Founding Educator

The Challenge and The Opportunity

Be a part of starting something new – make your mark. Revolution School is a new high school in Center City Philadelphia where students co-create their own unique academic journey. We welcomed our founding 9th grade class in September 2019, added 10th grade in 2020, and 11th grade in 2021. Our first senior will graduate in the spring of 2022.

We are in a period of growth and expansion and looking for exceptional math, science, Spanish, visual & performing arts, and wellness educators to join our team.

Our mission is breaking down the walls between learning and life. We believe high school can and should be transformative — and seek to inspire curiosity and build authentic, engaging, and equitable connections. We connect students to the places we learn, the people who surround us, and the ideas and content that inspire us. We break down the traditional physical walls of a classroom, and specific (but not all) aspects of the traditional model, including schedules, grades, and siloed classes.

Revolution School focuses on mastery of core knowledge and foundational learning to build schematic understandings. We engage learners in hands-on projects to fortify and demonstrate their understanding. Transdisciplinary, partnered projects leverage connection to the places we learn (the city as a classroom), the people who surround us (diverse school and community partners), and the content and ideas that inspire our future (engaging, relevant, and equitable). The innovation of Revolution School is not in defining outcomes differently, but in doing different things to achieve those outcomes.

As a Revolution School Founding Educator, you will join a start-up environment where everyone pitches in, works together, and learns from our shared success and failures. You will play a vital role in expanding our program and must be comfortable with true collaboration and iterative design that continually improves our place and project-based learning experiences.

Your Legacy

As a Founding Educator at Revolution School, you will be part of an exceptional teaching team that is building something important for our students — and our city.

• Co-lead the expansion of our place-based and project-based (PBL) program for 9th — 12th grade students. With the support of the collaborative Revolution PBL team, you will create and expand upon programmatic offerings based on expertise, student interest, local opportunities, objectives, and standards.
• Build culture as part of the Revolution team that is establishing an inclusive, joyous, innovative community. Provide and support experiences that allow for exploration, curiosity, empowerment, and engagement in learning beyond the school settings.
• Ensure conditions are present for Revolution students to meet all academic standards while delivering a transformative experience.
• Support data collection processes, providing quality assurance to learning and reporting experiences, and acting as a spokesperson for reporting out our findings.
• Work with a team to establish and maintain partnerships with individuals and organizations in support of the program. Represent Revolution School to new families, other schools, partner organizations, national coalitions, and stakeholder groups.
• Partner with research and communications teams to capture stories of our program. Contribute to and use research. Assist in producing regular reports on classroom approaches and work.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in related field; Advanced Degree preferred.

Revolution strives to create an inclusive environment that welcomes and values the diversity of the people we serve. We foster fairness, equity, and inclusion to create a workplace environment where everyone is treated with respect and dignity.  We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job, and that candidate may be one who comes from a less traditional background. We would encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet every one of our qualifications listed. If you are unsure whether you meet the qualifications of this position, please feel free to contact us to discuss your application.

Salary and benefits are commensurate and competitive.