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Middle School Humanities (Lit and History) Teacher
$52k-79k (estimate)
Full Time
3 Weeks Ago
The Academy of Thought and Industry is Hiring a Middle School Humanities (Lit and History) Teacher Near Hollywood, FL
Teachers who want to change the world come to Guidepost Academy! Come join a middle and high school program that emphasizes history, humanism, and heroism in all things: come be part of a school that is changing the face of education. We are looking for a Middle School Humanities Teacher for the 2024-2025 school year. Apply today and join our wonderful community!Are you located outside of Florida? We provide relocation support; keep reading! Changing the world is in our DNA. Our organization was founded to do just that—a group of educators and like-minded individuals caught a glimpse of what could be possible in education and wanted to bring it to the world. Our vision is a classroom where students plumb the depths of human knowledge and aspire to the height of intellectualism—and do it all at their own self-direction. Do you believe that there is critical, life-shaping knowledge that children desperately need—but also believe that they need to be in the driver’s seat when they pursue it? Then Guidepost Academy is the place for you.
GPA is a network of Montessori-inspired middle and high schools, including both brick-and-mortar campuses and a fully virtual program. Our Montessori approach means we believe in promoting each student’s individual agency. This includes open-ended, free work periods, where students choose what to work on and work at their own pace. We bring structure to that through a coaching-based approach that helps students plan their own goals for the day and week, using adults as guides and accountability partners.
This approach takes work to learn, so you’ll need to come in with that attitude. It also takes flexibility and a willingness to experiment. You will be joining a team of ambitious, creative, and inspiring educators and a fast-paced organization with opportunities for growth and development.
Your role:
About Us:Our culture is built on five core values:
GPA is a network of Montessori-inspired middle and high schools, including both brick-and-mortar campuses and a fully virtual program. Our Montessori approach means we believe in promoting each student’s individual agency. This includes open-ended, free work periods, where students choose what to work on and work at their own pace. We bring structure to that through a coaching-based approach that helps students plan their own goals for the day and week, using adults as guides and accountability partners.
This approach takes work to learn, so you’ll need to come in with that attitude. It also takes flexibility and a willingness to experiment. You will be joining a team of ambitious, creative, and inspiring educators and a fast-paced organization with opportunities for growth and development.
Your role:
- Work with GPA program experts to apply and individualize the Humanities curriculum for your classroom
- Facilitate student progression through the math coursework through regular feedback and assessment and opportunities to apply these topics in interdisciplinary projects and real-world problems
- 1:1 coaching to a cohort of students where you are fully invested in all aspects of their personal, academic, and social development
- Establishing and modeling a strong, supportive community that upholds GPA’s core values at all times
- Working closely with your colleagues on campus and throughout the GPA network to continually improve the program and support our students
- Partner with parents to ensure students are fully supported at home and at school
- Have a demonstrated passion for the Humanities, preferably in conjunction with an advanced degree or professional experience in a career in a related field
- Have exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Are looking to co-create a vibrant, thriving, loving school community
- Are an experienced mentor, coach, or advisor of adolescents who wants to help individual students explore their passions, overcome challenges, and surpass expectations
- Have a deep commitment to the pursuit of truth
- Are interested in joining a growing, evolving, and ambitious educational program
About Us:Our culture is built on five core values:
- The Pursuit of Truth: We pursue knowledge not as an academic exercise, but to improve our judgment and actions in the world. We believe that understanding what is true matters, and we pursue deeper understanding whenever possible.
- The Power of Agency: We believe that human beings, using their reason, judgment, and passion, are capable of leading self-directed lives of profound meaning and worth. We seek to develop and exercise our capacity to act with purpose, integrity, and conviction in pursuit of our aspirations.
- The Love of Work: Purposeful work is central to a life well-lived. In choosing our work, we direct our energies intentionally toward our goals, bring structure and focus to our lives, and reshape our worlds. Through cultivating our capacity for work, as well as our appreciation of the rewards of work well done, we develop a character capable of genuine effort and great achievement.
- The Joy of Community: We recognize the value of deep, honest relationships, and we offer others an authentic self that makes such relationships possible. We enliven and enrich each other through our choice to share norms, practices and expectations. In doing so, we experience the joy of belonging and develop a deep and abiding sense of love and responsibility for the communities we embrace.
- The Courage to Live Wholeheartedly: To fully engage with the world requires a tremendous amount of vulnerability and moral courage. To become our best selves, we bravely face our insecurities and have the courage to care deeply about our values.
- Our website and blog, with recommended articles:
- Why do we study history?
- A culture of knowledge
- Montessorium, our organization’s academic think-tank, with recommended articles:
- Articles on agency and identity, including our approach to diversity and inclusion, and how we separate education from advocacy in The Persona of an Educator
- Montessori and the study of progress
Job Summary
JOB TYPE
Full Time
SALARY
$52k-79k (estimate)
POST DATE
06/06/2024
EXPIRATION DATE
07/04/2024
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