Elementary School Guide with quick potential for growth and leadership
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- actonacademyfolsom.org
Description
Do you want to change the world?
Do you crave working hard with a small, mission-driven,
world-class team of entrepreneurs changing the vision of school?
If your passion is to fuel the love of learning in others while advancing your own personal and professional growth, this is your chance to get in on the ground floor of one of the world’s most innovative schools.
Acton Academy, founded in 2009, is a private micro-school and learner-driven community with the mission that each person who enters its doors will find a calling and change the world. We combine elements of the Montessori method with Socratic guiding, hands-on experiential quests and interactive technology. Underlying our method is an application of the Hero’s Journey creating a lively learning environment that feels more like an adventure than school.
At Acton, we have mixed-aged classrooms called studios with a self-paced learning design as opposed to grade-levels. Our real world-oriented quests culminate in a public exhibition of learning as opposed to test scores and report cards. In all areas of Acton life, our students are empowered to be in the driver’s seat of their learning.
We are seeking a full time Elementary School Guide to work with our elementary school students. Our Guide has the opportunity to grow quickly and steadily into a Lead Guide.
We are looking for a smart, entrepreneurial individual who is passionate about guiding children on their independent journey of lifelong learning, and who possesses an understanding of the Hero’s Journey and the Socratic Method.
Our Guide will learn to lead Socratic discussions and will learn how to work with the Acton Academy learning design, processes and systems.
Our Guide will equip our Eagles to explore and take ownership of their learning, monitor progress on Montessori curriculum, and create life-oriented projects that nurture curiosity.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: Our Guides receive competitive pay, commensurate with experience.
Please visit out website and fill out the interest form to start the audition process for the position. https://actonacademyfolsom.org/becoming-a-guide
Job Type: Part-time
Salary: $24.00 - $35.00 per hour
Expected hours: 24 – 32 per week
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Tuition reimbursement
Qualifications
Montessori: 1 year (Preferred)
Mentoring: 1 year (Required)
Responsibilities
Our Guide will learn to lead Socratic discussions and will learn how to work with the Acton Academy learning design, processes and systems.
Our Guide will equip our Eagles to explore and take ownership of their learning, monitor progress on Montessori curriculum, and create life-oriented projects that nurture curiosity.
YOUR PROMISES TO US, I WILL :
Encourage every child, parent and Guide
to discover a "calling" that will change the world.
Show up prepared, on time,
every time during our ten month calendar.
Stress "learning to do" and "learning to be"
over "learning to know".
Never answer a question in the studio.
Plan to be at Acton Academy for a minimum of two years and provide three months of notice so I can help find and train my replacement.
Skills
Preferred experience and skills: Experience managing mixed aged groups of children; experience planning and implementing games or projects; coaching or mentoring experience a plus; a passion for disruptive education opportunities; deeply curious and ready to learn and work hard; agile with online learning; excellent writing and interpersonal communication skills; entrepreneurial thinker; reader; deep heart for children and a trust and respect for their ability to learn and grow without heavy adult intervention; kind-hearted and tough-minded; independent worker; calm demeanor and secure in being on a Hero’s Journey.
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