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Thrival Academies Program Leader [Thai Applicants]

: Rustic Pathways

: Other / อื่นๆ

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: 16 August 2018

1 September 2018

Thrival Academies Program Leader [Thai Applicants Only]

Rustic Pathways is a student travel organization which offers the world's finest experiential education, community service, foreign language, and adventure programs. We provide superior quality travel and service in some of the most welcoming countries around the world. Rustic Pathways demands professionalism and integrity across all of our operations, insists on quality in all aspects of our programs, and places strong emphasis on the safety and well-being of our students and staff. We empower students through innovative and responsible travel experiences to positively impact lives and communities around the world.

Thrival Academies is an emerging network of study abroad public high schools providing students from underserved communities access to education overseas. The program is grounded in personalized learning and immersive education through project-based learning, homestays, and community exchanges. Thrival Academies believes that international education is central to what it means to be an educated person in the 21st century and strives to make it accessible to all students in America, regardless of race or class. 

History of Thrival Academy: Oakland and Thrival Academy: Indianapolis
Currently, there is a Thrival Academy in Oakland and one in Indianapolis. During the 2016-2017 school year, Thrival Academy: Oakland traveled to Thailand for three months. During the 2017-2018 school year, both Thrival Academy: Oakland and Thrival Academy: Indianapolis students traveled to Thailand for three months. This year we expect 60 students from Thrival Academy: Indianapolis to travel to Thailand for 3 months. Rustic Pathways is the implementation partner for the Thrival Academy programs. This is similar to a client and vendor relationship. Rustic Pathways plans and implements experiential education activities in Thailand as well as during the entirety of the experience in Southeast Asia. This includes all of the students’ food and accommodations, travel logistics, risk management and emergency response, as well as community-based excursions focused on specific issues which form the basis of the Thrival academic curriculum. Rustic Pathways expects to have a team of international and Thai program leaders and two program managers working with the Thrival Academies students and teachers. The exact composition of our team will depend on student recruitment and program schedules.

About the Program Leader Position
We are looking to hire a team of qualified program leaders to set-up and implement the Thrival Thrival Academy: Indy programs on the ground in Thailand. The ideal candidate is excited about this unique and demanding position.They connect well with Thrival students. They are ready to help students learn deeply from community-based exchanges. They are professional and service-minded when dealing with clients/Thrival teachers. They are very organized and can track a budget and manage logistics with little oversight.

The commitment and responsibilities for this position are as follows:

November, December 2018

• Be trained on Thrival’s approach to education in order to understand the purpose behind the experiences you will be setting up and delivering.
• Name the competencies you will need to develop in order to support students and manage this program. Create a plan to develop them alongside Rustic Pathways’ Thrival Program Coordinator. This includes training in cultural competency and preparation to work with diverse groups. 
• Take part in a staff training alongside the other Rustic program leaders as well as Thrival staff.
• Become trained on Rustic Pathways approach to safety and risk management. Learn how we vet our vendors and community partners. 
• Lead Groups programs with Rustic Pathways in Thailand or other locations in Southeast Asia to become acquainted with the company, its mission, staff, systems, and processes.
• Assist in setting up experiential learning activities such as homestays and exchanges with community members. This will include communicating with communities we have worked with before as well as with new communities. Communities need to understand what it is that the students will be studying when they visit and how students will learn about that issue from the community. The community should have an active role in shaping the experience. It is important for communities to understand Rustic Pathways’ safety vetting process as well. You will visit and stay in these communities in person in order to build relationships.
• Be trained to manage logistics and budget in accordance with Rustic Pathways Thai team and internal systems.
• Work with Program Managers to contract additional Thai translators if necessary and manage any preparation work associated with students’ Thai language course depending on client’s needs.
• Develop after school enrichment curriculum to support students’ learning outside of the classroom, including Thai language

January through April 2019

• Orient Thrival teachers and students to the program, the base city, and the culture. 
• Act as a mentor to students each and every day.
• Help students understand the issues they are learning about through connections to your experiences and the experiences of community members.
• Keep students safe and respond to emergencies
• Supervise students’ free time
• Translate or coordinate Thai translators when necessary
• Teach Thai language curriculum 
• Support all community exchanges and homestays
• Safety vetting
• Planning schedule
• Booking logistics
• Creating budgets
• Preparing homestay families and community members with whom students will have exchanges
• Rooming arrangements
• Checking-in with students during homestays
• Supporting students during their exchanges and homestays
• Supporting students in gaining knowledge and resources to complete school projects
• Manage the budget by documenting costs
• Manage travel logistics like bookings for vans, flights, hotels
• Supervise students after school, evenings, and weekends

Job Qualifications 

• Professional Experience 
• Experience leading culturally responsible, experiential student travel, or other educational programming.
• Experience managing logistics and budgets.
• Experience working with communities on issues of environment and human rights. A background in development preferred.
• Experience working across cultures. Experience with issues of diversity, identity, and bias.
• Experience fostering the academic, social, and emotional well-being of students. 
• Demonstrated experience developing strong interpersonal relationships, problem solving, decision making, and resolving differences of perspective. 

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Academic work in the fields of education, environment, development preferred. 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

• Fluency in English and Thai. Additional fluency in Isaan preferred.
• Basic computer literacy.
• Cultural Fluency. A proven ability to work across cultures and other lines of difference as a part of diverse teams.
• Strong organizational skills. 
• A strong understanding of and demonstrated interest in environmental and human rights issues affecting Thailand. 

Certifications

• CPR/First Aid required
• Wilderness First Responder certification (candidates without this certification should apply if they are willing to become WFR certified)

  Equal Employment At-Will Notice

  Rustic Pathways is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all persons and maintaining a work environment that is free of harassment and discriminatory conduct. All employment decisions at Rustic Pathways are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, or any other class protected by law. Rustic Pathways takes all allegations of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation very seriously and will promptly conduct an investigation when warranted.

  At-Will Notice

  Each employee of Rustic Pathways is employed “at will,” which means either the Company or the employee may terminate the employment relationship at any time, for any or no reason, with or without advanced notice. No individual or representative of the Rustic Pathways can change this at-will relationship absent a specific, written contract signed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer or designee.

Contact : careers@rusticpathways.com

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