GOA aims to hire educators who are concurrently employed by a GOA member school whenever possible.

Responsibilities

Complete GOA’s Teacher Training Course.

• Complete our online training and course planning program, delivered in a sequence of mini-courses beginning in Spring 2020 and continuing through June 2020 (total: 30-40 hours).
• Participate in a remote summer conference. Dates and specific information coming soon!

Engage in GOA's transition to competency-based learning design.

• Most of our new teachers in 2020-2021 will teach one section of an established, multi-sectioned GOA course, meaning they will work as part of a team of teachers from different schools on helping our courses evolve.
• Our current focus is to move our courses to competency-based learning, a mode of learning design that assesses mastery based on demonstrated learning, not seat time. Our faculty are actively engaged in designing experiences that prioritize student agency, transparency and feedback, and course architectures that support a variety of pathways to success.
• Teachers should anticipate doing collaborative course development beginning in Spring 2019 and continuing until the semester's open.

Engage deeply in the facilitation process.

• GOA teachers report spending as much time facilitating their GOA courses as they would a single course at their home schools.
• The core work of our teachers during a course is the same as that of the brick-and-mortar teacher: effective communication; organized planning; positive relationship-building; and substantive, actionable feedback.
• While most of the work of a GOA course is asynchronous, faculty members should anticipate daily work on their GOA course and frequent interaction with students, Site Directors (on-campus student support), and GOA Staff during the course.