The Stanford Online High School (OHS) is an accredited, diploma-granting independent school serving students in grades 7-12. The OHS brings together academically talented and motivated students from around the world into a vibrant intellectual community with teachers who are passionate about their disciplines, accomplished in their fields, and above all, dedicated to teaching. In the discussion seminar, a cornerstone of the OHS education, students and teachers engage in a rigorous academic program that develops the critical reasoning and argumentation skills so essential for success at the collegiate level and beyond. Beyond the classroom, students and instructors continue to collaborate in a dynamic school community, centered on student clubs, activities, competitions, and student publications.
Information about Online High School can be found at http://epgy.stanford.edu/ohs
PLEASE NOTE: This is a fixed-term, potentially renewable position, through June 30, 2016
Responsibilities:
The Core Division is a unique and central component of the academic program at Stanford Online High School, which is designed to foster students philosophical skills and to nurture their interdisciplinary spirits, through the subject matters of science, history of science, political theory, and philosophy. Core instruction thus features excellence in analytical, critical and creative thinking, openness to various distinct disciplines in science and humanities, and deep enthusiasm for the pursuit of philosophical investigation on fundamental questions in those disciplines.
The Philosophy Core Instructor (PCI) will have responsibilities encompassing instructional and course development efforts:
Instruction of students: This includes leading online discussion sections, recording online lectures, evaluating student assignments, providing feedback to students on their assignments, reporting on student progress to the OHS counseling staff, coordinating instructional efforts with other instructors in the division and department, and so forth. A typical full-time instructor in the OHS is expected to teach a range of courses, typically amounting to four seminar-style courses. The instructor may teach a range of different courses, including seminar-style courses and independent study courses.
Development efforts: Development efforts include developing curriculum for new courses and the implementation of those courses in the OHS online course environment. This includes the development of a course syllabus, the development of assessments and assignments, and the development of lectures and other online asynchronous instructional materials supporting the students in the course. Because new courses are offered concurrent with their development, the efforts spent developing courses will overlap with efforts spent on course instruction.
As members of the Online High School staff, instructors are encouraged to pursue opportunities that will allow them to contribute within Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies (SPCS).
The PCI will be expected to work on the Stanford Campus. In the event that class schedules require a significant amount of early morning or late night teaching, a remote work agreement will be possible allowing some of the work to be done off site.
Qualifications:
The Philosophy Core Instructor is required to have an advanced degree (or comparable course work) in philosophy or related subject, with a Ph.D. preferred. The area of specialization is open, though areas related to one of the following are preferred: political theories, ethics, philosophy of science and philosophy of biology. Prior experience teaching at the high school or college level is required. Prior experience in gifted education is desirable as is prior experience with independent schools.
Prior experience teaching online courses is also desirable for the Philosophy Core Instructor, particularly experience with one or more of the following:
-computer-based instruction
-distance learning
-virtual classrooms, web conferencing, video conferencing
-teaching with technology, such as video or multimedia
Because of the long term goals of the OHS and SPCS, it is highly desirable that the Philosophy Core Instructor have experience teaching writing-intensive courses on substantive subjects
Because the Philosophy Core Instructor will be involved in course development projects, it is desirable that the Philosophy Core Instructor have prior experience either developing curriculum or developing online courses.
The Philosophy Core Instructor should be proficient in the use of the computer and familiar with commonly used computer programs such as Word, Powerpoint, email, and so on.
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