Virtual Arkansas Instructor of American Sign Language 9-12

Job Title: Virtual Arkansas American Sign Language Instructor 

Position Type: Certified      

Contract Length: 190 days      

Post/Open Date: April 30, 2025

Closing Date: until filled 

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. Teachers may be assigned to one or more service areas including: Content + Teacher Supplemental, Dedicated/Emergency Use, Division of Youth Services, Alternative Learning Environment, and/or the Learn Anywhere Academy.  Additionally, teachers are not able to make course requests but are assigned within their licensure area by organizational need. Virtual Arkansas maintains a comprehensive catalog of courses that were created to fully align to the Arkansas Curriculum Standards or other learning outcomes defined by credit-granting entities, such as Advanced Placement or Institutions of Higher Education offering concurrent course offerings in partnership with Virtual Arkansas. Because of the unique nature of our organization, Virtual Arkansas online teachers also serve as subject matter experts who engage in ongoing curriculum and assessment design tasks aimed at assuring the quality of Virtual Arkansas online courses and the alignment of content, assessments, and instructional practice.

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 American Sign Language online teacher  is responsible for following the established curriculum and providing instruction to students in a virtual learning environment. The teacher leverages the capabilities of the digital tools, the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS), the Student Information System (SIS), and the course itself 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 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


• 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


• Monitor discussion boards and behavior of students 


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


• 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


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

Curriculum/Content Duties and Responsibilities:

• Monitor the digital curriculum and make recommendations for continuous curricular improvement through the established curriculum change/support process


• Make curriculum change recommendations based on standard revisions or misalignments between standards, content, and assessments


• Create and enhance online content, including the creation of focus and micro-topic videos

Assessment Duties and Responsibilities:

• 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


• American Sign Language  certification


• Possess and maintain special certifications as required for assigned courses.


• Minimum of a B.A. or B.S. required

Physical Requirements: 

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


• 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

Important Notice:

This is for an adjunct position. Teachers may be under contract with another district for the 2025-2026 academic year. This position should not interfere with a teacher’s contractual duties during their workday.

Please attach:

• Cover letter


• Resume


• College Transcripts


• Teaching license


• Contact information for three professional references

Contact Person: Direct questions to Mr. Jason Bohler  at [email protected]