Tired of public school pressures and red tape? Our little micro-school is growing! Join our caring micro-school teaching team. We are seeking creative, collaborative, engaging teachers to create change in education.
LEADPrep’s vision is to be a catalyst for change.
25% of kids don’t graduate from high school.
Do you accept this as an ok statistic? Neither do we.
And our school has a 100% graduation rate.
LEADPrep is a progressive 6-12 micro-school with Kirkland and Seattle campuses. 30 students maximum in either learning community. 1:6 teacher to student ratio. Our dynamic, personalized model includes project-based and interdisciplinary learning with co-teaching support. Teachers guide the multi-ages classes, encouraging learner agency, while emphasizing the whole student. Our team is dedicated to cultivating and sustaining a culture of compassion and inclusivity among a diverse population of faculty and students.
Job duties: Aim for amazing!
Positions available
LEADPrep is a progressive 6-12 micro-school with a Kirkland and a North Seattle campus. We are seeking an experienced, human-centered school leader to continue the work of our founding head. In its tenth year, LEADPrep caps at 30 students per campus with 10+ teachers personalizing engaging instruction. Our dynamic, experiential model includes project-based learning with co-teaching support. We include specialists and parents / guardians in providing holistic support for each learner.
You are a strong candidate if you:
- Believe in strength-based (as opposed to deficit-focused) learning
- Lead by example, forging community and collaboration in the process
- Mentor teachers by example in learner-centered practices and instruction
- Make it a priority teach one class to build relationships and demonstrate learner-driven instruction
- Can guide, encourage learner agency, and address the whole student
- Enjoy working closely with specialists and parents / guardians
- Have experience in varied aspects of school leadership and are comfortable “wearing multiple hats”
- Actively engage in promoting the school and the overall mission of engaging learning
- Promote opportunities for life lessons and life skills beyond textbooks
- Know that learning happens everywhere and participate in weekly experiential learning days
- Like taking weeks (three at LEADPrep) to deep dive in camping, passions, or service
- Are tired of teaching to traditional / public school mandated tests, assigned texts, and other red tape
- Place student wellbeing over the day’s lesson
- Are collaborative and engaging
- Can see yourself thriving in a dynamic, personalized model includes project-based and interdisciplinary learning with co-teaching support
LEADPrep is a progressive 6-12 micro-school with a Kirkland and a North Seattle campus. We are seeking a creative, hands-on co-teacher. Our dynamic, personalized model includes project-based learning with co-teaching support.
You are a strong candidate if you:
- Believe in strength-based (as opposed to deficit-focused) learning
- Want the learners to do the designing, thinking, and creating within a unit theme
- Can guide, encourage learner agency, and address the whole student
- Promote opportunities for life lessons and life skills beyond textbooks
- Value collegiality and co-teaching with your peers
- Know that learning happens everywhere and want to participate in weekly experiential learning days
- Like taking weeks (three at LEADPrep) to deep dive in camping, passions, or service
- Are tired of teaching to public school mandated tests, assigned texts, and other red tape
- Place student wellbeing over the day’s lesson
- Are collaborative and engaging
- Can see yourself thriving in a dynamic, personalized model includes project-based and interdisciplinary learning with co-teaching support
Must have a bachelor’s degree and two year’s experience teaching adolescents, or equivalent. Must be fully vaccinated / boosted against COVID-19. If you are interested in learning more, please submit a resume and cover letter. Position open until filled.
At LEADPrep, we value individuals with diverse backgrounds and ideas. Individuals from all cultures and communities are encouraged to apply.
Leadership Preparatory Academy leads with our values and beliefs. We know that our community draws strength from our differences. With empathy, we promote an inclusive culture where students and employees of all cultures and backgrounds feel they belong.
Through our education, employment practices, school community, and governance, we nurture attitudes and behaviors that promote global awareness, inclusive sensibilities, and respect for individuals’ diverse experiences and identities, across such categories as race, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexuality, age, socioeconomic status, religion, and/or ability.
Leadership Preparatory Academy is an equal opportunity employer seeking to build a more culturally diverse workplace. LEADPrep does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, relegion, ethnicity, economic status, neurodiversity, gender identity, sexual orientation socioeconomic status or disability.
COVID-19 considerations:
All teachers and students must be fully vaccinated and wear a mask during the school day. Windows and doors are kept open for ventilation and extra precautions are taken around vacations and travel.
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