The AoPS Academy Associate Director at our San Diego campus is responsible for assisting with the campus’s administrative and logistical operations, teaching weekly math classes, and partnering with the Campus Director on the hiring and training of part-time staff and teachers. This role is a full-time, year-round position which includes the academic year and summer.
This may be the right job for you if you are looking to build on your management and leadership experience, have strong subject knowledge in math and have outstanding classroom management skills. The ideal candidate will have exceptional communication skills and pedagogical instincts to not only teach our advanced curriculum, but also coach and collaborate with other instructors.
If you’re an ambitious and creative individual with a passion for education, we want to talk to you!
The Associate Director will:
- Teach the AoPS curriculum in dynamic, participation-oriented classes, actively engaging students and expertly managing the classroom.
- Participate in the hiring and training of part-time staff.
- Assist with the campus’s administrative, logistical, and customer service operations.
- Support campus enrollment and sales efforts by meeting with prospective families to assess a student's academic ability, determine overall fit, and explain the benefits of our program.
- Counsel current students and families as needed to provide student support.
- Helps design and implement campus community building activities in order to build a strong campus culture and support high student retention.
The ideal candidate has:
- Bachelor’s degree required, strongly preferred to be in education or a field closely related to their subject area
- Advanced degree related to subject area preferred
- Strong content knowledge in their subject area
- Minimum 1-year teaching experience, with experience working with advanced K-12 students preferred
- Strong organizational and priority management skills
Work Schedule
AoPS Academy is an after-school program; most of our classes and family meetings occur during the evenings and on weekends. As such, it's expected that Associate Directors work a nontraditional schedule during the academic year. Summer hours typically shift to a more standard Monday to Friday work schedule.
Benefits
This position includes a competitive starting salary of $72,500 and an annual bonus based on campus performance. Additionally, you'll benefit from built-in promotional opportunities that recognize and reward your individual achievements.
- Impact: Opportunity to work closely with motivated students, develop leadership and management experience, work with a team of passionate educators in pursuit of our shared mission.
- Culture: Work and collaborate with an organization filled with builders and life-long learners who strive to discover, inspire, and train the great problem solvers of the next generation
- Benefits: Multiple options for Medical, Dental and Vision plans
- Future Planning: 401k with company match
- Quality of Life: PTO Plan and supportive leadership
- Ease of Transition: Relocation bonus for candidates living outside the greater area.
About AoPS Academy
AoPS Academy is a year-round educational enrichment program. Since 1993, AoPS has prepared hundreds of thousands of students for college and career success through engaging curriculum, expert online instruction, and local, in-person academies. AoPS Academy is a program of Art of Problem Solving, a global leader in K–12 advanced education. AoPS Academy brings the AoPS methodology to small live physical and virtual classrooms. We offer a world-class curriculum in math, science, and language arts for students in grades 1-12, seeking to build an environment where exploration meets challenge right in your local neighborhood. Students learn in small classes led by accomplished instructors and collaborate with a peer group who share their passion for learning. We have opened twelve centers across the nation since 2016 and are still growing!
Please note that in order to be considered for this position you must be legally authorized to work in the US. We are unable to offer sponsorship, including STEM-OPT and H-1B.
What We Do
Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) develops educational opportunities for many of the most eager students in the world. Since 2003, we have trained tens of thousands of the country’s top students, including nearly all the members of the US International Math Olympiad team, through our online school, learning centers, textbooks, and online learning systems. Over the years, our international online community of advanced problem solvers has grown to over 800,000 members. While our primary focus has been math for most of our history, we have started expanding into new subjects, such as language arts, science, and computer science.
Our home office is in sunny San Diego.
