Job Description
- Prepare for and teach 1-3 workshops/electives using EXPLO’s project-based and experiential curriculum (This curriculum will be shared with you as part of pre-summer coaching + training)
- Work closely with your Instructional Coach to revise lessons, incorporate feedback from classroom observations, and follow up on student performance
- Attend Professional Development sessions to improve teaching skills
- Provide a safe and effective learning environment for students
- Work with a co-Advisor to care for and advise a group of residential or day students in personal, social, and academic matters
- Provide a healthy, safe, and engaging living environment for students
- Work closely with Residence Directors to discuss strategies for community building within your advising group, assess individual student progress, and incorporate feedback from observations
- Lead and support recreational activities every day and every other evening
- Chaperone students on evening and weekend trips off-campus
- Perform operational and programmatic tasks as needed, which may include assisting with event set up, working individually and as a team to complete tasks on campus that are necessary to program function, and performing additional duties as they may be assigned to you
- A thorough understanding of the subject(s) you'd like to teach
- College-level coursework in one or more fields related to the academics we offer
- Availability to live and work on campus for the duration of the summer program
- 2+ years of post-high school experience by the summer
- Some experience with kids and/or adolescents
This role is also available at EXPLO Junior and EXPLO Pre-College in Massachusetts; you can check out these options here.
- Room and board for the duration of 7-week program including all meals
- Staff-only affinity spaces and other professional support and development opportunities
- A week-long, hands-on orientation and job training
- Best in the industry staff to student ratios
- Daily time off that typically includes every other night off and one weekend day per weekend off
- Openness to working with your college or university to support practicum credit for your EXPLO work
- EXPLO offers two certifications for summer staff members to honor and illustrate the skills built throughout the program. Certifications include: "Experiential Learning: Student-Centered Teaching" and "Coaching for Growth"
About Exploration School:
At EXPLO, our engine is curiosity. We drive joyful learning through investigation, collaboration, and play.We’re a mission-driven, educational non-profit with more than 89,000 student alumni who hail from 90 countries. We offer day and residential summer programs for clever and curious students in grades 4 through 12 on three of the most beautiful college campuses on the East Coast of the U.S. For many, EXPLO is a life-changing experience. Our students sometimes describe it as the place where they feel like the truest version of themselves. We know you’ll transform the lives of our students. We hope the experience will transform yours, too.