Science Instructor

and the job listing Expires on October 25, 2025

Want to help prepare teens to make a difference in a rapidly changing and uncertain world? Inspired to guide high schoolers to explore their passions and find purpose?

We're looking for a full-time Science Instructor who fits in well with our team and is ready to dive in for the 2025-2026 school year!

Job Description :

Insight is seeking a dynamic educator who is committed to the co-creation of an educational environment that combines liberatory curricula, learner-driven explorations, rich interdisciplinary thinking, high standards, differentiated instruction, and a caring space that is responsive to individual student needs. Insight instructors are comfortable in a dynamic, collaborative, student-centered environment where innovation is essential. They are empathetic and passionate, embrace ambiguity, and are highly qualified professionals from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines.

The Science Instructor's role in particular is to offer their students knowledge and skills that help them understand both the underlying principles that organize matter, nature, and life, as well as the contexts in which those forms of knowledge are produced.

General Responsibilities :

• Support the learner-driven mission of Insight.
• Serve as a student advisor.
• Collaborate with fellow educators, school leadership, and learners to help build Insight community and culture.
• Design project-based, real-world, deep learning projects that encourage collaboration.
• Coach learners through the experiential-based learning process, encourage peer-to-peer learning, and assist learners in approaching difficult concepts.
• Foster meaningful, positive relationships with learners. Work individually with learners to personalize their development goals, mentoring them in discovering their passions.
• Collect information about and share learning outcomes with learners, colleagues, and parents on a regular basis.
• Support student leadership in student-driven initiatives, goals, and interests.

Instructional Responsibilities :

Qualifications :

The scienceinstructor will have a passion for learning and teaching, along with a demonstrated ability to build rapport with students and adults. They will be committed to student-driven learning and have deep respect for young people, as well as empathy for the challenges they face. In addition, they will have :

Join our team and enjoy :

Compensation for this role is $52,000.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to identifying and developing the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, age, religion, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin.

Offers of employment are contingent upon satisfaction of certain pre-employment verifications and clearances including, but not limited to, undergraduate degree verification, criminal background check, and verification of eligibility to work in the United States.

Apply Today : We're looking for someone who fits in well with our team and is ready to get started planning for the semester and beyond! If this sounds like your kind of gig, please send a cover letter and resume to Kevin Georgas, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Insight Colearning Center at kevin.georgas@insightcolearning.org at your earliest possible convenience.

More About Insight :

Insight Colearning is a 501 C-3 nonprofit organization and NC Independent School based in Durham, NC with a mission to prepare teens to make a difference in a rapidly changing and uncertain world by providing an exemplary high school experience that combines rigorous, college-style coursework, authentic problem-based learning, one-on-one advising, accommodations and respect for learning differences, and participation in a dynamic and diverse learning community. Learn more about us at https : / / www.insightcolearning.org .

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