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Online Teacher roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship when the position requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a directly related field, typically education, curriculum design, or a subject-specific discipline. Employers filing LCAs for remote teaching positions must certify a prevailing wage tied to the worksite location, which affects how offers are structured.
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Southern New Hampshire University is a team of innovators. World changers. Individuals who believe in progress with purpose. Since 1932, our people-centered strategy has defined us — and helped us grow a team that now serves over 180,000 learners worldwide.
Our mission to transform lives is made possible by talented people who bring diverse industry experience, backgrounds and skills to the university. And today, we're ready to expand our reach. All we need is you.
Make an impact — from near or far
At SNHU, you'll have the option to work remotely in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
We ask that our remote employees have access to a reliable internet connection and a dedicated, properly equipped workspace that is free of distractions. Employees must reside in, and work from, one of the above approved states.
The opportunity
As Associate Dean of Online Product Health you will be a full-time member of university staff and primary subject matter expert for Liberal Arts and History programs within Southern New Hampshire University's online Global Campus (GC). You will implement operational level project work and program projects to ensure overall product health. You’ll identify opportunities to increase operational efficiency and programmatic innovation while ensuring the success of daily academic programs operations. You will report to a Senior Associate Dean, Online Product Health.
What you'll do:
- Promote learner success and quality within designated programs, courses, and content through data-informed decisions.
- Maintain successful programs and curriculum through oversight, ensuring efficient curriculum delivery and curriculum relevancy.
- Assure the achievement of important institutional and programmatic benchmarks and performance indicators with analytical support and discipline.
- Collaborate with instructional and curriculum design teams to ensure learning theory and best practices are applied to program and course development.
- Help design new learning models that are flexible and scalable to support the needs of tomorrow's learners and address important issues such as affordability, access, and speed to completion.
- Ensure that assigned programs meet programmatic and institutional accreditation standards and institutional policies and governance requirements.
- Create an environment that promotes connection, community, and collaboration between faculty to strengthen the quality of curriculum delivery for each respective program area.
- Conduct environmental scanning and research in collaboration with internal and external partners to identify trends and inform actions to increase programmatic success.
- Support improvements in processes to increase automation, improve data and reporting, ability to grow, reduce cost, and better support collaboration between partners.
- Participate in professional development activities that support professional growth and the development of a national presence within the discipline area specifically and higher education generally.
What we're looking for:
- Earned terminal degree in Liberal Arts, History, Social Sciences, or a closely related academic discipline.
- At least 2 years of progressive experience working in higher education administration.
- Experience in the successful administration of online degree programs.
- Knowledge of environmental forces within the higher education environment and within assigned portfolio.
- Understanding of the foundations of learning science and drivers of student success.
This is a remote position. #LI-Remote
We believe real innovation comes from inclusion — where different experiences, perspectives and talents are celebrated. So if you're wondering whether SNHU is right for you, take the leap and apply. You might be just the person we're looking for.
If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to fully engage in any part of the application or hiring process, please complete the Accommodation Request form or contact us at 603-626-9447. A member from the Employee Accommodation Support Center will be in contact with you within two business days to discuss your request.
Compensation
The annual pay range for this position is $88,130.00 - $141,036.00. Actual offer will be based on skills, qualifications, experience and internal equity, in addition to relevant business considerations. We expect this position to be hired in the following target hiring range $97,384.00 - $131,756.00.
Exceptional benefits (because you’re exceptional)
You’re the whole package. Your benefits should be, too. As a full-time employee at SNHU, you’ll get:
- High-quality, low-deductible medical insurance
- Low to no-cost dental and vision plans
- 5 weeks of paid time off (plus almost a dozen paid holidays)
- Employer-funded retirement
- Free tuition program
- Parental leave
- Mental health and wellbeing resources
Description
Southern New Hampshire University is a team of innovators. World changers. Individuals who believe in progress with purpose. Since 1932, our people-centered strategy has defined us — and helped us grow a team that now serves over 180,000 learners worldwide.
Our mission to transform lives is made possible by talented people who bring diverse industry experience, backgrounds and skills to the university. And today, we're ready to expand our reach. All we need is you.
Make an impact — from near or far
At SNHU, you'll have the option to work remotely in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
We ask that our remote employees have access to a reliable internet connection and a dedicated, properly equipped workspace that is free of distractions. Employees must reside in, and work from, one of the above approved states.
The opportunity
As Associate Dean of Online Product Health you will be a full-time member of university staff and primary subject matter expert for Liberal Arts and History programs within Southern New Hampshire University's online Global Campus (GC). You will implement operational level project work and program projects to ensure overall product health. You’ll identify opportunities to increase operational efficiency and programmatic innovation while ensuring the success of daily academic programs operations. You will report to a Senior Associate Dean, Online Product Health.
What you'll do:
- Promote learner success and quality within designated programs, courses, and content through data-informed decisions.
- Maintain successful programs and curriculum through oversight, ensuring efficient curriculum delivery and curriculum relevancy.
- Assure the achievement of important institutional and programmatic benchmarks and performance indicators with analytical support and discipline.
- Collaborate with instructional and curriculum design teams to ensure learning theory and best practices are applied to program and course development.
- Help design new learning models that are flexible and scalable to support the needs of tomorrow's learners and address important issues such as affordability, access, and speed to completion.
- Ensure that assigned programs meet programmatic and institutional accreditation standards and institutional policies and governance requirements.
- Create an environment that promotes connection, community, and collaboration between faculty to strengthen the quality of curriculum delivery for each respective program area.
- Conduct environmental scanning and research in collaboration with internal and external partners to identify trends and inform actions to increase programmatic success.
- Support improvements in processes to increase automation, improve data and reporting, ability to grow, reduce cost, and better support collaboration between partners.
- Participate in professional development activities that support professional growth and the development of a national presence within the discipline area specifically and higher education generally.
What we're looking for:
- Earned terminal degree in Liberal Arts, History, Social Sciences, or a closely related academic discipline.
- At least 2 years of progressive experience working in higher education administration.
- Experience in the successful administration of online degree programs.
- Knowledge of environmental forces within the higher education environment and within assigned portfolio.
- Understanding of the foundations of learning science and drivers of student success.
This is a remote position. #LI-Remote
We believe real innovation comes from inclusion — where different experiences, perspectives and talents are celebrated. So if you're wondering whether SNHU is right for you, take the leap and apply. You might be just the person we're looking for.
If you have a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to fully engage in any part of the application or hiring process, please complete the Accommodation Request form or contact us at 603-626-9447. A member from the Employee Accommodation Support Center will be in contact with you within two business days to discuss your request.
Compensation
The annual pay range for this position is $88,130.00 - $141,036.00. Actual offer will be based on skills, qualifications, experience and internal equity, in addition to relevant business considerations. We expect this position to be hired in the following target hiring range $97,384.00 - $131,756.00.
Exceptional benefits (because you’re exceptional)
You’re the whole package. Your benefits should be, too. As a full-time employee at SNHU, you’ll get:
- High-quality, low-deductible medical insurance
- Low to no-cost dental and vision plans
- 5 weeks of paid time off (plus almost a dozen paid holidays)
- Employer-funded retirement
- Free tuition program
- Parental leave
- Mental health and wellbeing resources
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as an Online Teacher
Verify your degree field matches the role
USCIS requires your degree to align with the specific subject you'll teach, not just education broadly. A chemistry degree supports an online chemistry teacher petition; a general studies degree typically won't without supplemental credentials.
Check the prevailing wage for your worksite location
Remote Online Teacher roles still require a certified LCA tied to a physical worksite. Use the OFLC Wage Search to confirm the prevailing wage for your work location before comparing offers, since wage levels vary significantly by metropolitan area.
Target employers already filing H-1B LCAs for teachers
Search Migrate Mate to filter for employers with verified H-1B filing history in education roles. Many online learning platforms sponsor H-1B visas but don't advertise it, so filtering by LCA data surfaces opportunities that generic searches miss.
Clarify the worksite address before the LCA is filed
If you'll work remotely from home, your employer must list your home address as the worksite on the LCA. Mismatches between the LCA worksite and your actual work location are a common RFE trigger for online teaching petitions.
Confirm the employer is E-Verify enrolled if you're on OPT
Online education companies sponsoring STEM OPT extensions must be enrolled in E-Verify before your extension is approved. Check enrollment status directly with your employer before relying on an H-1B transition timeline that assumes OPT continuity.
Use O*NET to document specialty occupation eligibility
The O*NET profile for your teaching specialty shows the typical education requirements and knowledge domains USCIS evaluates. Print and retain this profile to support your specialty occupation argument, especially if your employer lacks prior H-1B petition experience.
H-1B Visa Online Teacher: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Online Teacher role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
It depends on whether the position requires a bachelor's degree in a specific field as a minimum entry requirement. A role teaching advanced STEM subjects with a required degree in that discipline typically qualifies. A general tutoring or content-creation role that accepts any bachelor's degree regardless of field is harder to support as a specialty occupation, and USCIS scrutinizes these petitions closely.
How do I find online education employers who sponsor H-1B visas?
Migrate Mate shows verified H-1B LCA filing history by employer and occupation code, so you can identify online learning platforms and virtual schools that have sponsored H-1B petitions for teaching roles. This is more reliable than guessing from job listings, since many education companies sponsor visas without explicitly advertising it.
How is the prevailing wage determined when I teach remotely from home?
The DOL requires the LCA to reflect the prevailing wage for the location where you physically perform your work. For fully remote Online Teacher roles, that means your home address dictates the wage level, not your employer's headquarters. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the correct wage level for your specific county or metropolitan area before evaluating an offer.
Can a part-time Online Teacher position support an H-1B petition?
Part-time H-1B petitions are permitted under USCIS rules, but the employer must still meet prevailing wage requirements on a pro-rated basis and the role must independently satisfy the specialty occupation standard. Part-time arrangements also affect cap-gap protections and the 60-day grace period if employment ends, so the employment contract terms matter as much as the visa petition itself.
What happens to my H-1B status if my online teaching contract ends or is not renewed?
H-1B holders have a 60-day grace period after employment ends to find a new sponsoring employer, change status, or depart the country. For Online Teachers on fixed-term contracts common in the education sector, the contract end date functions the same as a termination date. Your employer is required to notify USCIS and offer to cover return transportation costs if they terminate your employment early.