Sora Schools is hiring a
High School Humanities Expert

Summary

The job is for a faculty member at Sora, a virtual middle and high school. The role involves serving as a house advisor, facilitating learning experiences, developing new learning experiences, tracking student progress, supporting overall school growth, and communicating with the team, students, and guardians. The position is fully remote and requires the candidate to reside in one of the specified states in the US.

Requirements

• Experience should be at the secondary or postsecondary level in 2 or more of the following areas is desirable: Honors level experience with Literature, World and/or U.S. History, Philosophy, and Ancient and/or Modern Cultural Studies including Art and/or Music
• Experience working high school students and a belief that adolescence is a special time of life with its own specific joys and opportunities
• A broad, demonstrated understanding of the academic area, with clear expertise in various component parts
• Appreciation for and experience with student-led, progressive education and a desire to build something new for students and for the world
• Interested in being part of a unique hybrid school-tech start up model and excited to dive straight into ambiguity (and resilient when we learn more and change course)
• Critical thinking: You are intellectually curious, with strong critical thinking skills, and a deep interest in furthering your own learning
• Communication skills: Responsive, professional, and understand working with widely ranging stakeholders both kids and adults; proactive at building relationships in a remote setting
• Invested in furthering diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging at Sora through curricular design and implementation as well as participation in the Sora community. We take seriously our commitment to build and support a widely diverse community of students, families, and team members and look for faculty members who believe that this is vital to education, and ideally have experience fostering it in the classroom

Responsibilities

• Serve as a House Advisor and coach students one-on-one
• Facilitate learning experiences (Expeditions, Activities, and Independent Studies) for students
• Develop new learning experiences and improve current expeditions
• Track student progress and goals
• Support overall school, community, and company growth
• Communicate with the team, students, and guardians

Benefits

• Salary: The starting salary for full-time roles for US based candidates have an annual salary of $53,000 - $65,000/year, based on experience
• Benefits package including health, dental, vision, and life insurance, a retirement plan with company matching, stock options
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Remote work and flexible hours (fully remote role)