Oak Meadow is comprehensive, flexible, creative, interesting, and provokes my children to think for themselves. I am delighted that they are learning through their own experience! I find Oak Meadow to be a beautiful, thoughtful, relaxed approach.

Employment

Oak Meadow is a homeschooling curriculum publisher and a distance learning school with over 600 students enrolled worldwide in grades K -12. We seek resourceful, dynamic individuals to join our talented group of educational professionals in supporting Oak Meadow's growing community of homeschooling families from around the world.

Our staff and faculty are deeply committed to providing an engaging, personalized education for our students. Staff members work in our Vermont office--an open, sunny, converted warehouse in Brattleboro. Faculty members work from home, but come to Brattleboro once a month for faculty meetings devoted to sharing and cultivation of best practices in distance learning.

Before applying for any positions, we recommend reading the educational philosophy behind our award-winning curriculum and our unique distance learning model. You might also want to meet our K-8 and High School faculty, read the latest issue of our educational journal, and browse our Bookstore to familiarize yourself with our impact in the educational field.

To request additional information, please send a letter of interest with your resume to hr@oakmeadow.com. In your letter, be sure to tell us how your experience could support the Oak Meadow mission.

We have an immediate opening for the following positions:

 

Educational Counselor Position

Duties:

  • Field enrollment queries via phone
  • Respond to all information requests via email
  • Make first contact with new families
  • Counsel families about the homeschooling experience and enrollment
  • Send follow-up emails and phone calls
  • Assist with administrative tasks
  • Represent the school at professional conferences/professional development
  • Process curriculum orders through the Bookstore
  • Review transcripts and assist families with academic planning

Qualifications:

  • Candidate must have a master’s degree in education or related field and three years experience in college counseling, school guidance, or the mentoring of adolescents.
  • Candidate must be a creative, flexible, organized, multi-tasker and team-player with a proven record in successful program development.

Additional Qualities

  • Excellent written and spoken communication skills
  • Dedication to the educational field
  • Knowledge or willingness to use online, collaborative tools
  • Experience with the Google platform and student databases
  • Quick learner, team player
  • Flexible and nimble
  • Highly organized

Salary:

Commensurate with experience

 

Science Teaching Position

Ideal Qualifications

  • Minimum three years classroom teaching experience in subject area: Chemistry and Physics
  • Advanced degree in Education and/or related discipline
  • Experience with distance learning/teaching

Responsibilities
Review and assess student work using our print based curriculum
Provide support for students and families as they engage with our courses
Be available during specified office hours for instruction
Write two narrative evaluations per student per course
Manage an online gradebook and student information system
Attend monthly faculty meetings, open house and school fair events, and graduation ceremony
Review and revise curriculum as needed

 

Additional Qualities
Excellent written and spoken communication skills
Dedication to the educational field
Knowledge or willingness to learn and use online, collaborative tools to facilitate student engagement
Experience with the Google Apps platform
Quick learner

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