Category: Jobs

Job Title: Teacher/Teacher’s Aide 

Job description/responsibilities: To assist in daily activities of the including opening/closing, meal preparation, administrative duties, general cleaning, organizing, and attending meetings. To support K-12 grade students in academic, social and emotional growth through advising, teaching and tutoring students in our unique democratic environment. 

Required Qualifications: 4 year degree (preferred), direct experience with diverse youth and collective process or democratic education. A driver’s license and teacher’s license is not required but one or both is a plus! Background check, 3 references, and a one year commitment are also required. 

Qualities we are looking for in candidates: Fun, reliable, flexible, open, caring, compassionate, patient, able to “let go” of adult privilege, supportive of GDS mission and adult/youth partnerships 

Pay rate: $12.00/hourly 

Hours: 4 hours per day, weekdays (M-F) x 4 weeks per month, August-June. Hours are somewhat flexible, to be scheduled between 9:00am and 5:00pm. Morning availability preferred.

Location: Uptown/Lowry Hill, near downtown Minneapolis 

Please Note: Current GDS Volunteers are encouraged to apply.

Parents of current students are not eligible to apply. 

Deadline for applications: July 4, 2014 

No phone calls please. Send resume and cover letter to Starri Hedges, (Gaia Democratic School Executive Director) via email to School@GaiaDemocratic.org OR GaiaDemocratic@Gmail.com Or by USPS to: 3754 Pleasant Ave S. Minneapolis, MN 55409 More information about Gaia Democratic School can be found on our website: www.GaiaDemocratic.org 

Gaia Democratic School admits students of any race, color, religion, gender, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. GDS does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, or national and ethnic origin

The Village Free School is now accepting applications for two part-time Interns for the 2014-2015 school year. We seek applicants who have experience working with youth ages 5 to 18 years old, and who are interested in working with them in a democratic and holistic environment. The school is located in Portland, Oregon. Interns are paid a monthly stipend of $250; internship positions are estimated to begin Monday, August 25, 2014 and conclude June 19, 2015. 

General Expectations for Interns:

• Show flexibility and creativity.
• Create a welcoming environment for students.
• Collaborate with Program Directors to create a personalized learning plan.
• Work collaboratively and cooperatively with students, parents, staff, and council.
• Help identify and assist in resolving interpersonal conflicts.
• Attend one weekly staff meeting.
• Demonstrate courage in providing appropriate boundaries, trust, and support to people of all ages within a non-coercive learning environment.
• Demonstrate self-care and hold “gracious space” for yourself and others.
• Utilize effective nonverbal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Provide at least one weekly offering, or lead in at least one special project area, for/with students

To Apply:

Submit a cover letter, current resume, three references, and any additional information you think we should consider in evaluating you as a candidate.

Applications must be sent to info@villagefreeschool.org

Mission:

LEAPNOW’s organizational mission is focused on the emerging shift in global consciousness: we aim to help students recognize the limitations of the current power structure and begin to realize the world’s fundamental unity and interdependent wholeness. We are one of the few education and travel organizations that equally emphasize the importance of the inner and outer journeys. This reflects our intention to run programs that are truly transformative for the participant – thus staying on the cutting edge of human evolution. The diverse experiences of travel, work and study in a “foreign” region and culture create an opening for a shift of consciousness to occur. Conscious and well-trained leader teams help this opening to blossom through a consistent “raising of the eyes” of our students.

Trip Leader Responsibilities/Job Description:

We are looking for qualified Trip Leaders for our LEAPYEAR India program. The LEAPYEAR program is a transformative year of college, offering 17-24 year olds a powerful transition into independence and empowered adulthood. Trip Leaders guide students through the 3-month first semester in northern India. We hire leader teams consisting of one male and one female. We are specifically looking for female leaders for this coming fall.
 
Leader Responsibilities for all programs:

• Maintain the safety and well-being of a group of up to 11 young adults ages 17 -24 while traveling abroad.
• Create a fun & nurturing educational environment
• Promote individual learning of students
• Coordinate and direct logistics of your semester
• Maintain relationships with sponsors abroad
• Manage a spending plan while traveling
• Enforce program rules and expectations
• Facilitate cohesive group dynamics and build community
• Solve problems creatively in response to constantly changing situations
• Maintain communication with headquarters in California

We are looking for people with the following qualifications:

• Minimum age of 25 (Not negotiable)
• Experience leading groups
• Experience coaching youth through personal and/or spiritual crisis
• Work, study or travel experience in India
• A basic knowledge of Hinduism and Buddhism
• Ongoing demonstrable commitment to personal evolution
• Certificates in adult CPR and Wilderness First Aid prior to training

Our Leader positions pay all (non-personal) trip expenses and medical insurance for the duration of the program and start at $3500 per three-month semester. LEAPYEAR leader positions require a high degree of experience and maturity. We also pay a travel stipend to our leaders to get to/from our California-based retreat center in August of each year for our comprehensive and intensive 10-day leader training.

If you are interested in being considered for a Trip Leader opening, please visit our website to learn more: www.leapnow.org/employment. There you can download the PDF application and submission instructions.  We hire on a rolling-basis, positions are usually filled by July 30. Please note that we do require an in-person interview on our California-based campus, and we are generally unable to hire non-US citizens.
 
CONTACT:
James Quinlan, james@leapnow.org
LEAPNOW: Transforming Education
11640 Hwy 128, Calistoga, CA 94515
www.leapnow.org

Creative City Public Charter School seeks a Kindergarten teacher and a Third Grade teacher to join our team as our new elementary school grows. Our teachers are creative, innovative, and excited to implement our progressive, project-based curriculum (which in Kindergarten is also play-based).  Student projects will be placed-based, linked to our Park Heights community as well as the broader built and natural environments around us in Baltimore City.  Our school values social and emotional learning as much as it values academics, and we are seeking teachers who can bring these values to life in the classroom. 

Applicants must hold a bachelor's degree, have previous teaching experience at the Early Childhood level or elementary school level and meet Maryland teacher certification requirements or be eligible to apply for Maryland State certification.

Send your cover letter, resume, and three professional references to hiring@creativecityschool.org to apply for a position. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis as high-quality candidates aligned with our vision emerge.

For more information visit www.CreativeCitySchool.org