Horry County Schools

Position Type:

High School Certified/Business Education

Date Posted:

5/8/2025

Location:

Myrtle Beach High

Closing Date:

05/15/2025

The Computer Science major teacher requires a professional certification/licensure in Computer Science, Math or Business. Prior experience with programming is needed and certification in AP Computer Science Principles is encouraged. Candidates should have a CATE/Occupational/Vocational teacher certification or be willing to begin the state CATE certification immediately and complete the expectations for certification within five years of date hired.

Job Title: High School Computer Science CATE Teacher

Supervisor: Reports to the Building Principal or other appropriate School Administrator

Terms of Employment: 190 days

Job Summary:

The Computer Science CATE teacher will work with Junior and Senior level students who have chosen to participate in the Major Program of study at AAST. The Computer Science CATE teacher will facilitate the instruction of students with a desire to pursue careers in Computer Science including Computer Systems Analyst and Software Developer. The teacher will seek out opportunities for students to participate in local, regional, and national projects and contests as well as local shadowing and internship experiences. The teacher will maintain the Technical Advanced Placement agreement with Horry Georgetown Technical College so that students have the opportunity to earn credit hours at that institution; additionally, this teacher will need to serve on the HGTC Advisory Board as well as maintaining a CATE Advisory Board for the Computer Science Major at AAST. As a teacher at a program school in Horry County, teacher will need to participate in all aspects of student recruitment, including Open House events, application review and student interviews. Key skills needed for this position include time-management, prioritization, and communication skills, strong writing skills, creativity, teamwork, the ability to meet deadlines, extensive knowledge and experience with social media platforms, and the ability to plan, manage, and execute initiatives.

The Computer Science major is designed to focus on the understanding and design of computers and computational processes. Students enrolled in this major will think both concretely and abstractly to solve problems that require creativity, careful reasoning, and precision. This major spans theory and practice. The major explores the design and operation of computer hardware and software by developing problem-solving skills and the ability to apply computational thinking to real-world problems.

Essential Duties

• Facilitating instruction for high school students in the Computer Science Major Program, specifically as it pertains to the scaffolded skill acquisition in the following areas: human-computer interaction, programming, geographic information systems, and cyber security.
• Ability to combine skills from several disciplines including computer science and design and to model collaboration.
• Help students develop soft skills including leadership, collaboration, effective communication, problem solving, work ethic, adaptability, and interpersonal skills.
• Create lessons focusing on programming and coding, ‘app’ and website development, robotics, cyber security, computer forensics and geographic information systems, so that students will be prepared for further study the fast-paced world of technology.
• Facilitate work-based learning experiences through mentoring, field trips and internships which allow students to showcase their education while gaining valuable experience.
• Recruit new students to the major by attending
• Open House events and recruitment events.

Other Duties

Perform other tasks and responsibilities as assigned by the Principal or other appropriate administrator.

Job Specifications

Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the District’s policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required)

• Bachelor’s Degree or Higher from a regionally accredited college or university.
• Certification as required by the state of South Carolina in the Computer Science, Math or Business.
• Eligible for CATE/Occupational/Vocational teacher certification.
• A minimum of 4 years of industry experience and/or professional license.
• AP Computer Science certification preferred.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and reach with hands and arms; walk; sit; stoop or kneel; crouch or crawl.

• Additional physical requirements include the following:Physically capable of frequently lifting or moving up to 20 pounds;
• Specific vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to focus;
• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time;
• Ability to climb ladders
• Manual dexterity for the purpose of using a telephone and data entry;
• Read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids;
• Hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone; and
• Speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in person and on the telephone.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Pay Grade: 28,29,31,32,35

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The employee will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the appropriate administrator or supervisor. Horry County Schools reserves the right to update, revise or change this job description and related duties at any time without prior notice.

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