to become a leader in the AI developer tools space, giving hundreds of thousands of users around the world code autocomplete, in-editor chat assistants, and search. Our IDE extensions span 70+ programming languages and 40+ editors. Our state-of-the-art proprietary language models and custom inference stack...

  • Enterprise Account Executive

    4 weeks ago

    Mountain View, United States Codeium Full time

    About CodeiumIn just over a year, Codeium has risen to become a leader in the AI developer tools space, giving hundreds of thousands of users around the world code autocomplete, in-editor chat assistants, and search. Our IDE extensions span 70+ programming languages and 40+ editors. Our state-of-the-art proprietary language models and custom inference stack...

  • Enterprise Account Executive

    4 weeks ago

    Mountain View, United States Codeium Full time

    About CodeiumIn just over a year, Codeium has risen to become a leader in the AI developer tools space, giving hundreds of thousands of users around the world code autocomplete, in-editor chat assistants, and search. Our IDE extensions span 70+ programming languages and 40+ editors. Our state-of-the-art proprietary language models and custom inference stack...

  • Enterprise Account Executive

    2 weeks ago

    Mountain View, United States Codeium Full time

    About Codeium In just over a year, Codeium has risen to become a leader in the AI developer tools space, giving hundreds of thousands of users around the world code autocomplete, in-editor chat assistants, and search. Our IDE extensions span 70+ programming languages and 40+ editors. Our state-of-the-art proprietary language models and custom inference stack...

  • MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEER

    2 weeks ago

    Mountain View, United States AnchorFree Full time

    MACHINE LEARNING ENGINEER (Contextual) Background: AnchorFree is a fast growing technology company in Silicon Valley that makes a significant impact on people's lives around the globe by enabling free access to all information and content online and enabling millions of users to browse the web securely and privately. In regions that censor the web, millions...

  • Research Scientist

    2 months ago

    Mountain View, United States DataBricks Full time

    P-1131 At Databricks, we are obsessed with enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems. We do this by building and running the world's best data and AI infrastructure platform, so our customers can focus on the high value challenges that are central to their own missions. Founded in 2013 by the original creators of Apache Spark, Databricks...

  • Research Scientist

    4 weeks ago

    Mountain View, United States DataBricks Full time

    P-1131 At Databricks, we are obsessed with enabling data teams to solve the world's toughest problems. We do this by building and running the world's best data and AI infrastructure platform, so our customers can focus on the high value challenges that are central to their own missions. Founded in 2013 by the original creators of Apache Spark, Databricks...

  • Enterprise Software Engineer

    1 month ago

    Mountain View, United States Codeium Full time

    We're looking for an enterprise-focused software engineer to join us on our mission to build AI superpowers for developers. About Codeium In just over a year, Codeium has risen to become a leader in the AI developer tools space, Featured on the Forbes AI 50 list, we are giving hundreds of thousands of users around the world code autocomplete, in-editor chat...

  • Enterprise Software Engineer

    1 month ago

    Mountain View, United States Codeium Full time

    We're looking for an enterprise-focused software engineer to join us on our mission to build AI superpowers for developers. About Codeium In just over a year, Codeium has risen to become a leader in the AI developer tools space, Featured on the Forbes AI 50 list, we are giving hundreds of thousands of users around the world code autocomplete, in-editor chat...