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Part Time Middle/High School Coach

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Part-Time Teachers who want to change the world come to the Guidepost Academy, formerly Academy of Thought and Industry. 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/High School Coach for the 2024 school year. Apply today and join our wonderful community!

Changing the world is in our DNA. Our organization was founded to do just that—a group of educators and likeminded individuals had caught a glimpse of what could be possible in education, and wanted to bring it to the world. Education today is filled with false alternatives. We disrupt them all. 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 the Guidepost Academy is the place for you.

Guidepost Academy 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:

  • 1:1 coaching to a cohort of students where you are fully invested in all aspects of their personal, academic, and social development. Mentor for success: encourage students to explore their passions, overcome challenges, and achieve their full potential.  
  • Hold daily morning meeting for your cohort of students
  • Part-time fully remote opportunity
  • Navigate a variety of virtual platforms
  • Communicate effectively with students.
  • Communicate with families: send personalized updates to families after each coaching meeting, ensuring transparency and partnership in supporting students.
    • This includes biweekly reports home to families, communicating student concerns and needs to guides, progress reports twice a year, and proactive family communication.
  • Foster independence: help students set and achieve their goals while encouraging self-agency.  
  • Facilitate student-led conferences two times a year 
  • Write student progress reports twice a year
  • Partner with parents to ensure students are fully supported at home and at school

Example of your weekly workload:.

Workload: Coaching a group of students bi-weekly. Below is the breakdown of hours per week:

  • Coaching: 3.5 hours/week 
  • Community Building: Daily morning meetings, approximately 2.5 hours/week.
  • Communication Expectations: 
    • Total communication of 3.5  hours/week (30 minutes per student).
      • Follow-up coaching emails after each session.
      • Respond to parents and guides within 24 hours.
      • Respond to Teams messages from students within 24 hours.
  • On a typical week, workload will include 9 and a half hours/week.

Conferences and progress report weeks (Twice a year):

  • Student-Led Conferences: Approximately 1 hour per coachee across two weeks.
    • On a conference week, workload will be 14 hours/week total
  • Progress Reports: Allocate an additional 7 hours/week for writing coaching letters per coachee.
    • On progress report weeks, workload will be 14 hours/week total

 

We would love to talk to you if you:

  • Are an experienced mentor, coach, or advisor of adolescents who wants to help individual students explore their passions, overcome challenges, and surpass expectations
  • Have exceptional written and verbal communication skills
  • Are looking to co-create a vibrant, thriving, loving school community
  • Have a deep commitment to the pursuit of truth
  • Are interested in joining a growing, evolving, and ambitious educational program
  • Believe in the power of student-driven learning.
  • Are comfortable using remote communication tools (e.g., Zoom, Teams, or other virtual platforms).

About You:

We strongly encourage and welcome people from all educational and professional backgrounds to apply for this opportunity and join our unique community. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. What unites us is a passion for education and a deep reverence for and belief in our students.

About Us:

Our culture is built on five core values:

  1. The Pursuit of Truth: We pursue knowledge not as an academic exercise, but to improve our judgement and actions in the world. We believe that understanding what is true matters, and we pursue deeper understanding whenever possible.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. The Courage to Live Wholeheartedly: To fully engage with the world requires a tremendous amount of vulnerability and moral courage. In order to become our best selves, we bravely face our insecurities and have the courage to care deeply about our values.  

If you want to join a thriving and growing school community, help revolutionize education, and bring out the best in your students and yourself, please apply below and include a detailed cover letter explaining your qualifications and interest in this role. 

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