Virtual Arkansas Dedicated Online Music Teacher

Job Title: Virtual Arkansas Dedicated Online Teacher

Position Type: Certified     

Contract Length: Remainder of the 2025-2026 School Year

Post/Open Date: August 26, 2025

Closing Date: Until Filled
Position: K-12 Performing Arts Music

About Virtual Arkansas:
Virtual Arkansas’s (VA) mission is to equip, engage, and empower students through unique digital opportunities. As the State of Arkansas’s Virtual School (SVS), we partner with local schools to provide course opportunities to students that might not otherwise be available with local resources. Virtual Arkansas is not an online school or a diploma-granting institution but serves as a resource for supplementing the education of local students. Virtual Arkansas’s program is implemented through a partnership between the Arkansas Department of Education and the Arkansas Education Service Cooperatives. Virtual Arkansas offers a variety of instructional services and teachers may be assigned to different services based on organizational needs. 

Expectations for Virtual Arkansas Teachers: Adopted in 2023, the Virtual Arkansas Online teacher is evaluated using a unique evaluation instrument, A Crosswalk of the NSQ Teaching Standards and the Danielson Framework. This crosswalk instrument was designed to better articulate the responsibilities of online instructors and to be used by evaluators for use in providing better support to teachers assigned in a variety of learning environments, including online, hybrid, and blended. While the majority of the standards and their components presented in the Crosswalk reflect traditional teacher responsibilities related to instruction, grading, communication, and professional practice, Standard H specifies expectations that are specific to online teachers and describes their unique responsibilities related to curriculum development and the curation of research-based instructional materials, tools, and strategies found to be effective in an online learning environment.

Standard H: The online teacher curates and creates instructional materials, tools, strategies, and resources to engage all learners and ensure achievement of academic goals.

• H1 The online teacher designs learning experiences that use technology to efficiently engage learners.


• H2 The online teacher uses a formative approach to lesson design.


• H3 The online teacher incorporates diverse media into online learning modules.


• H4 The online teacher is able to incorporate subject-specific and developmentally appropriate digital learning resources into online learning modules.


• H5 The online teacher continuously reviews and aligns all course content with applicable course objectives and standards.


• H6 The online teacher creates, selects, and organizes appropriate assignments and assessments to align curricular content with associated standards-based learning goals.

Virtual Arkansas Instructor Job Summary:  The Virtual Arkansas K-12 Performing Arts Music dedicated online teacher is responsible for lesson planning  and providing instruction via Zoom, Virtual Arkansas’s synchronous platform, to students in a virtual learning environment. The teacher will be dedicated to on Arkansas school district and provide instruction part-time in the K-6 environment and part-time in the 7-12 environment. The teacher leverages the capabilities of the digital tools to effectively deliver lessons, assess student progress and learning, provide personalized feedback, and identify and intervene with students who are demonstrating difficulty in mastering the standards, learning objectives, and goals of the course.  The Virtual Arkansas dedicated teacher must be adept at engaging students remotely while fostering a positive learning environment and adapting to the unique challenges of digital education. Virtual Arkansas teacher duties and responsibilities are described below and fall into three primary categories: Instructional/Traditional, Curriculum, and Assessment.

Instructional/Traditional Duties and Responsibilities:

• Effectively utilize the Virtual Arkansas technology systems, programs, software, and platforms to perform duties and deliver instruction


• Plan, prepare, and design digital lessons and assignments


• Learn and utilize effective synchronous and asynchronous student engagement strategies


• Monitor and track student attendance to synchronous sessions


• Implement intervention and enrichment strategies based on assessment data and mastery of standards


• Utilize effective and efficient student feedback tools and strategies


• Monitor student progress and respond appropriately to the needs of the students


• Implement effective/efficient communication strategies with students and local digital learning facilitators


• Attend and participate in required professional development, intervention meetings, and other required meetings


• Maintain availability for students throughout each school week


• Deliver and respond to communications, including emails and messages, in a timely manner


• Collaborate with all stakeholders (e.g. students, parents, colleagues, local school facilitators, supervisors, etc.) for the purpose of establishing and maintaining effective professional communication and positive relationships 


• Implement ELL, IEP, and 504 goals and accommodations into lessons and assessments


• Maintain a professional home office


• Make occasionally site visits to schools to foster relationships with students and school staff


• Complete other duties as assigned consistent with online, digital teaching

Curriculum/Content Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepare the curriculum with available resources and plan daily synchronous instruction 


• Use various simple tools to create small, fun learning objects to improve the interactive aspect of courses (Learning Objects)

Assessment Duties and Responsibilities:

• Utilize and/or design assessment items that are aligned to the Arkansas Curriculum Standards for each course(or other learning outcomes) and that reflect appropriate DOK levels


• Align assessment items to learning outcomes


• Monitor assessment data and student mastery of standards to inform student learning, instruction, curriculum gaps, and assessment validity

Supervisory Responsibilities: 

• None

Required Skills/Abilities: 

• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines and prioritize tasks


• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times, stressful environment


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 


• Excellent interpersonal, teamwork, and customer service skills


• Proficiency in using digital tools and platforms


• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail


• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills


• Ability to monitor, analyze, and interpret student data to then make informed decisions related to student progress and success


• Desire and ability to learn and adapt to new and emerging technologies and teaching strategies

Education, Experience, and Qualifications: 

• Arkansas licensure in assigned area (K-12 Performing Arts Music)


• Minimum of a B.A. or B.S. required

Physical Requirements: 

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer


• Periodic travel requirements


• Sit, stand, walk, stoop, kneel, or crouch


• Use hands to handle or feel, type, and pick up objects, and reach with hands and arms


• Speak and hear to communicate effectively


• Frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds

Other Information:

• This position will be hired through the Arch Ford Education Cooperative; however, employee may reside and work remotely in a location that has robust Internet connectivity, per the terms of the Virtual Arkansas Telework Agreement.


• Virtual Arkansas teachers are engaged in their teaching duties from their home office, although periodic travel may be required.


• Salary will be commensurate with years of experience and education level and will correspond to the Virtual Arkansas 190 contract day salary schedule based on a Daily Rate of Pay Calculation for the remainder of the 2025-2026 school year.

Important Notice:

Virtual Arkansas will not interview applicants who are currently under contract with another district for the 2025-2026 academic year. When applying, please indicate your contract status.

Please attach:

• Cover letter


• Resume


• College Transcripts


• Teaching license


• Contact information for three professional references

Contact Person: Direct questions to Mrs. Rachael Walston at [email protected].