Microschool Teacher - 6th, 7th, and 8th grade

Overview

The UWC-USA program – a two-year experience that integrates our academic, co-curricular, and residential curricula – prepares students to serve as catalysts for greater unity, peace and sustainability in the world. We support students in the practice of our mission during their two years on campus and challenge them to live our mission for a lifetime.

In the  school year, UWC-USA will build on the first year's pilot of a "microschool" for the children of employees. The microschool is a "homeschool pod" of 6th, 7th, and 8th graders learning together. The Microschool Teacher will teach the small number of different-grade-level students, be responsible for developing lesson plans, and working with faculty-parents to shape a developing program. The second year will be an adaptive, creative environment, and work to establish a foundation for a program to continue to grow and expand.

• Lead the second year of the microschool, serving the children of faculty and staff at UWC-USA.
• Develop lesson plans for a small cohort of different-grade-level students and deliver an expansive form of education within a school-within-a-school on the UWC-USA campus.
• Lead and support an individual student's educational interests while creating a cohesive and supportive cohort.
• Collaborate with faculty-parents to shape an iterative program that embraces a wide range of pedagogies and experiential learning opportunities.
• Bridge resources at the UWC-USA campus, Montezuma/Las Vegas, and the larger New Mexico community to support the Microschool.

During its first year, the school curriculum was adapted from UWCSEA's bespoke curriculum and combined with unique experiential learning opportunities in New Mexico. The students have done deeper dives into math, compassion/mindfulness, international literature and Language Arts, Physics/Chemistry, Nepali and Spanish language, Social Science, Health and Wellbeing, Visual Arts color theory, and worked on UWC-USA's farm, including designing an incubator where they are currently incubating chicken eggs.

The cohort currently includes rising 5th, 6th, and 7th graders.