About ICL Academy

A new model of private online education: Connecting academics, student passions, and industry experts. ICL Academy is an online private school for grades 5-12 that aims to solve many problems facing in-person and online schools by focusing on student engagement through a personalized, blended approach that combines academics with personal passions. Its founder, Kirk Spahn, is a fourth-generation educator with over 20 years of experience specializing in digital education and youth civic engagement. ICL Academy is powered by 150 years of academic excellence. It builds on the track record of success of the Institute for Civic Leadership, a nonprofit founded in 2001 that has inspired, educated, and supported a new generation of youth civic leaders to take positive action in their local and global communities. 

ICL Academy also partners with industry experts who serve as master teachers and Champion Mentors. ICL Academy is grateful to have amazing Champions such as Novak Djokovic, Steve Nash, Bode Miller, Monica Seles, Vincent Zhou, and so many more supporting its community of students and families. ICL Academy has quickly become the #1 online school for kids pursuing their passion. 

Contract Duration: September 2025 - May 2026

Position Summary:

ICL Academy seeks talented, experienced teachers to support the school’s mission to inspire champions for life - students who excel in their education, their communities, and their passions through leadership, character, and purpose. Teachers deliver a synchronous and asynchronous academic program that requires both live seminar content delivery and engagement, substantive and effective grading and feedback, live office hours instruction, and timely, quality communication with staff, faculty, students, and families.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Teaching

• Maintain a significant instructional role in the teacher’s content area, to include the utilization of ICL Academy’s internal learning management system, student information system, curriculum, and supportive technologies.
• Support students with a wide range of passions, strengths, interests, and needs.
• Conduct the school’s synchronous learning program (the weekly live seminar experience) and asynchronous learning program.
• Prepare and teach powerful, interactive  weekly live seminars in the teacher’s content area during the academic year.
• Create an inclusive, supportive, and engaging learning environment.
• Encourage student participation and peer-to-peer interaction in the live seminars.
• Ensure learning objectives are met in the live seminars.
• Carry out critical administrative tasks related to teaching as determined by the Academic Department Chair, Director of Curriculum, and/or the Head of School.
• Uphold the school’s academic integrity policy and communicate violations to the student, family, academic advisor, and Academic Department Chair as necessary.
• Participate in an annual teacher observation process as required by the Academic Department Chair and/or Head of School.

Grading and Feedback

• Ensure timely (5 business days), accurate, personalized, and high quality grading and feedback of students’ academic work.
• Maintain an up-to-date gradebook for all courses within the learning management system.
• Utilize the school’s AI grading platform, BusyBee, to support the delivery of high quality grading feedback.
• Ensure timely delivery of grading, feedback, and communication during the course extension period each semester.

Office Hours

• Host four 1-hour, live office hour sessions per week during the academic year to address student questions, concerns, and learning needs.

Communication

• Respond in a timely (24 hour) and professional manner to student and family emails and phone calls.
• Communicate important student updates and concerns to the academic advising team and other members of the academic team as needed/appropriate.
• Collaborate with members of the academic team to support students’ success.
• Communicate curricular errors, concerns, and improvements to the Academic Department Chair and/or the Director of Curriculum.

Meeting Attendance

• Attend monthly faculty and/or department meetings as needed/determined by the Academic Department Chair and/or Head of School.
• Attend beginning-of-term faculty orientation each August and January.
• Attend any additional required meetings/orientations  as required by the Academic Department Chair, Director of Curriculum, and/or Head of School.

Job Requirements, Skills, and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Master’s degree in teaching, curriculum design, and/or a related area preferred.
• Content expertise in the academic area of need (English, math, science, social studies, world languages, and/or electives) required.
• Active, state teaching certification preferred.
• Teaching and/or tutoring experience in a virtual setting preferred.
• Experience supporting highly driven/specialized students.
• Ability to engage virtual students with powerful interactive and creative lessons and discussions.
• Technologically proficient in student information systems and learning management systems.
• Highly organized.
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to foster a cooperative work environment.
• A professional that operates with ethics and integrity.
• High degree of flexibility.
• Demonstrated ability to work well in a fast-paced environment.

ICL Academy is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or any other status of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives that is protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.