COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following a year of unprecedented growth, ECOT, Ohio’s largest and oldest online school, will add more than 100 statewide jobs – including 75 new teaching jobs – for the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year.
To attract statewide candidates, the school will hold its first Job Fair on Tuesday, July 12 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Interested candidates planning to attend should visit http://www.ecotohio.org/jobfair to register.
ECOT currently employs more than 500 teachers from all over Ohio to work for the fastest-growing school in the state. The school grew by more than 2000 students this past school year alone, the largest growth period for ECOT since it opened its doors in August 2000.
ECOT now has more than 12,000 total enrolled students, which makes it the largest K-12 online school in Ohio and the nation.
ECOT teachers and students work from their homes all across Ohio. ECOT teachers enjoy the flexibility of working from home while still conducting daily instruction and making a difference in their students’ lives.
ECOT’s headquarters on the far south side of Columbus has grown with the school. Since beginning in a single suite in the old Southland Mall, the school has expanded to occupy nearly the entire mall and is one of the largest employers on the south side with more than 715 total employees.
About the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow
The largest full-time K-12 online charter school in the nation with more than 12,000 students enrolled, ECOT opened its online doors as the state’s first e-school in August 2000. Based in Columbus, ECOT serves an “at-risk” student population, and students often enroll in ECOT after not succeeding in traditional schools for a variety of reasons:
- Those who must work to support their families;
- Victims of bullies or of violence;
- Pregnant teenagers;
- Students who have severe health issues;
- Others who need the flexible schedule that online learning provides;
- Credit recovery, high-school dropouts returning to school.