The Well-Trained Mind Academy is hiring individuals to join our substitute and tutoring pool for expository writing.
Our writing courses fall into three groups: basic writing skills, intermediate composition skills (expository writing), and rhetoric.
You can read more about our writing sequence here, and our approach to classical education here.
Prospective substitutes should have availability to teach live, online sections of expository writing during the school day (Eastern Time Zone). Prospective tutors are able to hold sessions during working business hours, evenings, and the weekends.
Position Description
Substitutes are provided with slides, lecture outlines, and assessments. The substitute does not need to develop their own lesson plans, lectures, or assessments; all materials are provided to the substitute.
Expository writing substitutes and tutors are capable of teaching through the expository sequence.
Classes are taught live using Blackboard Collaborate.
Substitutes are contracted on a course-by-course basis, and for varying durations, depending on needs. All classes are offered during regular business hours in the Eastern Time Zone, and the successful applicant will have consistent part-time availability during the regular school day. Joining the substitute and/or the tutoring pool does not guarantee a minimum number of hours; our substitutes and tutors receive positions on an as-needed basis.
The position requires reliable high-speed internet.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in English, Composition, or a related field
- Comfortable using Google Drive
- Experience using conferencing software in an educational setting
- Can comfortably work using a screen for several hours in a row
- Ability to balance several tasks at once (delivering lessons while also managing chat, addressing student behavior in real time, ability to answer questions in real time)
- Engaging presentation style, with ability to monitor student engagement and interest
- Comfortable stepping into a classroom where the primary teacher structured the classroom assignments and expectations
Preferred Qualifications
- Middle school and/or high school teaching experience (in a classroom and/or a homeschool setting.)
- Experience with Blackboard, Canvas, or another LMS
- Experience teaching in a virtual setting
Compensation
Substitutes will be contracted on a weekly basis, at the rate of $130/section/week. A section meets for two or three contact hours a week; compensation covers teaching the live class plus grading.
Tutors are compensated $45/hour.
To Apply
Please submit a cover letter that addresses previous teaching experience and a CV or résumé. Email all materials to [email protected]. We are accepting applications on a rolling basis.
