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We are a fun, flexible, kind, open-minded, multinational family of five looking to provide our oldest daughter (age 6) and eventually our two other children (ages 4 and 2) with a unique educational journey by launching a ‘school’ in our guesthouse that will be part homeschool (i.e. our children will spend part of the day learning alongside a teacher but without other children), part microschool (i.e. part of the week we will invite other homeschooled children to learn and play together) and part worldschool (i.e. we plan to spend 6-8 weeks each year traveling and learning overseas). Your role will be to: 1) homeschool our rising 1st grade daughter (and eventually our son) in core subjects like math, reading, writing, science, social studies, and art, 2) lead our microschool which will meet three half days per week for ~8 six and seven year olds (one of these half days will be spent at nature preserves or other field trips) and 3) travel with our family for 6-8 weeks each year. We are looking for a private educator who is deeply passionate about learning and who loves interacting with children. You should be creative, intelligent, fun, passionate, flexible, well-organized, open-minded and positive. If your vision of an ideal school is one where children sit quietly while the teacher stands at the blackboard going through structured lessons, this isn’t the role for you. But if you love the idea of children being given a lot of flexibility to pursue what they are interested in, and to do it in a hands-on way that emphasizes real-world learning over text books, this just might be your dream job!
Portola Valley, CA
This role will start full-time in September 2021 but we are looking to find our dream candidate now so we can involve him/her in the planning for our ‘school’. So think of it as a role that might require a few paid hours a month between now and Sept 2021, and then a full-time role after that.