Position Summary:

Oxbridge Academy, a non-profit, independent grade 6-12 school in West Palm Beach, Florida, seeks to hire a full-time, experienced Flight Simulator Teacher.  Employee is responsible for instructing aviation students using Oxbridge’s flight simulator, while understanding the Mission, Vision, Core Values, Employee Handbook and other school policies of Oxbridge Academy, ensuring the adherence of these policies in performance, action and self-conduct.  The Oxbridge faculty creates and manages a variety of learning environments and activities that provide opportunities for students to develop to their fullest potential and achieve their learning objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conducts simulator phase of pilot flight instruction in compliance with course policies, procedures, and techniques. 
• Gives detailed briefings on all phases of flight simulator training.  
• Determines and reports on student progress and proficiency.  
• Provides specialized instructions and counseling of students.  
• Makes suggestions through channels to enhance safety and efficiency.  
• Assists in program development for all phases of flight instruction as directed by the aviation program.  This may include lessons with small groups covering essential topics.
• Performs routine flight checks to the REDBird simulator and maintains contact with the servicing group in order to ensure top performance of the machine.
• Be present at Oxbridge events such as open houses to promote the aviation program.
• Works in tandem with current staff to deliver AOPA curriculum and FAA Knowledge test topics to all grade levels.

• Prepare learning activities in an environment that fosters collaboration, inquiry, innovation, and personal discovery.
• Adapt and differentiate teaching methods and instructional material to meet students varying needs, abilities, and interests.
• Demonstrate a willingness to collaborate within the department, school community, and greater community on multidisciplinary projects and initiatives.
• Maintain accurate and complete student records in the current student information system as required by law, policies, and administrative regulations.
• Observe students in a variety of educational environments and evaluate their academic performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.
• Establish and enforce rules for behavior, cultivating Oxbridge’s core values of kindness, courtesy, integrity, respect, and compassion.
• Advise a group of students and keep parents and legal guardians informed about student’s progress.
• Pursue relevant professional development to maintain expertise in subject matter, curriculum development, and teaching methods.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Certified Flight instructor

• Responsible for the FAA test prep independent study for students
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate improved learning, habits, and measurements of achievement.
• Classroom management skills required.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and use sound judgment.

Preferred Attributes:

• Prior experience teaching in an independent or private school, ideally within a mission-driven educational community.
• Interest in contributing to the school community beyond the classroom with a demonstrated ability to coach or mentor students in co-curricular or extracurricular activities.
• Enthusiasm for ongoing professional development and innovative teaching practices.

Compensation:

Oxbridge Academy offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including health insurance, a retirement plan, and professional development opportunities. Faculty members enjoy a collaborative and supportive work environment, with access to resources that foster career growth and innovation in education.

About Oxbridge Academy:

Oxbridge Academy is a premier, independent, co-educational college-preparatory school located on a beautiful 54-acre campus in West Palm Beach. Founded in 2011 by philanthropist William I. Koch, Oxbridge Academy provides an outstanding education empowering students in grades 6-12 to Lead with Kindness and Act with Courage. Offering a dynamic curriculum, enriching environment, and expert faculty, Oxbridge Academy applies an interdisciplinary academic approach while fostering the development of extraordinary leaders, thinkers, problem-solvers, and world-changers. With a vision to change the paradigm for middle and high school students, Oxbridge Academy values the autonomy and individuality of teachers.  Working within the guidelines of their department, teachers are given significant freedom to develop their curriculum, class policies, and instructional practices. 

Oxbridge offers a world-class education, an enriching culture, and experiential learning opportunities within an inclusive community. Signature Programs like the Free Enterprise Institute, Aviation, Artificial Intelligence, Cambridge Scholars, and Independent Research & Study ignite students’ inner passions, strengthen individual skills, and stimulate creative thinking, uniquely preparing them for college and beyond.

Oxbridge Academy commits to being a community characterized by civility, respect, and trust; a school that fosters the virtues of discipline, perseverance, and responsibility. Oxbridge Academy is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity at all levels, and does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, age, national origin, ethnic, background, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach, FL, has engaged DovetailED to lead a search for this position. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, and list of references as a consolidated PDF to Ashlyn Chillemi, Senior Recruiter at DovetailED Talent Sourcing, at ashlyn@dovetailedsourcing.com.                 

About Oxbridge Academy

Oxbridge Academy is a private, independent school serving grades 6-12. Regardless of their economic background, our students have access to the best teachers and technology to learn the skills they need to be tomorrow’s leaders and innovators. Teachers at Oxbridge Academy foster a lifelong love of learning, spark curiosity, encourage students to make good choices, and serve as role models. They deliver their content expertise to their assigned classes so that all students have rigorous and inclusive access to the curriculum and instruction every day to meet their learning goals. In Curriculum Coordination Teams, teachers work collaboratively on such areas as creating and revising curriculum, reviewing student work, selecting and developing instructional resources, planning and coordinating portfolio and exhibition activities, meeting with specialists, and preparing common assessments.

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