Job Description
Job Description
Do you want to change the world of education? Do you crave working with a small, mission-driven team of entrepreneurs changing the vision of school?
Position: Early Elementary School Guide with quick potential for growth and leadership.
If your passion is to fuel the love of learning in others while advancing your own personal and professional growth, this is your chance to get in on the ground floor of one of the world’s most innovative schools.
We are seeking a Guide to work with children 6-12 years old. Our Guide has the opportunity to grow quickly and steadily into a Lead Guide.
We are looking for a smart, entrepreneurial individual who is passionate about guiding children on their independent journey of lifelong learning. Individual who possesses an understanding and willingness to learn the Hero’s Journey and the Socratic Method.
Acton Academy is a private micro-school and learner-driven community with the mission that each person who enters its doors will find a calling and change the world. We combine elements of the Montessori method with Socratic guiding, hands-on experiential quests and interactive technology. Underlying our method is an application of the Hero’s Journey creating a lively learning environment that feels more like an adventure than school.
Our Guide will equip our Heroes to explore and take ownership of their learning, monitor progress on Montessori curriculum, and create life-oriented projects that nurture curiosity.
If interested, as your first step in this process, please read deeply through our website: http://www.actonacademyfl.com
Preferred experience and skills: Previous work with children. Experience managing mixed aged groups of children; experience planning and implementing games or projects; coaching or mentoring experience a plus; a passion for disruptive education; deeply curious and ready to learn and work hard; agile with online learning; entrepreneurial thinker; reader; deep heart for children and a trust and respect for their ability to learn and grow without heavy adult intervention; kind-hearted and tough-minded; independent worker; calm demeanor and secure in being on a Hero’s Journey.
Salary: Our Guides receive competitive pay, commensurate with experience.
Sound exciting? First step:
If you’d like to begin the process to apply for this world-changing opportunity, please email your resume to Martina Slaven at martina@actonacademyfl.com. You will receive your first steps to pursue this world-changing opportunity.