Action Studio

Acton Academy Toronto is hiring! Do you want to change the world?
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.

This position is ideal for an independent learner who can work with little direct guidance; someone who is a warm-heated and tough-minded coach; someone who likes to collaborate, experiment, evaluate, and continually improve; someone who has a deep respect for all children, believing that each human has a genius within; and someone who is a flexible problem-solver. It is essential that this person can learn fast, passionate about work, and is an active reader and writer.

Job Description:
The elementary school guide will work in partnership with the team to:
· Affirm students, holding them accountable to their promises and to delivering “the best work they can do” as they discover and pursue a calling on a Hero’s journey.
· Create meaningful exhibitions, ceremonies and celebrations that reinforce the rules of engagement. And to uphold personal and group covenants to provide and strengthen a safe learning community.
· Act as a role model as an independent learner on a hero’s journey.
· Launch and lead Socratic discussions and guiding children using Socratic method.
· Co-create and launch quests (projects), including daily challenges and curating world-class examples.
· Supply a positive studio environment and set up the studio as an inspiration for learning.
· Encourage young heroes to track their progress and create portfolios to show parents, peers and apprenticeship employers what they can do.
· Uphold promises to students, parents and fellow guides made in relational covenants
· Pass along each of these responsibilities to students as quickly as possible, so as to allow students to lead themselves.


Qualifications:

· A deep curiosity about life and love of lifelong learning.

· Innovative with entrepreneurial spirit.

· Ability to build and maintain a strong culture of self-directed learning.

· Experience working on a team.

· Customer service and user-centered orientation with the ability to give and receive feedback, meet needs, and get a positive response.

· Proven excellence in written and oral communication skills

· Evident passion for being on a Hero’s Journey.

· Agile facilitating project-based, experiential, real-world learning.

· Proficient quantitative reasoning skills to look at learner growth data to inform next steps.

· Training in Montessori (Elementary-age) would be an asset but not required.

· Demonstrated successful experience building strong relationships with children ages 6-12.

· Proficient with use of computer applications and programs, technology savvy.

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