Majority-Time to Full-Time (30–40 hrs/week) | Starting Summer 2026
Most adults in a student's academic life hand them an answer. You hand them a better question — and somehow that feels more exciting to them than the answer ever would have. If that's how you naturally operate, keep reading.
Wilderland Academy is a nature-based K–8 microschool on Harmony Ranch in the Ogden Valley, blending Montessori philosophy, the Alpha School 2-hour learning model, and AI-assisted personalized learning. Our full-time students grow academically at nearly 3x the national average. We didn't get there by drilling kids harder. We got there by knowing each child deeply, designing their learning around who they actually are, and refusing to accept the idea that school has to feel like something you survive.
This is not a teaching role in the traditional sense. You won't stand at a board and deliver content to a room. Core academics — reading, writing, language arts, penmanship, math, science, and social science — take up about 2 to 2.5 hours each day, and students pursue that work through personalized learning programs at their own pace. Your job is to make sure that process is working for every single student, and to intervene early and intelligently when it isn't.
You will work in close partnership with a fellow Academic Guide and with our Lead Guides, who hold the full relational pulse of each student. Lead Guides surface behavioral patterns, emotional dynamics, and student needs that affect academic progress — and they count on you to translate that information into an academic plan that actually fits the child in front of you.
This role spans grades 3–8, with the goal of ensuring every student has a clear, personalized academic path and the support to walk it.
Knowing where every student stands — at all times. You live in the data. You review student profiles and learning analytics regularly, identify who is on track and who is quietly falling behind, and you act on what you find. You don't wait for a quarterly report. You notice Thursday and respond Friday.
Coaching students through their learning plans. When a student is stuck, you help them figure out why — and then help them figure out what to do about it. That might mean teaching a learning strategy, helping them navigate a tool, breaking a concept into smaller pieces, or simply sitting with them long enough to understand what's actually in the way. You are not the last resort. You are the person they think of first when something isn't clicking.
Building and refining academic systems. You partner with your fellow Academic Guide to develop new programs, integrate best practices, and bring in resources that make the academic experience better. You are not just executing a system someone else built. You are helping build and improve it continuously, with a growth mindset and genuine curiosity about what works.
Translating data into communication. You turn student progress data into clear, honest, meaningful communication for families and the broader school community. Not just numbers — context, narrative, and a plan. Parents should leave every conversation knowing exactly where their child is, why it matters, and what happens next.
Partnering with Lead Guides on the full picture of each student. You are not operating alone. Lead Guides know things about students that don't show up in data — how they slept, what happened at home, what social dynamics are affecting their ability to focus. You receive that information and integrate it. When a student's academic performance shifts, you are the first person asking whether something else is going on.
Light-touch mentorship, in motion. You are not running structured 1:1 coaching sessions — that's the Lead Guide's domain. But you are present, warm, and trusted. When a student is frustrated, you notice. When someone is avoiding a subject, you name it without shame. Your mentorship happens in the flow of the day, not in a scheduled appointment, and students feel it without always knowing why.