Microschool Teaching Fellow
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Job Description
What are we looking for
Microschool Teaching Fellow - We are looking for a dynamic creative and agile teacher
focused on late-elementary and middle-school education to drive the pilot year of a Microschool
for 4-5 mixed-age students. The teaching fellow should be capable of teaching the full range of
subjects from language arts to mathematics. The teacher will be supported for 15 hours a week
by an experienced teacher and generally by the faculty-parents of the microschool students.
What is the context
Founded in 1982 the United World College-USA is one of 18 United World College (UWC)
campuses worldwide and the only campus in the United States. The UWC movement seeks to
make education a force to unite people nations and cultures for peace and a sustainable
future. As such UWC-USA values and promotes all manner of inclusion diversity equity and
access as part of our fundamental mission to bring people together across differences in service
of a more peaceful and sustainable world.
For the first time in 2025-2026 UWC-USA will offer a microschool or homeschool pod for a
small group of employee children. As of writing there will be four children of teaching faculty
entering 5th 6th and 7th grade.
Who should apply
Qualifications - ideal candidates will demonstrate a combination of the following qualities:
- Strong identification with the vision mission and values of UWC-USA and ability to
articulate and translate them in strategic and day to day implementation of programs
Proven experience as someone capable of a dynamic innovative student-centered
facilitator of learning
University coursework and/or professional experience on elementary and/or middle-
years education
Experience with the relevant age group of students (10-12 years old)
Experience living outside your home country
Knowledge of instructional strategies used in the enhancement of curricular programs
ideally including place-based learning and expeditionary learning
Commitment to learning and modeling personal communal and environmental
sustainability
Ability to use good judgment in establishing priorities and assessing and engaging
difficult situations
Exemplary discretion and confidentiality
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Required Education
Bachelors degree
Note: We are not able to support sponsorship for a J-1 visa but can employ applicants whose
OPT is valid through the end of May 2026.
Applications
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the positions are filled. Interested
candidates are encouraged to apply promptly for full consideration. Please send the following
materials via our application portal: ( Cover letter CV and two references (note: we will not be contacting any references
unless you are selected as a semi-finalist and we will notify you before any contact).
Your cover letter should address your experience working with the relevant age group
your interest in education at the relevant grade level and evidence of your capacity to
work independently in a dynamic environment that is not yet fully structured.
We will keep all inquiries and applications strictly confidential until the semi-finalist phase at which point it may be necessary for us to make limited outreach to references.
Please send questions to .
Employment Type
Grant
