HCOS Online Teacher – Mathematics/Sciences

Heritage Christian Online School (HCOS) is a K-12 Provincial Online Learning School, providing fully accredited, Christian education to students in BC. As one of Western Canada’s largest online schools, we connect teachers with families and students to provide guidance and support via personalized, online, and face-to-face options.

At HCOS, our teachers are independent contractors who are resourceful and innovative educators. They are passionate about learning and building Christ centered relationships with students and families. Please see our Teacher Profile for more information.

Teachers at HCOS demonstrate professionalism by:

• Intentionally engaging and interacting with students
• Using communication that promotes relationship and student success
• Providing both formative and summative feedback on student learning
• Writing relational reporting that matches ministry and school requirements
• Participating in a supportive professional community and professional development
• Engaging in open and consistent communication with administration and other school departments

HCOS Teachers effectively support students by:

• Using suitable and supportive initial communication to onboard students, such as welcome letters, videos, forum posts or face-to-face interactions
• Being proactive and preventative by reaching out to students, sending encouraging emails to students who are succeeding, and tracking down students who haven’t checked in for a while
• Creating meaningful interactions, which include face-to-face communication
• Being inclusive of all students
• Praying with and/or for our students
• Contacting parents or guardians to assist the learning journey of their students
• Seeking opportunities to honour and encourage the student’s faith journey

Efficiency in OL teaching includes:

• Creating systems for managing student work and interactions
• Using quick and thoughtful communication and assignment feedback
• Providing direct support or exemplars of student work to students and parents or guardians as needed
• Being frequently and consistently available for students in proportion to student load
• Having strong technical skills – being quick to learn and implement new technologies

We are looking for an independent contractor who is certified to teach in BC for the following courses:

Full time FTE in the area of Mathematics/Sciences. FTE would be comprised of some of the following courses:

• Literary Foundations of Math Levels 5 and 6
• Workplace Math 10
• Workplace Math 11
• Apprenticeship Math 12
• Foundations of Math 12
• Geology 12
• Earth Science 11

If you are a passionate teacher who is looking for an opportunity to develop innovative Christ-centered educational opportunities, we’d love to hear from you! This position will commence with our summer school term at the beginning of May and continue through the 23/24 school year. 

 Please apply online via the Online Application form – Teachers noting in the comments field the course(s) you are applying for.