School Administrator for Traveling Homeschool
Administrator/Head of School,
BBS
A traveling homeschool, based in the Bay Area, is looking to hire a full-time School Administrator to support the Primary and Elementary classrooms, as well as the Head of School. There are four primary aspects of this role: administration of a dynamic, traveling, and growing school; travel to set-up classrooms prior to the school changing locations; substitute teaching in the Primary and Elementary environments when one of the lead teachers is on PTO, at any location (all travel costs covered); support of the primary family of the school by organizing educational and rugged activities for outside of school, preparing/maintaining children’s home space, and providing part-time childcare should the need arise (of note, the family has full-time nanny coverage).
The ideal candidate for the position will hold an AMI diploma at the 0-3, 3-6, or 6-12 level. The candidate must have at least two years of classroom experience, preferably at an AMI-accredited school. They must possess excellent communication skills, be highly motivated, and organized, as well as patient and dynamic in the classroom. The ideal candidate needs to be detail-oriented and able to support the implementation of a high-fidelity Montessori model, while maintaining multiple prepared environments for an overall student body of approximately 5-20 children (subject to change) in a traveling homeschool pod.
This position will entail approximately 20% travel; The ideal candidate must be able to travel a minimum of 6-8 weeks out of the year in order to prepare the various School locations (currently numbering four) ahead of the transition to each location. The candidate’s home base must be the Bay Area, with the ability to commute to the South Bay, Monday-Friday, approximately 20 weeks of the year.
Target start: September – October 2022
Contact: hilaryg.contractor@weststreet.org