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Director of College Counseling
Khan Lab School
Khan Lab School (KLS), an independent K-12 school in the San Francisco Bay Area, seeks a full-time experienced Director of College Counseling. The Director will lead a new program for students and families that graduated its first senior class in 2021. They will continue to build a highly successful and comprehensive program that is grounded in cultivating deep relationships with our students, promotes self-reflection, and emphasizes a values-driven college process. This position is first and foremost concerned with the development and implementation of effective college counseling strategies, innovative programming, and best practices in the context of KLS. This Director will have prior experience having full responsibility for all elements of a small college counseling office, preferably in a mastery-based school, as well as experience developing new systems and protocols in an early stage start-up school. They should also be committed to helping students shape the narrative of their high school experience in a manner that transcends course performance. The Director of College Counseling will also have a knack for developing partnerships with outside organizations in the support of a student internship program. This position requires an understanding of the broader higher education landscape and the ability to network with relevant associations and affiliations (i.e. NACAC, MTC) as well as admissions professionals. They will represent the college counseling office in a leadership capacity and assist the Executive Director’s strategic planning initiatives. The Director also works with the school’s Data Manager to maintain the integrity of the school’s record-keeping system and works collaboratively with faculty to ensure records and transcripts best capture mastery-based learning without the use of grades. This position also requires a substantive understanding of official transcripts and an ability to cultivate portfolios of work with students to be used in the college application process. The successful candidate will take an entrepreneurial approach to making appropriate use of all of the school’s resources and partnerships, and will be comfortable working in a start-up school environment. The candidate should be familiar with and enthusiastic about using Khan Academy or related resources to their fullest potential for both synchronous and asynchronous learning. Our teaching philosophy encourages meaningful inquiry and interdisciplinary work, as well as utilizing blended learning to meet the needs of each student. As a member of the High School’s leadership team, the Director will contribute to refining how we can best empower young people to take control over their own learning. Ideally, you will be familiar with Khan Academy and Sal Khan’s book The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined. WHO WE ARE About Khan Lab School KLS is a non-profit, mastery-based school founded by Salman Khan in 2014 to extend Khan Academy’s student-centered philosophy into a physical school environment. Furthering his vision for Khan Academy, Khan wrote and published The One World Schoolhouse, in which he argues for mastery-based, blended, and mixed-age learning coupled with a departure from traditional letter grades. Today the KLS community is bringing that vision to life and also sharing knowledge within education more broadly. In each academic area at KLS, there is a minimum pace our students must meet, but learning is decoupled from age; the time it takes a student to finish a course will vary but the depth of mastery is constant. We believe that students cannot “master” a course by performing well on one assessment. Instead, students are expected to demonstrate mastery of all skills and content before they can obtain foundational credit, thereby removing “gaps” in their education. Every student is assigned to a mixed-age cohort, which they can expect to be part of for two to three years. There are currently seven cohorts for students ages 5 to 18+. Students also partner with faculty to explore their passions and deepen their learning. The quality of learning remains high but as a lab school, instructional methods are constantly being reimagined and tested. Learning is supported through weekly advising, real-world application, and a culture that fosters student agency. Faculty and students do not simply adhere to the status quo in education. As a lab school, KLS is a model for innovation in education. The KLS staff and teachers will represent the diversity of the students we intend to serve. We believe that standard hiring practices disproportionately hurt those most marginalized in society — including but not limited to Black and Indigenous people of color, people from working class backgrounds, women and trans/gender-nonconforming individuals, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. We believe that these communities must be at the center of the work we do. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities. Our school’s dedication to promoting diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion is clearly reflected in all of our content. WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR
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WHAT YOU’LL BRING Skills and Capabilities Successful candidates will have the following qualifications:
WHAT WE OFFER Khan Lab School is a community of learners and partners that have a deep commitment to their work. We get things done and believe that in our highly collaborative environment that anything is possible. All of our decisions are made through the lens of what is best for our students. We tackle tough questions without ego, are results oriented, and have high expectations for school and our students. Khan Lab School offers a stimulating and unique working environment with a competitive salary and the flexibility to work and teach from anywhere. We seek team members who possess a unique skill set because this is a multi-faceted teaching and leadership position. To learn more about Khan Lab School or Khan Academy, please visit our websites. Compensation: Competitive compensation commensurate with experience. Start Date: May or June 2021 Location: Remote through June and will transition to in-person, on-site at our Mountain View/Los Altos Hills Campus location(s) when school reopens. Number of Positions to be Filled: 1 Employment: Full Time APPLY NOW To qualify, please submit an application using the job link on our school’s Careers webpage. Successful candidates will have a demonstrated familiarity with the Sal Khan’s school model outlined in his book The One World Schoolhouse. Khan Lab School is an EOE and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, place of national origin, sex, age, veteran status, sexual orientation or physical handicap in its employment practice. SPECIAL SCHOOL EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS All Khan Lab School employees must undergo criminal background checks and TB risk assessments as mandated by California state law prior to their start dates at Khan Lab School. By submitting an application, you acknowledge that your employment with Khan Lab School would be conditioned on satisfactory background check and completion of the TB risk assessment.
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