Job description
The guide’s main role will be to move learners on a journey to understand and develop their most precious gifts, help them discover their deepest passions, and how to use them to serve others in a meaningful way that brings them joys. We believe our learners will go on to change the world in a profound way.
Position Description: The Lead Guide will work with the founders to:
- Affirm students, holding them accountable to their promises and to delivering “the best work they can do” as they discover and pursue a calling on a hero’s journey.
- Create meaningful exhibitions, ceremonies, and celebrations that reinforce the rules of engagement, personal and group covenants to provide and strengthen a safe learning community.
- Act as a role model as an independent learner on a hero’s journey.
- Launch and lead Socratic discussions.
- Create and launch quests (projects), including daily challenges and curating world-class examples.
- Supply studio environment and set up the studio as inspiration for learning.
- Incorporate Montessori materials and lessons into ‘core skills’ work time. Observe and track each child’s progress.
- Encourage young heroes to track their progress and create portfolios to show parents, peers and apprenticeship employers what they can do.
- Uphold promises to students, parents, and fellow Guides made in relational covenants.
- Pass along each of these responsibilities to students as quickly as possible, so as to allow students to lead themselves.
Qualifications:
- Knowledgeable in Montessori and Project-Based Methodology.
- Project-based and/or experiential learning training is helpful.
- A deep curiosity about life and love of lifelong learning.
- Innovative and entrepreneurial spirit.
- Proven excellence in written and oral communication skills.
- Evident passion for being on a hero’s journey.
This is a position for an independent learner who can work with little direct guidance; someone who likes to collaborate, experiment, evaluate and continually improve; someone who has a deep respect for all children believing that each human has genius within; and someone who is a flexible problem-solver. It is essential that this person can learn fast, loves to work hard and is an active reader and writer.
We run an 11-month program with seven 6-week sessions in our learning studios. The Guide will be expected to work five days a week. We are closed for 6 weeks in the summer (the month of August.). The Guide will work through the summer to prepare the studio environment for the following school year and perform other administrative tasks.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: negotiable
Experience:
- Teaching: 1 year (Preferred)
- Summer Camp: 1 year (Preferred)
- Montessori Guide: 1 year (Preferred)
Next Steps
Candidates should email a resume and thoughtful cover letter that outlines how their skills and experience meet the qualifications of the position, how the position is part of their hero's journey, and how they heard about this opportunity. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
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