{"id":8653,"date":"2015-12-16T11:24:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T16:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/?p=8653"},"modified":"2015-12-16T11:25:08","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T16:25:08","slug":"job-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/job-99\/","title":{"rendered":"Admissions &#038; Outreach Director for The Woolman Semester School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<strong>Admissions &amp; Outreach Director<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis position coordinates student recruitment for the Woolman Semester School. The&nbsp;heart of this position is to communicate the story of this learning experience to&nbsp;prospective students, parents, teachers, alumni and other educators. The work itself is&nbsp;very dynamic and can, at times, feel part marketing, part social work, part therapist, and&nbsp;part community organizing. A major highlight of this work is walking between the two&nbsp;worlds of a progressive educational community and the larger progressive education&nbsp;movement in the US and beyond.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tHigh school education is transforming and Woolman sees itself as a critical part of that&nbsp;transformation. During a semester at Woolman, our students explore individual and&nbsp;community empowerment through a variety of topics and learning experiences that&nbsp;address social justice and sustainability. Students from diverse educational backgrounds&nbsp;attend Woolman &ndash; traditional public high schools, charter schools, Waldorf \/ Quaker \/&nbsp;Montessori schools, students who are homeschooled or unschooled &ndash; and together with&nbsp;the staff and interns, they create a rich learning community for 16 weeks.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Specific responsibilities for this position include:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tCommunicating with students and parents throughout the application process\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tCreating and implementing an outreach plan\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tDeveloping and maintaining relationships with sending schools and other influencers\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tContact management for schools and prospective students\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tCoordinating outreach travel\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tInterviewing applicants\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tProcessing applications and financial aid\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\tIn addition to these responsibilities, the Admissions &amp; Outreach Director is an integral&nbsp;member of the school&rsquo;s Leadership Team, working closely with the Head of School,&nbsp;Program Coordinator, and other Woolman Faculty. This team will often work&nbsp;collaboratively with each other on outreach efforts. When on campus, they are expected&nbsp;to join other staff in making a full commitment to Woolman&#39;s community life. This&nbsp;includes participation in Quaker meeting, community meeting, chores, meal preparation,&nbsp;and other community support.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Desired Qualifications and Skills<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tBachelor&rsquo;s degree or equivalent life experience\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tExperience in educational admissions and enrollment\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tExcellent communication, time management, delegation, and organization skills\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tExperience in community organizing, campaigns, and\/or event planning\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tStrong public speaking skills\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tHighly proficient in use of office technology\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tAbility to plan and implement outreach trips throughout the US\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tA network of connections with educational institutions and organizations\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tComfortable working with large groups of kids and adults\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tStrong desire to live and work in a community setting\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tPassionate about progressive education\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tFamiliarity with semester schools\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tExperience working with high school age students and recent college graduates from&nbsp;diverse backgrounds\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tWillingness to participate in staff and community meetings in the style of Quaker&nbsp;\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tconsensus decision-making\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tWillingness to practice NVC and Restorative Justice\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tWillingness and desire to participate in anti-oppression work within the community,&nbsp;and continue learning and training in those areas\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tInterest in living in community and participating in community activities\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tA fun, positive and encouraging disposition\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<strong>About Woolman<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tWoolman is a nonprofit educational community located on 230 acres in the Sierra&nbsp;Nevada Foothills dedicated to the principles of peace, justice and sustainability.&nbsp;Originally founded in 1963 as a Quaker high school, Woolman now offers educational&nbsp;programs for teens, retreats for adults, and summer camps for children and families&nbsp;including The Woolman Semester; a 4-month residential education program in northern&nbsp;California for passionate young people who want to make a difference in the world.&nbsp;Woolman is an equal opportunity employer. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woolman.org\">www.woolman.org<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<strong>Salary and Benefits<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis position will start between February 15th and March 1st, 2016, and receive an&nbsp;annual salary of $25,000. Health benefits are available. Room &amp; Board on campus are&nbsp;discounted 60% and end up being around $5,000\/year renting a space on the Woolman&nbsp;campus and eating lunches and dinners in the Woolman dining hall.&nbsp;To apply, please send a letter of interest, current resume, and three references to:&nbsp;Gray Horwitz, Head of School, <a href=\"mailto:grayh@woolman.org\">grayh@woolman.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Admissions &amp; Outreach Director This position coordinates student recruitment for the Woolman Semester School. The&nbsp;heart of this position is to communicate the story of this learning experience to&nbsp;prospective students, parents, teachers, alumni and other educators. The work itself is&nbsp;very dynamic and can, at times, feel part marketing, part social work, part therapist, and&nbsp;part community organizing. [&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-8653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8653","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=8653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8654,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8653\/revisions\/8654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.educationrevolution.org\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}