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.
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/2017/06/1
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Instructional Responsibilities:
Hear About Bay State Learning Center On NPR! http://news.wgbh.org/2017/06/1
Here too. http://news.wgbh.org/2017/06/1
Instructional Responsibilities:
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Work as part of a small team running a self-directed learning community of kids ages 10-19
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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.
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Guide students to an excited, open-minded and active interest in learning.
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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.
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Work with parents and families to help with the ongoing learning and development of the students.
Organizational Responsibilities:
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Work with a team to organize fundraising and outreach events
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Search for a new space for BSLC Cambridge
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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
