Middle & High School English Language Arts Teacher

Job Title: Middle & High School English/Language Arts Teacher.

Company: Dragons Academy.
Location: Delray Beach, Florida.

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Job Summary:

About Dragons Academy:
Dragons Academy was founded by successful technology entrepreneurs, engaged educators, and pioneers in education-based programs to create a next-generation, fully accredited one-to-one learning school for grades K-12. We specialize in personalized education that empowers students to thrive through at-home, virtual, and in-person one-on-one instruction, offering flexibility for families while ensuring rigorous, individualized academic growth.

Role Overview:

Our Ideal Candidate:
We are seeking a passionate and reflective English/Language Arts teacher to deliver highly personalized instruction. The ideal candidate will inspire curiosity, foster foundational academic skills, and support students in developing confidence and independence in reading, writing, literature, and communication across middle and high school levels.

The right educator will:

• Create engaging lessons that build strong literacy, writing, and critical thinking skills.
• Foster curiosity and creativity through hands-on and interdisciplinary learning experiences.
• Encourage resilience, reflection, and a love of learning in every student.
• Thrive in flexible environments and partner closely with families to support student growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deliver at-home, virtual, and in-person one-on-one instruction across core English/Language Arts curriculum for grades 6-12 using a set curriculum and a learning management system.
• Implement developmentally appropriate, interdisciplinary learning experiences.
• Adapt curriculum and teaching strategies based on each student’s needs and learning style.
• Use formative and summative assessments to track progress and personalize learning.
• Collaborate with families to co-design individualized learning plans and ensure strong school-home connections.
• Foster a supportive and structured environment that nurtures student confidence and academic achievement.

Qualifications:

Knowledge / Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in English Education, English, or related field (master’s preferred).
• Must hold valid Florida Teacher Certification in English 6-12 or Middle Grades English 5-9 , OR a Temporary Florida Teaching Certificate with an agreement to complete requirements for full Florida Educator Certification in one of those areas within three years of employment start date.
• Minimum of 3 years of teaching or tutoring experience in middle and high school grades preferred.
• Strong background in English/Language Arts instruction.
• Experience with interdisciplinary and project-based teaching approaches.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and organizational skills.
• Driven, reflective learner with a growth mindset.
• Must have empathy for students and enthusiasm for developing personalized, one-to-one learning relationships.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive Salary.
• Benefits Package Includes:
  • 401(k).
  • Medical insurance - 85% of premiums covered by employer.
  • Dental coverage.
  • Vision coverage - fully covered by employer.
  • Short-term disability - fully covered by employer.

Start Date.

Immediate Vacancies Available.

About Black Dragon Capital:

Black Dragon Capital LLC (BDC) is a unique growth-oriented private equity firm focused on investing in areas where information technology is enabling the disruption of industries by allowing a faster, better and more economically compelling way to solve industry issues. We seek to benefit from a diverse perspective combined with high performance operating and investment executives. We hire and promote based on merit, without bias, and make a genuine effort to ensure we have a diversified team that aligns with the diversity of our portfolio companies and their clients. We intend to maintain over 65% of our team members as culturally or gender diverse, and work hard to foster a supportive and welcoming workplace. Bringing a leadership and advisory group of successful entrepreneurs, former operators and deal making experience, Black Dragon’s team has a track record of building market leading companies, driving above market returns and accelerating growth and profitability through its distribution connections, strategic advice, and active participation within our investments, primarily in financial technologies, eCommerce, and sports and media technology markets.

Black Dragon Capital (“BDC”) is a minority-controlled, growth driven private equity fund created by technology operating executives with a track record of creating market leading companies and an impressive investment return history. We seek to benefit from a diverse perspective combined with high performance operating and investment executives. We hire and promote based on merit, without bias, and make a genuine effort to ensure we have a diversified team that aligns with the diversity of our portfolio companies and their clients. We intend to maintain over 65% of our team members as culturally or gender diverse, and work hard to foster a supportive and welcoming workplace. BDC focuses on the areas where it has direct operating and investment expertise that include technology investment opportunities in industries disrupted by the impact of digitization on individuals, groups and enterprises such as retail commerce, financial services, healthcare, and sports and media. The operationally focused fund has driven above market returns by creating unique sourcing, funding, recruiting, growth and return opportunities.