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“We’ve reimagined what high school can be by asking one essential question:

What do students really need to thrive in life, not just in school?”

• Steve Levitt

In partnership with innovative institutions like ASU Prep, ASU, University of Chicago’s Center for RISC, and BluePrint Schools Network, you will be part of a team who collaborates every day, remaking American high school education with The Levitt Lab.

First of all, the role of traditional teacher is reimagined. You will still need your pedagogical skills and content knowledge, but you won’t be lecturing to classes. Instead, most of your time will be spent guiding students who will have responsibility for their own education. You will help them find their motivation, stay on track, and get unstuck. This is why your role’s title is Guide.

You will be part of a small team of collaborative educators doing whatever it takes to bring this vision to life. Organized as a professional learning community (PLC), our leaders and guides are as close to students as possible; no fleet of administrators here! Instead, each member of our team is part of the design process so that our learner-led model will continually evolve along with our learners. If you want to work here, you will have to be comfortable adapting quickly and not always know what’s coming next. If you crave structure and routine, this is not the school for you.

As a Guide, you will wear several hats. You will be the head of a House of multi-grade students, responsible for its thriving culture and the holistic development of each of its learners. As a content-expert, you will manage the academic progress of all learners in your content subjects through a self-paced, mastery-based curriculum. With your skills in facilitation, you will run our school’s signature learning methods, Socratic Seminars and interactive Wonder Sessions. What unites all of these roles is that you will be helping students find deeper truths, develop formative relationships, build strong character, and follow their dreams. In short, you’ll be doing what you hoped to do when you first chose this profession.

If you feel like you’ve found your team of fellow entrepreneurs, we would love to talk with you. You’ll find more details below, along with a bunch of stuff the lawyers make us put in here.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for brilliant teachers (Guides!) who passionately believe in the model we’re trying to build. We are also hoping you have…

• Equivalent combination of experience, training and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities may be considered:
• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s degree preferred.
• State Aligned Teaching Certificate (appropriate endorsements may be required depending on the area of instruction or have passed appropriate AEPA or NES proficiency exams), AZ State Teaching Certification, preferred.
  • Can be placed on an alternative teaching certificate path upon hire
• 3+ years of classroom experience, 6-12 teaching experience, preferred.
• Demonstrated experience with innovation and using innovative classroom strategies.
• Experience with curriculum design, mastery-based teaching and project-based learning, and implementing innovative, personalized teaching strategies.
• Active AZ Department of Public Safety (DPS) IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

As you read the list below, please bear in mind it is not comprehensive. The most important duty you will have is to take the initiative to do whatever makes this venture successful. The following is our best laid vision of what the most common duties of your role will be:

• Work collaboratively to achieve the overall success of The Levitt Lab program.
• Nurture the growth and development of every high school learner as a mentor, role model, and guide.
• Deliver a uniquely student-centered approach focusing on student motivation, unblocking academic or social-emotional hurdles, and coaching students through student-driven learning.
• Shape the school’s model and operations through collaborative discussion and decision making at PLC meetings.
• Support the planning, coordination, and execution of our quarterly IDE Showcases.
• Support student recruitment and enrollment efforts including representing our school at info-sessions & school visit days.
• Sponsor and supervise extra-curricular activities such as student clubs or special events (e.g., Homecoming).
• Stay current with educational trends and maintain the state and school professional requirements including current teaching certificates.
• Take primary responsibility for the holistic development of a House of learners, including their academic progress in all courses (IDE, Core, etc.), executive function, and character education.
• Mentor your House as they create individualized learning plans and share their progress in quarterly ILC meetings (individual learner conference) with their parents/guardians.
• Host routine 1-on-1 check-ins with all learners in your House, empowering learners to develop self-responsibility, executive function, socioemotional skills, and character education through these learner-led conversations.
• Establish and sustain your House’s unique thriving culture through House time, special events, and friendly competitions.
• Maintain open lines of communication with parents/guardians about academic and discipline issues, documenting weekly outreach through our learning management system.
• Lead the self-directed high school program as teacher of record for your content’s subject-specific courses.
• Develop & improve the mastery-based, standards-aligned curriculum.
• Provide timely feedback on learners’ works and manage learners in providing timely peer feedback as part of mastery-based learning.
• Monitor and sustain the self-paced progress of all learners in your courses based on the timelines defined in their individual learner conferences.
• Assess learners’ mastery in all competencies and aligned standards for your courses.
• Deploy adaptive student-centered instructional techniques and curate your content curriculum to meet all learners’ needs.
• Serve as an expert-in-residence to all learners at the school for any content-aligned work.
• Serve as the IDE Advisor for a portfolio of learners’ In-Depth Explorations, supporting their progress from start to finish.
• Facilitate learner-led Socratic Seminar and hands-on, interactive Wonder Sessions on a routine basis.
• Collaborate with fellow Guides to design and improve our signature learning methods including seminar, wonder sessions, and in-depth explorations.
• Contribute to the team’s professional growth through weekly cycles of collegial observation and feedback as part of a Community of Practice.
• Additional duties may be assigned as necessary.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

We’re looking for amazing people. You may be remarkable in all kinds of ways we are not listing here, so don’t be shy about sharing that with us:

• Experience with project-based learning and/or innovative teaching methods.
• Demonstrated skill in curating and navigating the tactical responsibilities of a startup program/school.
• Ability to articulate, represent professional demeanor and ability to take initiative.
• Command of theoretical knowledge of student behavior and learning including motivation, reinforcement, evaluation, and feedback techniques.
• A diverse expertise in content and ability to lead curriculum design.
• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to work with a wide-range of people including teachers, parents, students, alumni, corporate partners, vendors and admissions personnel.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing, along with strong presentation skills.
• Exceptional ability to build relationships and community, to create systems that help students reach their goals, and design personalized learning experiences.
• Ability to adapt to change in the workplace; familiarity with innovative or startup programs.
• Demonstrated ability to work well with diverse student populations.
• Demonstrated time management skills with the ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Effective problem solver and self-motivated learner.
• Ability to use instructional adaptive technology tools in online courses.
• Proficiency in technology including Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand and talk or hear and sometimes walk and sit. The employee must use hands, arms and fingers to input data, handle, feel or reach. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 15 lbs. such as boxes, supplies, etc. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as to read handwritten or typed material, and the ability to adjust focus, close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

LOCATION:

ASU Tempe Campus

TRAVEL:

Occasional travel may be required for site visits, meetings, trainings and/or conferences. Locations may vary and may require overnight stays.

This job description is subject to change at any time.