Horizon Honors Schools

TWO SCHOOLS, ONE AMAZING TEAM.

Join a dynamic school team and help students achieve their best. Our students are high-achieving, engaged, motivated, and expect quality teacher instruction. We are part of a family-oriented community that is highly involved and greatly values education.

Horizon Honors is an organization of K-12, public, charter schools that offers hands-on learning opportunities, global awareness, and collaborative leadership training in a rich technological environment.

Our mission: to provide a safe learning environment rich in technology where students achieve academic and social excellence while solving real-life problems in a cooperative manner.

HORIZON HONORS SCHOOLS OFFERS:

Small-school environment

Motivated students

High academic expectations

High parent involvement

Development of tomorrow’s leaders

HORIZON HONORS EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION

CURRENT OPENINGS AT HORIZON HONORS SCHOOLS

Last Updated: July 30, 2026

Horizon Honors Schools is an equal opportunity employer. All employment positions are open until filled and are full-time unless indicated otherwise. All applications are kept on active file through June 30th of each year.

ADMINISTRATIVE & SCHOOL LEADERS:

School Psychologist

TEACHERS:
All teachers must be certified unless otherwise noted.
Substitute teacher qualifications are available HERE.

SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS:

COACHES:

SUBSTITUTE PAY STRUCTURE

$140/full day (4-8 hours) for certified positions
$ 70/half day (under 4 hours) for certified positions
$15.50/hour for support positions

In addition to the salary structure, Horizon Honors offers bonuses for substitutes per quarter:

5-9 days: $250
10-14 days: $500
15+ days: $1,000

HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR AWARD-WINNING EMPLOYEE PROGRAM

Healthy Arizona Worksites Program Award

The Healthy Arizona Worksites Program (HAWP) Platinum Level Award is awarded to businesses making an impact both within and beyond their walls addressing one or more of the many health challenges impacting communities across the state. Platinum-level awardees have demonstrated data-driven programming and are leveraging cross-sector collaborations or partnerships improving the health, well-being, and equity of their community.

Healthiest Employers Award

The Phoenix Business Journal Healthiest Employers Award recognizes companies whose commitment to exceptional wellness and benefits programs fosters a culture of health, support, and positivity in the workplace.

America's Healthiest Schools Award

The Healthier Generation Award is a prestigious, annual distinction presented to schools that have demonstrated remarkable efforts to prioritize the essential health needs of students, staff, and families. Schools that receive a Healthier Generation Award meet or exceed best practice standards in one or more topic areas related to the physical, mental, and social-emotional health of students, teachers, and school staff.

Healthy Work Culture Award

American Heart Association recognizes organizations for their implementation of quality workforce health and well-being programs and culture of health best practices.

BENEFITS & SCHEDULE

Current as of June 2026:

Teacher Support:

Strong, individual teacher support through ongoing coaching & collaboration
Opportunities for teacher leadership
Team teaching in grades 1-6
Teaching assistants in grades K-6
Plan time and ongoing professional development during school hours
Content planning for subject teams over multiple grade levels
Plan days each quarter to develop curriculum maps
Curriculum support – “You receive the frame, but you paint the canvas.”
Excellent student-to-teacher ratios
Special Education both in and out of the classrooms
Student problem-solving support
Parent volunteers in the classrooms
Supportive parent involvement

Teacher Benefits:

Performance pay bonuses
Extracurricular support opportunities

Staff & Teacher Benefits:

Staff childcare program on site for children ages 0-4
Discounts for PreK at Horizon Honors & Club Horizon (before/after school care)
Staff Appreciation Committee activities
Award-winning employee wellness program

Current as of June 2026:

Retirement / Pension Benefit: Horizon Honors Schools participate in the Arizona State Retirement System. As a member all employees are entitled to all benefits offered by the program. A summary of these benefits can be reviewed on their website at Arizona State Retirement System. Any employee who works twenty or more hours per week for twenty weeks per year must participate in the state system.

Health/Vision/Dental Insurance Benefits: All employees who work thirty (30) or more hours per week are eligible for health care benefits with a number of individual options. The school provides a basic health insurance plan, a basic dental insurance plan and life insurance at no additional cost to the employee. In addition, employees can increase the health care benefit as a buy-up option, or add dependents, with additional premium costs being paid by the employee.

Life insurance: The school will pay for a $25,000 life insurance policy for any employees working thirty (30) or more hours per week.

Personal Leave/Sick Days: All full time employees are eligible for 3-5 personal days per year to be used for personal business. In addition, all employees may accrue up to 40 hours of sick leave annually. Employees are reimbursed for unused personal business days or are allowed to bank unused personal business days in a Personal Emergency Bank.

Paid Holidays: All full time employees are eligible for the following paid holidays: Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and the day after, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Presidents’ Day, Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, and Independence Day. Teaching staff members receive payment for those days that fall within their contract year.

July 2026
July 23-31: Teacher Plan Days

August 2026
August 3: First Day of School
August 20 & 21: Early Release Days & Parent/Teacher Conferences

September 2026
September 7: Labor Day

October 2026
October 2: Last Day of First Quarter
October 5-9: Fall Break
October 12-14: Teacher Plan Days
October 15, 2026: First Day of Second Quarter
October 15 & 16, 2026: Early Release Days & Parent/Teacher Conferences

November 2026
November 11: Veterans Day
November 25: Early Release Day
November 26 & 27: Thanksgiving Break

December 2026
December 17 & 18: Finals/Early Release Days
December 18: Last Day of Second Quarter
December 21 - January 1: Winter Break

January 2027
January 4-6: Teacher Plan Days
January 7: First Day of Third Quarter
January 7: Early Release Days & Parent/Teacher Conferences
January 18: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

February 2027
February 15: Presidents Day

March 2027
March 5: Last Day of Third Quarter
March 8-12: Spring Break
March 15-17: Teacher Plan Days
March 18: First Day of Fourth Quarter
March 18 & 19: Early Release Days & Parent/Teacher Conferences

May 2027
May 27 & 28: Finals/Early Release Days
May 28: Last Day of School
May 31: Memorial Day

June 2027
June 1: Last Day for Teachers

Current as of June 2026:

Teacher Support:
- Strong, individual teacher support through ongoing coaching & collaboration
- Opportunities for teacher leadership
- Team teaching in grades 1-6
- Teaching assistants in grades K-6
- Plan time and ongoing professional development during school hours
- Content planning for subject teams over multiple grade levels
- Plan days each quarter to develop curriculum maps
- Curriculum support – “You receive the frame, but you paint the canvas.”
- Excellent student-to-teacher ratios
- Special Education both in and out of the classrooms
- Student problem-solving support
- Parent volunteers in the classrooms
- Supportive parent involvement
Teacher Benefits:
- Performance pay bonuses
- Extracurricular support opportunities
Staff & Teacher Benefits:
- Staff childcare program on site for children ages 0-4
- Discounts for PreK at Horizon Honors & Club Horizon (before/after school care)
- Staff Appreciation Committee activities
- Award-winning employee wellness program
Current as of June 2026:

Retirement / Pension Benefit: Horizon Honors Schools participate in the Arizona State Retirement System. As a member all employees are entitled to all benefits offered by the program. A summary of these benefits can be reviewed on their website at Arizona State Retirement System. Any employee who works twenty or more hours per week for twenty weeks per year must participate in the state system.

Health/Vision/Dental Insurance Benefits: All employees who work thirty (30) or more hours per week are eligible for health care benefits with a number of individual options. The school provides a basic health insurance plan, a basic dental insurance plan and life insurance at no additional cost to the employee. In addition, employees can increase the health care benefit as a buy-up option, or add dependents, with additional premium costs being paid by the employee.

Life insurance: The school will pay for a $25,000 life insurance policy for any employees working thirty (30) or more hours per week.

Personal Leave/Sick Days: All full time employees are eligible for 3-5 personal days per year to be used for personal business. In addition, all employees may accrue up to 40 hours of sick leave annually. Employees are reimbursed for unused personal business days or are allowed to bank unused personal business days in a Personal Emergency Bank.

Paid Holidays: All full time employees are eligible for the following paid holidays: Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and the day after, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Presidents’ Day, Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, and Independence Day. Teaching staff members receive payment for those days that fall within their contract year.
July 2026
July 23-31: Teacher Plan Days

August 2026
August 3: First Day of School
August 20 & 21: Early Release Days & Parent/Teacher Conferences

September 2026
September 7: Labor Day

October 2026
October 2: Last Day of First Quarter
October 5-9: Fall Break
October 12-14: Teacher Plan Days
October 15, 2026: First Day of Second Quarter
October 15 & 16, 2026: Early Release Days & Parent/Teacher Conferences

November 2026
November 11: Veterans Day
November 25: Early Release Day
November 26 & 27: Thanksgiving Break

December 2026
December 17 & 18: Finals/Early Release Days
December 18: Last Day of Second Quarter
December 21 - January 1: Winter Break

January 2027
January 4-6: Teacher Plan Days
January 7: First Day of Third Quarter
January 7: Early Release Days & Parent/Teacher Conferences
January 18: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

February 2027
February 15: Presidents Day

March 2027
March 5: Last Day of Third Quarter
March 8-12: Spring Break
March 15-17: Teacher Plan Days
March 18: First Day of Fourth Quarter
March 18 & 19: Early Release Days & Parent/Teacher Conferences

May 2027
May 27 & 28: Finals/Early Release Days
May 28: Last Day of School
May 31: Memorial Day

June 2027
June 1: Last Day for Teachers

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