{"id":6076,"date":"2014-06-18T22:14:24","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T02:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/?p=6076"},"modified":"2014-06-18T22:14:24","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T02:14:24","slug":"job-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/job-27\/","title":{"rendered":"LEAPNOW: International Trip Leader, India (Job Opportunity)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tMission:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLEAPNOW&rsquo;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&rsquo;s fundamental unity and interdependent wholeness.&nbsp;We are one of the few education and travel organizations that equally emphasize the importance of the inner and outer journeys.&nbsp;This reflects our intention to run programs that are truly transformative for the participant &ndash; thus staying on the cutting edge of human evolution. The diverse experiences of travel, work and study in a &ldquo;foreign&rdquo; 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 &ldquo;raising of the eyes&rdquo; of our students.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Trip Leader Responsibilities\/Job Description:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWe 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.&nbsp;We hire leader teams consisting of one male and one female.&nbsp;We are specifically looking for female leaders for this coming fall.<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<br \/>\n\tLeader Responsibilities for all programs:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tMaintain the safety and well-being of a group of up to 11 young adults ages 17 -24 while traveling abroad.\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tCreate a fun &amp; nurturing educational environment\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tPromote individual learning of students\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tCoordinate and direct logistics of your semester\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tMaintain relationships with sponsors abroad\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tManage a spending plan while traveling\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tEnforce program rules and expectations\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tFacilitate cohesive group dynamics and build community\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tSolve problems creatively in response to constantly changing situations\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tMaintain communication with headquarters in California\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<strong>We are looking for people with the following qualifications:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tMinimum age of 25 (Not negotiable)\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tExperience leading groups\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tExperience coaching youth through personal and\/or spiritual crisis\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tWork, study or travel experience in India\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tA basic knowledge of Hinduism and Buddhism\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tOngoing demonstrable commitment to personal evolution\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tCertificates in adult CPR and Wilderness First Aid prior to training\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\tOur 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.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIf 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. &nbsp;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.<br \/>\n\t&nbsp;<br \/>\n\tCONTACT:<br \/>\n\tJames Quinlan, james@leapnow.org<br \/>\n\tLEAPNOW: Transforming Education<br \/>\n\t11640 Hwy 128, Calistoga, CA 94515<br \/>\n\twww.leapnow.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mission: LEAPNOW&rsquo;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&rsquo;s fundamental unity and interdependent wholeness.&nbsp;We are one of the few education and travel organizations that equally emphasize the importance of the inner and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[241],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6076"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6077,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6076\/revisions\/6077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}