Blue X Virtual

Description:

School Summary

Blue-X Virtual provides turnkey solutions for schools across the country to provide virtual learning options for students in classical, traditional, and alternative formats.

Position Summary

The Learning Mentor will be a collaborative partner with an instructional team servicing students in an online environment. Learning Mentors serve as a parent liaison, communicate with students, helping to ensure the success of each student. Students will work with Learning Mentors to establish and achieve goals, and participate with other students in interactive team-building activities.

Requirements:

Qualifications

Education/Certification: Must meet one of the following:

• At least 60 hours of college: or
• Documented successful, relevant work experience as a mentor/coach for youth, established by at least three years of employment in a specific field or occupation that required the facilitator to demonstrate knowledge or skill in mentoring/coaching young people; or
• Significant experience in a volunteer capacity with youth programs to be equivalent to three years of employment demonstrating knowledge or skill in mentoring/coaching young people

Additional, preferred experience to be considered:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Experience with web-conferencing

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):

• Passion for student success
• Ability to model virtue and cultivate habits of virtue in students
• Understanding of virtual education
• Ability to analyze data and work with students to set and achieve goals
• Strong organizational, time management, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships
• Ability to communicate with all levels of students, their parents, the community, peers, campus administration, superintendents, instructional team, and corporate staff
• Growth mindset with willingness to be flexible and adapt to rapid change
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
• Computer literacy

Responsibilities and Duties

• Motivate students in all course study
• Develop an understanding of each assigned student to assist the instructional team in personalizing instructional activities
• Maintain student-parent communication via the learning management system and/or email ? Maintain expectations for digital citizenship in the online classroom.
• Maintain an online environment that is conducive to learning, safe, attractive, and stimulates a spirit of inquiry.
• Participate in required faculty and professional meetings, educational conferences and training workshops.
• Work closely with Special Education and 504 staff to ensure accommodations are implemented.
• Actively participate in marketing and student recruiting activities as necessary.
• If applicable, maintain certification requirements for the state certifying agency(ies), including professional development, license renewal, or other requirements according to each state.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Equipment Used

Computer, web camera, microphone

Physical / Environmental Factors

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Bright Thinker considers applicants for all positions without regards to race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, marital status, veteran or military status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Being authorized to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment Bright Thinker is an Equal Opportunity Employer.