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Social Studies Faculty Instructor, Governor's Honors Program

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Sep 18, 2025 Post Date

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The Governor’s Honors Program (GHP is a 4-week residential summer program for skilled, knowledgeable, and talented high school sophomores and juniors. GHP offers instruction designed to provide students with academic, cultural, and social enrichment necessary to become the next generation of global critical thinkers, innovators, and leaders. The instruction GHP provides is legislatively required to be significantly different than what is provided in a typical classroom.

Duties & Responsibilities: The GHP Social Studies department includes multiple social science disciplines and emphasizes creating and analyzing responses and solutions to global, political, and social issues, as well as various national and international crises. Courses are designed and taught by various instructors. The course topics are selected by each instructor with the following guidelines: topics typically not covered in the Georgia high school social studies curriculum and/or topics that are barely touched upon by the Georgia high school social studies curriculum. Instructors are encouraged to consider simulations, Socratic style discussions, role playing, debates, and similar activities.

Activities students engage in include historical research, role playing, small and large group work, simulations, debates, projects, and writing activities. Students must become adept at quick, in-depth research and how to use it in various activities. They are often taught to effectively debate various viewpoints, enabling them to stretch and approach issues or concerns from different perspectives in order to consider multiple solutions/responses to an existing situation.

Topics of study have included but are not limited to:

• Economics

• Political Science student simulations

• Supreme Court simulation activity

• Congressional simulation activity

• Primary document analysis

• Psychology

• Public Speaking

Schedule:

The program runs from June 14, 2026– July 11, 2026. It is a 4-Week, Summer Residential Assignment at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, GA (on-campus housing and dining plan are also provided)

• Faculty will provide instruction in the “major” discipline Monday – Saturday, and will provide instruction in an elective area of study Monday-Friday.

• Faculty members are required to attend paid staff orientation and training sessions in advance of the summer program, work collaboratively with discipline specific department staff on an ongoing basis; participate in outside-of-class activities when directed; and other assigned tasks related to the Governor’s Honors Program.

• A virtual training session will be held for new and returning faculty on Saturday, March 28th . Faculty must prepare unit plans and/or a syllabus and course overviews that reflect a rigorous and engaging curriculum. Faculty must be able to maintain accurate records of attendance.

Minimum Training & Experience: Bachelor’s Degree or higher. Minimum of (3) three years successful teaching experience in the specific content area at the college or secondary level. Experience teaching gifted education classes, Advanced Placement, or honors courses OR comparable experience teaching high school age students in a private or out of school environment (e.g., YMCA, private studio, professional ensemble classes) within the applicant’s field of expertise.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Significant experience teaching gifted secondary learners

• Excellent organization skills

• Proven ability to provide a challenging and differentiated instructional experience to diverse learners

• Proven ability to be flexible and adapt to changing priorities

• Ability to participate in coaching and professional growth opportunities to improve instructional practice and to support others to improve their craft

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• High level of professional integrity

Salary Details: $5,000

Interested individuals should email a cover letter and resume to [email protected] and must apply for the position by clicking the RED “APPLY...Add to My Jobs!" button below:

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We will review all applications. Applicants who are selected for an interview will be contacted to arrange an appointment. Preference will be given to applicants who meet both the minimum and preferred qualifications. Applicants who are not selected for interviews will not receive notification.

Thank you for your interest in working with the Governor’s Honors Program!

For more information about this job contact:

[email protected]

http://gosa.georgia.gov or [email protected]

Qualifications to be determined by hiring organization based upon position requirements.

Additional Information

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+ Requisition ID: EDU09U8

+ Number of Openings: 1

+ Advertised Salary: $5000 Stipend

+ Shift: Day Job