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• Applications received on or before Tuesday, July 19th, 2022 will be considered
• Contractual start date – August 15th 2022
• Additional stipend-supported Professional Development to be scheduled for July/August 2022

About Get It Right Educators’ Cooperative

Get It Right is a not-for-profit, worker-owned cooperative that will be under contract to provide staffing, operations, and management of Milestone Democratic School in 2022-23. All full-time and part-time staff at Milestone will be worker-owners and/or employees of Get It Right, working under co-employment agreements between the co-op and the school. By organizing our staff into an independent worker co-op, we ensure that staff have the same access and obligation to engage in democratic self-governance which we expect of students at Milestone. Get It Right endorses the Dignity in Schools campaign, and the Abolitionist Teaching Network. To learn more about our co-op, visit our website.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $40,000.00 – $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Madison, WI 53718: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: One location

Part Time Social Studies Teacher (Decolonized and Anti-racist Curriculum)

-Job Summary

The Pearl Remote Democratic High School provides international high school students an online democratic education that balances personal and social interests, so students become informed, competent, and involved citizens in a safe, anti-racist environment.

As a teacher at The Pearl, you share control of the classroom with your students and co-create knowledge. Students have a say in class rules, what is studied, and how learning occurs. Your role is to help them feel welcome, competent, and excited about learning as they develop critical thinking skills. Using your expertise in Social Studies, you will differentiate instruction to meet students where they are. Classes are multi-age, limited to 10 students, and meet twice per week.

This is a contract position for an online World History course (3 class hours/week and 20 sessions total). We follow a similar schedule to many universities (3 terms/year). As we grow, there is the possibility of teaching multiple Social Studies courses per term that would cover topics such as World Government, US History, Geography, and Political Science. 

You will receive extensive professional development in democratic education. You will have a voice in school policies and procedures. 

The Pearl offers pay that is competitive with college and university adjunct positions. We offer a tuition discount for your teen.

Job Responsibilities

• Honor the philosophy of democratic education at all times. If you need help doing this, reach out to the Director for guidance.
• Co-create Social Studies course(s) with students based on their strengths, interests, and challenges.
• Collaborate with other teachers and staff to support students in developing interdisciplinary projects.
• Differentiate instruction to ensure all students are able to understand the material covered.
• Foster students’ creativity, competence, autonomy, and sense of belonging in your courses.
• Encourage students to take academic and intellectual risks.
• Be flexible and adaptable. Students’ interests will morph as they learn. Courses need to change with them.
• Support collaboration (where possible and purposeful) and cooperation among students. 
• Maintain appropriate records, as directed by Administration. Maintain records for each of your students in an organized, efficient manner. Formally document each of your students’ growth, strengths, and needs. (Note: You will write narratives instead of posting grades. The Pearl will provide training on and a template for the narratives).
• Identify and get approval from Administration to implement innovative software to create an engaging online learning environment.
• Participate in weekly team meetings and monthly professional development offered by The Pearl.
• Be a champion for The Pearl and our mission to make democratic education accessible to students anywhere in the world.
• Communicate with students only via systems and processes put in place by the school
• Utilize a decolonized and anti-racist approach to designing Social Studies courses.

Job Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in the appropriate field
• Expertise in implementing project-based learning
• Expertise in creating decolonized and anti-racist course materials
• Demonstrated success teaching diverse populations, including those with different learning needs and those historically marginalized by the broader society
• Demonstrated success creating a highly engaging online learning experience
• Expert level of technology
• Reliable high-speed internet and computer
• Ability to teach 1-2 courses starting September 7, 2022
• Minimum of 5 years of teaching experience
• Ability to attend weekly staff meetings on Tuesdays at 9:30am Central, monthly professional development, monthly parent (community) meetings, and occasional one-to-one meetings with parents
• Ability to pass a background check

Preferred:

• Masters or Ph.D. in an appropriate field
• Experience teaching (or learning) in a democratic classroom
• Experience working in a field relevant to the course(s) you are teaching
• Proficiency with Google Classroom
• Bilingual (Spanish/English)

To Apply:

Please send your resume, 3 references, a sample project-based learning lesson plan, and a cover letter (or 3-5 minute video introduction) describing your academic qualifications, your professional experiences, and how you will bring value to The Pearl students.

Application Deadline: June 30, 2022

Position Contact Name: Robin Harwick, PhD

Contact Email: drharwick@thepearlhighschool.org

The Pearl is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, or protected veteran status.

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Lead Staff Member Job Description Berkshire Freedom Academy Pittsfield, MA   We are looking for a lighthearted adult who loves children and enjoys mentoring them. The Berkshire Freedom Academy is a self-directed learning environment where kids ages 4-19 can enjoy the freedom to explore, play and follow their curiosity. In this environment, the adults serve as helpers and guides, rather than judges or directors.    The primarily responsibilities of staff are:

• Support the learning journeys of young people as needed, including helping them find resources across a broad range of subjects
• Reinforce the community governance structures and help young people learn to take the lead on peer mediation, judiciary committee and the democratic process of running the community.

  The ideal person for this role is: 

• Confident
• Positive
• Unwilling to take things personally 
• Committed to his or her own personal development, both for the intrinsic value of that process as well as to be a role model for young people.

  If interested, please contact Jennifer Crews at 201 248 2264 or jennifer@jencrews.com   For more information, please visit https://berkshirefreedomacademy.org/ or check out this article: https://theberkshireedge.com/the-power-of-choice-unschooling-comes-to-pittsfield/

School Around Us (SAU) in Arundel, Maine has an opening for a full-time early childhood educator to join our team and support our younger spiral (ages 5-7) starting in August 2022. SAU’s mission is to bring together young people, educators, families and our extended community to create a participatory, learner-driven environment grounded in meaningful relationships, which expresses the world we would like our children to live in—a world where all are supported to be self-aware and engaged global citizens. 
In 2020, we evolved from identifying ourselves as a “school” to a “Co-Learning Community.” A core value in Co-learning is that it focuses not only on students, but on families and communities together as ecosystems of learning. As a Co-Learning Community, School Around Us serves youth ages 5 – 14  who are registered with the State of Maine as homeschoolers. 
SAU seeks an awesome and adaptable educator who values a co-created educational environment balancing structure and spontaneity/freedom. This educator will be responsible for designing and implementing educational programming for a group of children ages 5-7. As SAU is currently in transition and emerging into a new organizational and educational model, this person will be a core member of our team in this emergent process — and we will benefit from someone who wants to be part of that process. Further, you may be an amazing fit for our organization if you are a passionate educator who believes that humans are built to learn, that education is a life-long journey, and that education is a collaborative process of self-discovery where one size doesn’t fit all. 
Job Description An educator at SAU is…

• A teacher, mentor, and guide for students
• A collaborative co-creator of educational experiences with fellow teachers, with parents, and with students
• An advocate and coach who aids young people in developing and achieving their own desired path to learning and becoming themselves
• Someone who uses an integrated, hands-on curriculum appropriate to developmental stages, knowledge, and abilities and able to adapt to emergent curriculum
• Someone who shares their own passions with the SAU community
• Someone who implements School Around Us’ philosophy of holistic education through the framing of Eight Knowledge Areas (Logical Thinking & Quantitative Reasoning, Scientific Inquiry & Environmental Understanding, Practical Life Skills, Creative Arts, Language & Communication, Citizenship, Body Knowledge) in our curriculum
• Someone who addresses issues of diversity, inclusion and equity with learners.
• A creative guide able to balance freedom with co-created structure.
• Someone who establishes strong relationships with learners and their families by:
  • Being consistently in contact with families in person and by email/phone as needed
  • Posting on our “Loft” social network to inform our community of SAU programming (through written posts and videos) and through our year-long portfolio-building process
• Someone who facilitates supportive conflict resolution processes
• A willing participant in a democratic organizational and staff culture

Work Commitments At SAU we contract our teachers annually for 210 working days through the school year: August – June. These days include on-site school days, planning time before and during the school year, and other events that support our organization. A typical week for teachers during the school year is Monday through Friday, beginning 30 minutes before programming starts and ending 30 minutes after it closes – usually from 8:30 to 3:30. There are also weekly staff meetings and monthly community meetings that we ask teachers to attend in addition to occasional evening school events (eg. School Play, Concerts). It is important to note that a substantial amount of time is spent outdoors throughout our programming through all four seasons so teachers are expected to be prepared for both indoor and outdoor time. 
Additional work days may be available for this role to participate in guiding and/or supporting our summer programs (which could lead to an earlier start date), and would be contracted and compensated separately from this position.
Compensation + Benefits Salary Range: $39,000-42,000 (depending on experience and qualifications) Current Benefits:

• 10 days Paid Time Off (includes both sick and personal days)
• Professional Development Stipend
• Certification Support (if needed)

Job Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent educational and training experience
• Minimum 3 years of experience working as a teacher (need not be in traditional schooling context) with learners ages 5-14
• Exposure to and interest in holistic education + self-directed learning
• Knowledge of, and ability to use, conflict resolution skills that are supportive of an equitable and inclusive learning environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Able to give and receive honest and thoughtful feedback. Willing to use feedback to grow as an educator and support the SAU community.
• Excitement to create educational experiences in a non-prescriptive context and is not attached to assessments and curriculum looking a certain way (Eg. tests, teaching at grade level, following standards)
• Can embrace both structure and spontaneity and utilizes both as a teacher
• Able to share the stage and work within a collaborative organizational environment
• Can design effective, clear and meaningful learning experiences
• Willingness to engage with parents/families consistently
• Willing to spend substantial time outdoors with learners throughout all four seasons

  Preferred

• Master’s Degree
• Maine Teaching license/certification
• Experience guiding project-based, experiential learning programs and environments
• Experience in holistic learning (i.e. child-led education, montessori, waldorf, reggio, free schools, democratic education, agile learning, etc.)
• Multiple years experience working with children ages 5-7
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate group processes
• Experience with participatory decision-making processes such as consent (as used in sociocracy/holacracy), consensus, robert’s rules, etc.
• Is willing to create unexpected, spontaneous and unimaginable things based on student interest and passion
• Experience as part of a teaching team and/or collaborative teaching environment
• First-Aid and CPR certifications 

Interested applicants should submit their resume, cover letter, and three references by April 8 to: will@schoolaroundus.org
School Around Us. is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture and workforce reflective of our mission, values and communities we serve. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.