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AERO to Live Stream Conference!

For the first time ever AERO will live stream all the major presentations at the AERO Conference. Many people have requested that we do this and we now have created and tested the setup for a high quality live stream.
The AERO Conference will be from June 28th to July 1st.

The presentations will include:
Keynote by Sir Ken Robinson , including the dialog between him and keynoter Henry Readhead from Summerhill. Live stream registrants will be able to send in questions for Sir Ken. By the way, Sir Ken Robinson has just released a new book, You, Your Child and School which features a section about AERO.

Keynote by Henry Readhead of Summerhill. Live stream registrants will be able to send in questions to Henry.

Keynote by Dr. Joel Fuhrman , famed nutritionist. Live stream registrants will be about to sent in questions to Dr. Fuhrman.

TED-like presenters:
School Superintendent Dr. Michael Hynes

Pono founder and director Dr. Maysaa Bazna

North Star co-founder and director Ken Danford

Nassau County legislator Josh Lafazan , also former 18 year old school board member

Unschooling expert Dr. Gina Riley

Longview School founder Mark Jacobs

Life coach John Williams

Also to be live streamed will be the Opening Session and selected workshops.

Can’t make it to the AERO conference this year? That’s ok! We are happy to announce that the AERO Conference will be live streamed over the internet.

Here’s how it works, when you buy the package we put you on an email list. When we start live streaming (15 minutes before any of the keynotes, talks, or workshops) You will receive an email with the URL of the stream. Just click the URL and you will be taken directly to the stream.

The streaming package is only 49.99 total.

To buy it click here .

For a sample of the live stream send us your email by emailing jerryaero@aol.com

If you can still make it to the conference, register at a discount rate HERE

The AERO Conference will be from June 28th to July 1st at LIU/Post Campus in Brookeville, NY
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Bay State Learning Center is looking for start-up minded staff members to help us establish a second Bay State Learning Center in Cambridge, MA.

Bay State Learning Center is looking for start-up minded staff members to help us establish a second Bay State Learning Center in Cambridge, MA.

Bay State Learning Center is a non-coercive and self-directed learning community, we believe that learning is natural and teachers and students can collaborate to make education a dynamic creative process. We are a departure from traditional education and do not make use of tests, grades, negative reinforcement and extrinsic motivators. We believe in helping students to access resources so they can work to reach their own goals and cultivate their own passions.

We are looking for a forward-thinking educators with enthusiasm and creativity to not only teach but to wear the many hats required when running an organization: marketing, fund-raising, outreach, development and working directly with self-directed learners. It is a demanding but incredibly rewarding opportunity. We have been developing BSLC for four years now and we are a stable thriving program on the cusp of growing much larger. Do the kind of creative teaching you have always wanted to do, without the power struggles and unnecessary difficulties of traditional school. In a small setting like BSLC the potential for developing new ideas is limitless.

Bay State Learning Center is based on the model pioneered by Northstar Self-DIrected Learning for Teens in Sunderland, Massachusetts. There are over 14 Liberated Learners Self-Directed Learning Centers across North America and the movement is growing. Become a part of the future of education.
Paid positions are contingent on the success of the new program. This will not be easy but there is an opportunity to get a new program up and running with much less effort and overhead than is the norm.

Hear About Bay State Learning Center On NPR! http://news.wgbh.org/2017/06/13/local-news/kids-struggling-class-dedham-school-may-have-answer

Here too. http://news.wgbh.org/2017/06/16/local-news/honors-student-ditches-public-school-design-his-own-education

Instructional Responsibilities:
  • Work as part of a small team running a self-directed learning community of kids ages 10-19
  • Flexibly teach a small variety of subjects in once a week classes; topics include the instructor’s training areas and personal interests as well as the student’s interests and needs.
  • Guide students to an excited, open-minded and active interest in learning.
  • Advise students in one on one advising sessions with an assigned selection of students. Assisting students to define their goals, pursue class work, develop general/life organizational strategies, begin college planning, etc.
  • Work with parents and families to help with the ongoing learning and development of the students.
 

Organizational Responsibilities:

  • Work with a team to organize fundraising and outreach events
  • Search for a new space for BSLC Cambridge
  • Develop new program by working with BSLC staff to organize new parents and students in the Cambridge area.


To apply send resume and cover letter explaining your interest in our program to both george@baystatelearning.org and jireland@baystatelearning.org

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Instructors in Holistic Education needed for brand new kindergarten opening in the spring of 2018 in Shishi, China.

Originateve is sponsoring the recruitment of 4 instructors in Holistic Education with a focus on Cultural and Ecological Regeneration for Master Tree Kindergarten set to open up in the Spring of 2018.

Job Description:

Master Tree Kindergarten is an Originateve Wood Certified school. As such, we have a commitment to foster a holistic environment wherein our children and adult community can together explore regenerative practice and design with a strong emphasis on ecology and culture. We are seeking enthusiastic colleagues eager to co-operate and grow alongside our tenderfoot community. Candidates interested in joining our team should have deep interests in childhood development, the arts and life in participation with the natural world.

Along with the kids we play with, day in and day out, we believe that the world is a play-garden in which to remember our ancestral capacity to appreciate beauty and engage by creating even more beauty of it. We have sand dunes, swimming pools, a library, live-stock, a workshop, a rooftop garden and more for you to recognize emergent curriculum as well as orchestrate enriched learning moments.

We welcome painters, gardeners, storytellers, carpenters and bards that have learned that there is no greater gift than that of planting a seed in the hearts of those growing beneath our wings.

Compensation:

Positions start at 10,ooormb/month + housing (walking distance from many beautiful beaches) + meals + insurance + paid holidays + one-way air-ticket home upon completion of contract and other benefits to be discussed with interested candidates.

Interested applicants should send a resume and brief cover letter to: future@originateve.org  

Important note to young families:

“4 years ago, life was good for our family in Costa Rica. But we were ready to write a new chapter in our story—one that included a 3rd language and culture. Little did we know the wonders of raising a family in China! Everyday we wake up and the four of us go to work/school/play together!”         

~Carl Emmons (Teaching Director of MTK)
*If interested in speaking further with
Carl or his wife Glow please email:
carlemmons@originateve.org