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Acton Academy Southern Delaware is Hiring!

Do you want to change the world?

Do you crave working hard with a small, mission-driven, world-class team of entrepreneurs changing the vision of school?

Position: Elementary Studio Guide with quick potential for growth and leadership

Start Date: Part time immediately, full time August 2023

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.

Headwaters Acton Academy is a new startup opening in the Fall of 2023. This is your opportunity to be a part of revolutionizing the landscape of education in Delaware! We are licensed by and operate under the standards as established by Acton Academy, described below.

Acton Academy, founded in 2009, 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.

At Acton, we have mixed-aged classrooms called studios with a self-paced learning design as opposed to grade-levels. Our real world-oriented quests culminate in a public exhibition of learning as opposed to test scores and report cards. In all areas of Acton life, our students are empowered to be in the driver’s seat of their learning.

We are searching for a reliable, trustworthy, and innovative Montessori-Inspired guide to join the learner-driven revolution with us. The Lead Guide will work in our Elementary studio with our 6 to 11 year old learners. This position is for an independent learner who can work with little direct guidance; likes to collaborate, experiment, evaluate and continually improve; and has a deep respect for all children believing that each human has God-given talents and a genius within. The guide will possess an understanding of the Hero’s Journey and a desire to put the Socratic Method into practice.

Our Guide will learn to lead Socratic discussions under Socratic Master Jeff Sandefer and will learn how to work with the Acton Academy learning design, processes and systems.

Our Guide will equip our Eagles 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 the founding Acton’s website: http://www.actonacademy.org/austin.

Job Type: Full-time

Minimum Qualifications

• Montessori qualifications or experience is a plus
• Pediatric First Aid/CPR or willingness to obtain certification upon hire
• Must pass a background check

Preferred experience and skills:

• 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 opportunities
• Deeply curious and ready to learn and work hard
• Agile with online learning
• Excellent writing and interpersonal communication skills
• 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.
• A background in ministry or working with youth groups is a plus. We are a
• Christian-based school built and founded upon Christian principles. We believe that virtues and strong character development should be central to the learning environment.

Salary: Our Guides receive competitive pay, commensurate with experience. Full time range of $32,000 to $38,000.

Sound exciting? First step:

If you’d like to begin the process to apply for this world-changing opportunity, please email your resume to Dustin@HeadwatersActon.com. He will send you the first steps to pursue this world-changing opportunity.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $32,000.00 - $38,000.00 per year

Grade levels:

• 1st grade
• 2nd grade
• 3rd grade
• 4th grade
• 5th grade

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

School type:

• Montessori
• Private school

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Lincoln, DE 19960: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• Describe your experience with Montessori schooling.

Experience:

• Working directly with children as an educator or counselor.: 2 years (Required)

Work Location: In person

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