Teaching Positions

Workshops Openings: (See also see descriptions of workshops)

Workshop staff are experienced teachers or facilitators. Applicants are expected to have previous professional teaching experience in the subject area, preferably with teens. Applicants must also be proficient in designing curriculum, managing group dynamics, experiential training methods, and working with multicultural groups.

All workshop staff, in addition to teaching, take on secondary responsibilities within the Village:

• Helping design and deliver select evening program and special events;
• Daily support tasks (at minimum, being part of one meal clean up team each day);
• Workshop staff may also take on one of the various programmatic or support roles such as pool life guarding, teaching rock climbing, or offering an afternoon elective.

WORKSHOPS:

• Green Your World: Guide youths through an exploration of the natural world and the complex issues facing global ecosystems. Inspire them to incorporate sustainable living practices into their daily lives. Explore such key concepts such as eco-tourism, permaculture, fair trade, green building, organic agriculture and renewable energy. Engage youths through experiential learning techniques. Guide youths as they devise action plans to apply in their families and schools. Facile knowledge of a broad range of environmental issues from varied perspectives is required.
• Dialogue & Peace Building: Provide a personal exploration of conflict, prejudice, and discrimination for youths from a variety of background and cultures. This workshop includes practical training in conflict management and leadership skills, as well as an exploration of prejudice and ethnic conflicts. Professional skills and experience are required in facilitation, group dynamics, conflict resolution, prejudice reduction, and methods of training in the value of diversity.
• Global Issues: Engage youths in an active exploration of international relations, discussing issues such as human rights, regionalism, and political economy. Applicants should have a professional background in international relations or political science. Facile knowledge of historical and contemporary issues and their varied social and political interpretations is required.
• Crossing Cultures through the Arts: Guide youths in an exploration of how the arts play a role in preserving culture and promoting social change. Oversee the development and delivery of the curriculum with a team of artists from various disciplines. Plan and produce a “Fine Arts” event. Applicants must have professional level teaching experience in either the theater arts, studio/graphic arts or creative writing. Must also have proven collaborative ability.