Schedule: Wednesdays, 8:30 AM–3:30 PM, September–May (30 sessions/year)

Pod: One mixed-age group of 12–14 students (Lower El (6-9), Upper El (9-11), or Junior High (11-14))

Pay: $19–$22/hour, depending on experience

Benefits: Free enrollment for your own child (if applicable), plus 50% off enrollment for additional children

About DVLC

DVLC is a once-weekly nature-based enrichment program for homeschool families. Our approach draws on frameworks like Barefoot and Balanced, Timbernook, and 1000 Hours Outside — child-led play, nature as the primary classroom, and healthy outdoor risk-taking.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a mixed-age class of 12–14 students, working alongside other Lead Teachers and their classrooms throughout the day
• Facilitate the weekly Gather 'Round academic block using theme-based content (open and go content, provided), paced by the day's material rather than a fixed clock
• Oversee Art / Free Build or the Junior High Skills Mastery Rotation, and other free-time blocks, for your pod
• Plan session flow around weather, available spaces (lap desks, pavilion, cabins), and the day's theme, as a team with other lead teachers.
• For Junior High: guide students through seasonal skill mastery — fire-building, navigation, wilderness first aid, and similar — assessing to mastery rather than completion
• Support students in outdoor physical and social risk-taking
• Be a warm, welcoming presence
• Communicate with families about their child's day and development
• Help lead special/theme days (Creek Day, Cartography Day, Snow Day, etc.) alongside other pods

Qualifications

• Willingness to read and sign the Statement of Faith & Lifestyle Covenant annually, as a condition of employment
• Experience with mixed-age children in an outdoor, play-based, or experiential setting
• Comfortable with flexible, emergent curriculum